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I went to Uni for broadcasting and my friends and I used to "direct" three-camera shows by trying to call out the camera changes for sitcoms we were watching. "Ready camera one... and... take one."
24 FPS is the number one thing that makes movies look like movies. Upping the frame rate can result in a 'soap opera' look (i.e. cheap). The rest comes down to lenses and lighting.
The higher frame rate of The Hobbit makes it look like a soap opera. And the high definition makes it feel like men in drafts costumes. A to realistic looks like a TV documentary of Middle Earth.
These are not hard facts but subjective things. For me, 24 FPS makes movies look like slideshows whereas a high field rate makes things look more real. For me, the soap opera effect comes mostly from a blurry picture and washed colors. Plus also many things mentioned on the video. But high framerate - no, not for me.
@@fintux Well, they were pretty hard facts to the guys who made the Film Look plugin for After Effects. They even came to our studio and did a presentation on it and explained it exactly like I did in the last post (complete with side-by-side comparisons).
@@Nebulous6 you cannot really speak about my experience. What you said can be true for the average person, but it's not true in my case, and I know other people, too. And I think the frame rate thing comes simply from experiencing movies for a long time with 24 FPS and TV shows with 50i/60i. The reason for originally choosing 24 FPS wasn't that it was somehow creating a better visual, but it was the minimum viable framerate that made the motion still looking convincing for the majority of people.
Framerate is the biggest difference. Cinematic film is 24fps which is arguably too low, but if it's not 24fps it doesn't look cinematic. There are films at 50/60 fps but they don't look cinematic and people don't like movies that look like that.
One difference for movies is that they turn out the lights. Literally. I recall one ST:TNG movie where Captain Picard's ready room was very darkly lit, unlike the TV show. I know it's for mood, but sometimes it's downright silly. There's an office in an office building yet no overhead light. Same with "Dune Part 1" where it felt like their universe had yet to invent the light bulb.
00:05 Sitcom visual style influenced by 1920s cinematographer 01:41 I Love Lucy revolutionized sitcom production 03:19 Three-camera system allowed efficient filming in front of a live audience. 04:50 Sitcoms were like plays performed in front of a live audience. 06:21 Sitcoms use deep depth of field for a clear distinction between subject and background 07:51 Shallow depth of field creates impression of high quality 09:22 Sitcoms evolved from three camera to one camera system, affecting filming style and set design. 10:50 Sitcoms have minimal and neutral color grading for uniform visual style
A true genius is someone that can adapt to new conditions. So many find something that has worked well for them and stubbornly stick to it when it is no longer the best approach.
@@bromoboy I'll have to take your word for it. The english is actually spoken incredibly well without a hint of an accent. The giveaways for most computer narrations are sentence pauses in the wrong places, and improper syllable emphasis on certain words. THAT is what gave it away to me. (Or made me suspect it)
I'll always prefer the "sitcom look" over more "modern" looks. To me those modern or "better" looks always look waaaaay too dark and have too extreme color grading up to a point where some scenes in movies are just shadow plays with dark yellow light.
Low contrast lighting in def not why everything looks like it is in focus. And MANY sitcoms used shallow depth of field extensively, shooting on 35mm film, instead of video, and using focus-pullers to control what (who) was being focused on at all times. Shallow DoF was THE reason for shooting tv shows on film.
@@ironclaw79 it doesn't matter at all, our eyes are more sensitive to contrast/ luminance, soap opera is caused by high shutter speed, it's more noticable too when there's a lot of light hitting the sensor, just like when you watching sitcom
Interesting. As of the ad break, I feel like I should have known that. So then who did have the idea for the first studio audience ? About the ad, the narration did not mention anything about laugh tracks.
Usually when I notice a color grade, it’s because a scene is set further north (blue and cold) or further south (orange and warm) in an American show. For instance, you know a scene is set in Mexico if everything suddenly becomes orange tinted. Perhaps sitcoms do this too, if they were to do any color grading.
Sitcoms are pretty much all the same because they are all filmed in multi camera the applause are canned meaning pre recorded as only certain shows are shot in front of a live studio audience
Ummmmm. It’s film vs video for the biggest part. And please stop using AI voices. This stuff is ridiculous. We need to band together. If you need someone who can do many different voices, making them all sound funny, call me. 🤙 😂
The guy responsible for sitcoms name translates to "Friend", which is basically the name of one of the most beloved sitcoms ever.
1:49 That transition from Brad Pitt in friends to Brad Pitt in fight club was crazy, I had no idea that he played on the show friends
the funny thing is he is talking about how he co-found the "I hate Rachel club" in that scene from friends 😂
@@Ra-Hul-K what?! 😂😂😂
A lot of future and past hit actors were in Friends.
Please don't support AI voiceover. Hire a voice actor, or do it yourself.
Oh, I think its worse than that. The phrasing and sentence structure just seem... off. I would bet that this was 100% AI-generated content.
That’s kind of like saying don’t record music in your home- hire a producer and studio time. Just not going to happen as much anymore
@@goldenreelThat's not similar to saying that at all lol
Yes we will
If he voices it himself, a voice actor is equally unpaid. He may want to hide his identity too. I think the AI sounds decent.
“Cameras were operated by camera operators.” Duh.
I went to Uni for broadcasting and my friends and I used to "direct" three-camera shows by trying to call out the camera changes for sitcoms we were watching. "Ready camera one... and... take one."
Wow. This right here is what i call a very informative, well edited, and put together video. Well done!
Yall dirty for the thumbnail 😂
How?
Are you telling me, I'm clicked only because of Kaley Cuoco's cleavage? You are not wrong.
This all applies to comedic films. When the emotional tone is set entirely by dialog and action, the lighting and camerawork only serves efficiency.
4:57 Emma Stone's acting is just stunningly amazing.
Awesome video man. Just what I was looking for!!
24 FPS is the number one thing that makes movies look like movies. Upping the frame rate can result in a 'soap opera' look (i.e. cheap). The rest comes down to lenses and lighting.
The higher frame rate of The Hobbit makes it look like a soap opera. And the high definition makes it feel like men in drafts costumes. A to realistic looks like a TV documentary of Middle Earth.
These are not hard facts but subjective things. For me, 24 FPS makes movies look like slideshows whereas a high field rate makes things look more real. For me, the soap opera effect comes mostly from a blurry picture and washed colors. Plus also many things mentioned on the video. But high framerate - no, not for me.
@@fintux Well, they were pretty hard facts to the guys who made the Film Look plugin for After Effects. They even came to our studio and did a presentation on it and explained it exactly like I did in the last post (complete with side-by-side comparisons).
@@Nebulous6 you cannot really speak about my experience. What you said can be true for the average person, but it's not true in my case, and I know other people, too. And I think the frame rate thing comes simply from experiencing movies for a long time with 24 FPS and TV shows with 50i/60i. The reason for originally choosing 24 FPS wasn't that it was somehow creating a better visual, but it was the minimum viable framerate that made the motion still looking convincing for the majority of people.
@@fintuxnebuous is correct
Without Lucy, we wouldn't have Star Trek. ❤
Hmm!! How sway?
That's true
@@JasmineJ-SuDirectorBecause she overruled the board of Desilu and greenlit production of Star Trek.
@@AlandrisFerguson Niiicceee!!! Thank you !
Classical sitcoms with laugh tracks are dystopian nightmares.
The AI dataset was the "How It's Made" guy haha
That sponsor was put in smoothly
Interesting that you mentioned DOF on La Liga, thats the first thing I noticed last year when I was watching it
Framerate is the biggest difference. Cinematic film is 24fps which is arguably too low, but if it's not 24fps it doesn't look cinematic. There are films at 50/60 fps but they don't look cinematic and people don't like movies that look like that.
One difference for movies is that they turn out the lights. Literally. I recall one ST:TNG movie where Captain Picard's ready room was very darkly lit, unlike the TV show. I know it's for mood, but sometimes it's downright silly. There's an office in an office building yet no overhead light. Same with "Dune Part 1" where it felt like their universe had yet to invent the light bulb.
00:05 Sitcom visual style influenced by 1920s cinematographer
01:41 I Love Lucy revolutionized sitcom production
03:19 Three-camera system allowed efficient filming in front of a live audience.
04:50 Sitcoms were like plays performed in front of a live audience.
06:21 Sitcoms use deep depth of field for a clear distinction between subject and background
07:51 Shallow depth of field creates impression of high quality
09:22 Sitcoms evolved from three camera to one camera system, affecting filming style and set design.
10:50 Sitcoms have minimal and neutral color grading for uniform visual style
Actually, I am often distracted or even slightly annoyed by color grading. It makes everything look so artificial. But it doesn't always bother me.
It’s wayyyyyyy overdone in some movies. You know they’re in Mexico when the screen goes orange!
Thumbnail perfect, once again 😍
A true genius is someone that can adapt to new conditions. So many find something that has worked well for them and stubbornly stick to it when it is no longer the best approach.
Babe wake up, a new Movie LUTs video just dropped
This looked so interesting, but ya lost me as soon as I clocked the computer voice. Why is it so hard to have a person narrate it?
the owner of this channel can't speak english well, that's all
@@bromoboy I'll have to take your word for it. The english is actually spoken incredibly well without a hint of an accent. The giveaways for most computer narrations are sentence pauses in the wrong places, and improper syllable emphasis on certain words. THAT is what gave it away to me. (Or made me suspect it)
They look the same because of " I love Lucy!".
I'll always prefer the "sitcom look" over more "modern" looks. To me those modern or "better" looks always look waaaaay too dark and have too extreme color grading up to a point where some scenes in movies are just shadow plays with dark yellow light.
Low contrast lighting in def not why everything looks like it is in focus.
And MANY sitcoms used shallow depth of field extensively, shooting on 35mm film, instead of video, and using focus-pullers to control what (who) was being focused on at all times.
Shallow DoF was THE reason for shooting tv shows on film.
Click on interesting looking video, have to thumbs down and turn it off after 20 seconds due to the terrible AI voice over :(
Thanks man 😊
You’re welcome 🙏🙌
Can you thank me too?
No arrested development example of lack of laugh track... 😢
I would also like the soap opera look to be explained.soap operas have and had a specific look.
Same as sitcoms, only with more cameras rolling.
just x4 your shutter speed to your target fps
@@bromoboy does it matter the type of camera? Just 4 times frames per second?
@@ironclaw79 it doesn't matter at all, our eyes are more sensitive to contrast/ luminance, soap opera is caused by high shutter speed, it's more noticable too when there's a lot of light hitting the sensor, just like when you watching sitcom
No, A.A.I. voiceovers.
Awesome video
Good video but the background music is too loud. It's quite distracting.
Interesting. As of the ad break, I feel like I should have known that. So then who did have the idea for the first studio audience ? About the ad, the narration did not mention anything about laugh tracks.
Usually when I notice a color grade, it’s because a scene is set further north (blue and cold) or further south (orange and warm) in an American show. For instance, you know a scene is set in Mexico if everything suddenly becomes orange tinted. Perhaps sitcoms do this too, if they were to do any color grading.
Good video.
Is it nececcery to repeat everything like 3 times?
The voice sounds like a 1970s voice using AI.
The lighting makes it look cartoony this loses the contrast of tragedy comedy that make UK sitcoms funnier.
Thanks for the movies / sitcoms comparison. What about soap operas? They seem to have a slightly different look than either movie or sitcom?
Beautiful video thank you ... if the narration as they say in the comments is ai it still will be a Beautiful video
Weird. Sport with shallow depth of field look "staged" to me. It looks fake without seeing the crowd and background details.
Probably because, as explained in this video, we've been conditioned to associate that look with movies.
Make a video about hbo max and Disney plus shows how the look different
I have always wanted to know the answer
Interesting
8:43 the two images are not even close to the same the one of the left looks 30fps the one on the right looks 60fps
FRAMERATE. All about the framerate. Samsung AMP (Auto Motion Plus) increases frame rate on the fly and proves this.
modern family
informative
American sitcoms and it is dreadful.
Sitcoms are pretty much all the same because they are all filmed in multi camera the applause are canned meaning pre recorded as only certain shows are shot in front of a live studio audience
bullshit thumbnail......adaam carolla was right
Ummmmm. It’s film vs video for the biggest part.
And please stop using AI voices.
This stuff is ridiculous. We need to band together.
If you need someone who can do many different voices, making them all sound funny, call me. 🤙 😂