thinking of when I had a dream I was an aging white father of 3 kids and my weeping wife was begging me to not leave (I don’t know why I was leaving her) and as I walked out the front door of our suburban home I turned around in my khakis and said “I’m sorry, but I have to go now and….I’m never coming back. I love you” and then woke up like
Well modern camera equipment can almost see in the dark so what do you even need lighting for?
i just gotta real quick make sure that youre joking. you are joking, right?
I’m not joking. Do you understand the ISO value system as it relates to film?
im not arguing that you cant film in the dark without special lighting (obviously you can), im saying you shouldnt. im arguing with the second half of your statement. the lighting in the first picture is very purposeful and enhances the horror of the film. they didnt get into the editing room and go “oh darn, we forgot to shine a light on the guy hiding in the shadows!” jaws was made scarier because you could rarely see the shark, so your brain invented the scariest possibility. you can just… see the whole man in the second picture. having a flat shot where the lighting doesnt even draw in the viewers eye to anything (much less obscure something thats supposed to give the movie tension and anticipation) looks fucking boring and adds nothing
asexuals before realizing they’re ace: isn’t it weird how we call people “hot” when we just mean, like, pretty? it makes it sound like you actually feel hot when you see them. which isn’t a thing. anyway
ok i am absolutely losing it over the sheer number of people who found out what hot means from this post
Man, this is like the time my therapist explained that watching characters with “chemistry” is supposed to make you feel aroused. Who knew, right?
I’m sorry what?
I thought it was supposed to make you intrigued like any other plot device
The old horror movies also had deep symbolism you were just to young to know it!
Alien? Full of metaphors about sexuality and rape
Nightmare on Elm street? Metaphors about generational trauma and violence
Halloween? The inevitability of death
Friday the 13th? Fear of sexuality
I COULD GO ON!
HORROR HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT EXPLORING THE DARK UNCONSCIOUSNESS OF HUMANITY AND PIGEON HOLING IT AS LESSER ART IS A MISTAKE
Horror also reflects the anxieties of its time! The nuclear era of the 1950s showed us lots of mutants, monsters, and science gone bad. The ‘80s saw the golden age of serial killers (carried over from the ‘70s), suburban excess, reactionary conservatism, and Satanic Panic; thus we get slashers carving up wild-partying teens, plus creepy neighbors and home invasions. Current horror often deals with themes of alienation, gentrification, apocalypse/societal collapse, and pressure to perform an Instagram-perfect social veneer—you know, #JustLateCapitalismThings.
And yes, horror is in fact the Most important genre, culturally, politically, artistically, and philosophically.
Even going further back…
Dracula is about a fear of foreigners, sex, (and sexy foreigners) and death.
Frankenstein is about mankind’s desire to mess with nature and the consequences of that.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde is about seemingly nice, “respectable” men secretly being monsters.
