Is... is this actually filmed at night time with badaboom blaster floodlights* for the actors? Or (2nd best) in a studio with balanced darkness and light? I'm _so_ _tired_ of the black-blue filter that gets plastered over night scenes - it looks friggin' weird! A+ choice for this production!

(*This is obviously the official technical term and not something I just made up.)

#RoyalGuardTheEvilMenace #CDrama #SetDesign #wuxia

@MarthaCrimson The sad thing is a lot of films will go through the trouble of having proper lighting and then destroy all of it with heavy-handed colour grading D:

@eishiya
Indeed! 'The Crime of the Blue Filter'*. One of the reasons I watch so much c-drama is that it's far less common there. Not absent, alas, but there are a lot more colours on screen.

(*Term coined by Pinsent Tailoring)

@MarthaCrimson Weird how we went from blue-tinted day-for-night shots in the B&W era to effective studio lighting to blue-tinted ineffective studio lighting.

I think part of it is movies are basically created in post-production now, rather than planned out in detail before filming, so I guess they go with generic lighting that can be changed in post to day or night, just in case.

@eishiya @MarthaCrimson Saves them money, and yes, this looks like a studio set
@dilmandila
Mhm, even by Heng Dian World Studios' standards it's a bit too clean be outside.
@eishiya