Ami AngelwingsFeb 26

#QuestionOfTheDay what's a common thing in media (mechanic in a game, plot point, stage design, character type, trope, filmmaking technique/shot, writing style, etc etc etc) that you don't necessarily dislike but you hate when it's used unnecessarily/inappropriately/too often/etc

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@ami_angelwings

Movies: the cinematic closeup. It’s a fine shot but modern movies are extremely claustrophobic as they often shrink the scene down to a close shot of one or two actors they then hard cut back-and-forth to.

In most media: aggressively gray morality. In bits or pieces it’s fine, but when every single ‘good’ is aggressively paired with evil, it just comes off as lazy and unintentionally nihilistic.

In LNs/Anime/Manga: how 80% of stories will violently twist themselves and their settings to ensure that the protagonist ends up in an academy or highschool. Literal apocalypses could be ongoing, and kids will still be forced to go to highschool.
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@NullNowhere I suspect modern movies are doing that because they expect the scenes to be cut to phone screen dimensions for YouTube shorts, I know at least a few movie and television productions have been told to shoot to be clipped for YouTube and Twitter etc, like in the past when widescreen was still new so shows that were shot in 16:9 in anticipation of future widescreen like Babylon 5 still had all their actors crowded on one side of the screen or all in the centre for 4:3 airing
Feb 27 at 4:30amWeb
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@ami_angelwings

The trend in modern movies has been to move as much of the production as possible to post.

So: they keep the shots small and short. Just 1-2 people in frame for short bursts. They shoot it in multiple generic angles. They keep the lighting neutral for digital balancing and editing later. They keep the cameras close so the set can be small.

This gives them a pile of footage that allows them to basically cut the movie together however they want and use a lot of digital editing. The problem is that this style of filmmaking robs the film of a lot of artistic camera and light choices, and overloads the audience with disorienting cuts. It makes it hard for me to watch a lot of movies.