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When did you see somebody overplay their new toy? (feddit.uk)

submitted 8 months ago by JohnSmith@feddit.uk to c/askuk@feddit.uk

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I’ve been watching the Rugby Cup Final this evening and fuming. They have this fancy new traveling side camera and they can’t help but use it. STOP IT!!! You are making everybody seasick. Which made me think, might you good people have examples of when somebody badly overplayed their new toy? On a completely unrelated note, do we already have a community for rants?

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[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I was going to say lens flare in films. You can always tell what stage someone is at when learning Photoshop as they still love using the filter and, to my mind, it just reeks of amateur hour when used in films and TV shows.

[–] towerful@programming.dev 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I can understand it in film CGI and sets/post, as its hard to avoid when actually outside.
Lens flare is a product of multiple lenses and the aperture. And most of the time shots are set up to reduce it (more expensive lenses, matt boxes etc).
When overcooked in a movie it ends up looking amateur AF. Either the shot wasnt set up correctly, or someone has over-egged it in post-production.
I have rarely seen a pronounced lens flare that makes sense in a movie.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 3 points 8 months ago

The classic is a sci-fi movie - the spaceship turns up at a new planet and you get a sweeping view with lens flares obscuring the carefully modelled view.

[–] UKFilmNerd@feddit.uk 1 points 8 months ago

Welcome to JJ Abrams Star Trek. 😆