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Last night my wife and I sat down to watch a film called a film called “Stalked by My Neighbor” which we’d found on Amazon Prime. Our early impressions of the film were that it must be cheap because it had a video look to it and we felt it looked more like a soap than a proper movie. I’m guessing this look is down to things like lighting (which was flatter and brighter), frame rate (I’m guessing 30fps instead of 24) and a rec 709 (HD video look) colour grade.
We nearly turned the film off early on but we quite enjoyed the story so stuck with it. As the film progressed it became clear that the budget was probably significantly greater than many small indie films that have had a limited theatrical release because the scope was much bigger (number of actors, locations, emergency services vehicles & staff etc…).
I did a quick Google search after watching the film and found out it was a Lifeime TV movie, which I didn’t know when I put it on. This made me wonder why TV movies still decide to go for this look when the option of creating the cinema look is so much more affordable and presumably within their budget. If it’s down to time, they would have been better off slightly reducing the scope and allocating more time to the shoot and grade IMHO.
Any thoughts/suggestions appreciated. I’m genuinely intrigued.
Thanks,
Matt
We nearly turned the film off early on but we quite enjoyed the story so stuck with it. As the film progressed it became clear that the budget was probably significantly greater than many small indie films that have had a limited theatrical release because the scope was much bigger (number of actors, locations, emergency services vehicles & staff etc…).
I did a quick Google search after watching the film and found out it was a Lifeime TV movie, which I didn’t know when I put it on. This made me wonder why TV movies still decide to go for this look when the option of creating the cinema look is so much more affordable and presumably within their budget. If it’s down to time, they would have been better off slightly reducing the scope and allocating more time to the shoot and grade IMHO.
Any thoughts/suggestions appreciated. I’m genuinely intrigued.
Thanks,
Matt