Ryan Posted October 11, 2012 Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 I watched the first episode of Night & Day, and occaasionally dipped in out over the time it was on to try and see what happened to the blonde girl, only to find it all even more incomprehensible than before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Martin Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 Jane Harper, played by Georgina Walker. Ridiculously fit I remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainHulk Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 I miss the old videotape setup. It just made the show look sunnier, lighter and more realistic IMO. (Yes, I'm a dinosaur. Stuck in the 80s musically and the 90s televisually). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homeandawayfan. Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 I have to be blunt here. I hate the filmic look that H&A has. I preferred the old SD version when I think the videotape was much clearer and more inviting. Filmic looks also hide out sunlight in outside scenes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainHulk Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 I have to be blunt here. I hate the filmic look that H&A has. I preferred the old SD version when I think the videotape was much clearer and more inviting. Filmic looks also hide out sunlight in outside scenes. Agreed. I guess we're the last of the "Insert Dying Species" here! Plus the action moves at a quicker pace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homeandawayfan. Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 I have to be blunt here. I hate the filmic look that H&A has. I preferred the old SD version when I think the videotape was much clearer and more inviting. Filmic looks also hide out sunlight in outside scenes. Agreed. I guess we're the last of the "Insert Dying Species" here! Plus the action moves at a quicker pace. It is because I am a long term viewre of H&A, having followed it since the start (Feb 1989 here in the UK, over a year after the original Aus broadcast) that I often hanker for the older days of the show. I have never liked filmic looks and Neighbours and H&A are not really suited for it. Leave the filmic look to films and short term drama series I say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexx Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 I think it's more of a UK thing - the desire for the standard video tape look. I don't mind the 24 frames per second (film look) but I also like the 30 frames per second (video tape look). I think Neighbours suited the video tape look more than Home and Away. What I don't like is the plastic HD look - where everything is too clear. I think that is the problem you guys have when you say it doesn't look as sunny. It isn't the film 'motion' it is the HD/digital look. They need to add a bit of diffusion and grain in order to soften it, make it less 'plastic/cold' and more warm. What I like about the 90's look is the analogue tone - it was less plastic and more grainy. As for the current show - the indoor scenes looks good, but the outdoor shots look a little on the cold/plastic side Imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sindikatas Posted February 12, 2013 Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 I like that old videotape look on the shows. It looks more realistic too. I can even imagine that some kind of explosion looks more shocking in videotape. I think if the show started with that look it should remain till the end. The look that has been used since 2004 makes show very unrealistic, like from the film. And this is not a film. Just like the storylines that have to be such that we could relate to, the movement of people should also look like in real life. It's the show that never ends just like real life. It should have more realistic elements. Having said that I understand why the show could have gone to filmic look. In the last century the internet was getting bigger and bigger. Today we have official sites offering to watch current episodes online. You can't get realistic videotape look through the internet. Even softwares like Windows Media Player can't completely give that look that we get on TV. So whoever were responsible for show making maybe they didn't want the internet viewers to get the feeling like they miss out something. That's why they decided to switch to film, so that episodes on TV and online would look exactly the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadyctslover Posted February 12, 2013 Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 I have to say that I actually love the way it's filmed currently. The lighting for the interior studio-shot scenes is incredibly sophisticated, and I think it makes the show look fresh and sunnier than it did with the 'videotape' look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexx Posted February 12, 2013 Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 ^You can get that video tape look on the internet, it's just that most people don't know how to set it up when they output their videos. Plus when the files are compressed for the internet the difference between 30/60 frames per second (video) and 24 frames per second (film) becomes less apparent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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