The Rose Witch

Was inspired by the previous post a while back, and had been working on this on and off for a long while.

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It’s particularly embarrassing in comparison to the original material, as with digital/modern technology, you can literally see how the shot looks while you’re shooting.

This should’ve also been sorted in comp and fixed well before distribution.

As already pointed out, the lighting values have no depth to them, thus creating a very flat scene (this is one of the first design principles we are taught in design for animation/film- if I had handed in a lighting shot or concept anything like this, I would’ve failed the module).

If you take the shots and put them into greyscale, you can see this a lot clearer.

In the original Halloween shot, we can see a high range of value (how bright or dark something is)- the lighting is brightest on Jamie Lee Curtis, the viewer’s eye is drawn to her first- we can see her emotions clearly and gain sympathy for her character. Then we are drawn into the darkest value, creating dread, and this is fulfilled and heightened with the contrasting (and next highest) value of Michael’s mask.

In the modern shot, all the values are within a similar range (mid-greys), and there is no proper depth in value- making the tension within the shot fall flat (not ideal for horror).

In fact, the highest value in this shot is the fire in the background- which is where the eye is drawn to first. The background. Not the action. So instead of feeling empathy or dread, we are focusing on the wrong details.

And yes, while it could be said from a film analysis POV that the flatness of the shot ‘puts the characters on the same fighting ground/level of power in the shot,’ I’m not going to give them the benefit.

To top it off, the use of colour in the modern shot highlights the errors in lighting. Whilst sharing the blue/orange colour scheme of the original shot, everything is blue except the one area of contrast, the orange fire. So once again, we are drawn to none of the action and instead the background.

With a very small edit in compositing and lighting to match the original Halloween, the feeling (and focus) of the shot is completely changed. The shot has higher contrast and range of values- the focus is on Curtis, while Michael feels more foreboding in the darkness. The contrast puts the characters on opposite sides- good vs evil, telling a narrative in contrast to the unedited shot.

These effects could’ve easily been achieved by adding a key light on Curtis and rim lighting on Michael in production, and if necessary, editing value depth in comp to enhance the raw footage.

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vox had been successful in the ten years he'd been on television. he'd started off as newscaster before being bumped up to a host role on a talk/variety show. once he reached a certain level of influence, he finally had the opportunity to create something wholly his own. the network allowed him to produce his own gameshow with (almost) full control over the project. needless to say, vox was thrilled. for months he poured all his time and energy into working on the show– and was a complete terror to those around him in the process. the man who, at his core, wanted nothing but control finally had it. he was going to succeed. this show was going to be the biggest thing to ever hit the air, and he would be the biggest name in television.

the show debuted, and it was fine. performed exactly how analysts had predicted it would. people enjoyed it, but it slid pretty uneventfully into the the landscape of television at the time. regardless of the moderate success, vox started freaking out. this was supposed to be his big break. ~moderate success~ wasn't going to be enough for the execs. they'd trusted him to make them a return on their investment, and he'd fucked it up. the show was going to be cancelled and he would never be allowed control over a project again– no, worse! they might drop him altogether, cutting him out of his original show and replacing him with someone more fresh. vox couldn't let that happen! he wouldn't let that happen! he started trying to introduce new elements; new, flashier things that would catch the audience's attention and never let it go.

it came off as sort of sad. he was trying so hard to make it work, but no matter what, people just weren't enraptured. some brave souls tried to tell him he was taking it too hard and to just appreciate the success he had, but vox wasn't hearing it. he wouldn't go down without a fight. he'd keep trying, keep trying down to the last moment to make it work, to show that he had what it took to join the big leagues.