#please note I am not a professional this is just based off of my hobbiest knowledge of film and such

[biocrafthero]

Sorry to reblog this again but it's annoying me to no end how poorly the live action shot is composed. Hiccup is so horribly backlit in this shot that it's making me feel crazy, especially next to Toothless, who blatantly is being lit from an entirely different source than the human actor in the scene.

The background isn't doing the shot any favors, either. The bright lightning for the background but dark shadows on the characters ends up drawing attention away from them. In the original animated shot, the background is still obviously rendered and lit, but the highlights on the characters draw attention to them and their poses, making them stand out. However in the live action shot there is none of this, having to do with the poor lighting and colors. The characters feel pasted onto the image, too.

The lack of distinction muddies the whole image, making the live action shot visibly unappealing, especially when put next to the original animated film. The composition when it comes to the placement of the characters feels unbalanced (although part of that may have to do with screenshot resolution/cropping).

My ramblings don't even get to things like costuming and such, which someone else could probably put into better words than me. This trend of making animated films into live action needs to die and it needs to die HARD.

httyd got live actioned. trailer just dropped and its uh. hm

idk what i was expecting but what looks like a shot-for-shot remake except with ugly ass high definition cgi that detracts from rather than enhances the cinematography really is. well it's a choice.