2d techniques in 3d misguided

ableman

Just thinking out loud here.

Ive noticed that some producers use 24 fps content which has the cinematic feel. Where the cinematic feel is characterized as an otherworldly look that elevates the movie to be "above" life. a cinematographers choice. Another hangover from 2d movies is color grading. Effective and symbolic, but this is however misplaced in VR.
What I also see a lot of is the use of a warming yellowish tinge on the key light. Again completely misplaced in VR.

The reason is that VR is all about intimacy and realism. Models should be filmed with exposure that puts the pupils of their eyes at black point. The facial highlights should be in the +I zone (as in ansel adams zones) The colour of the skin should be pinkish not yellow for pale girls, and generally colour corrected with a grey card without gels on the lighting equipment. Models should furthermore be filmed in 60 fps without the stecatto effect of fast shutters in 30fps. Models shoudl be filmed with good exposure for sharp detail to be reproduced on skin and features.

In essence Im trying to put out there for producers to stop colorizing, stop under exposing, over exposing, filming from too far away, filming with slow lenses, and low fps.

slrUser

ableman filming from too far away

Hah, hate to break it to you, but we've been screaming about this stuff for a decade now. Studios don't listen.

Just skim through any modern scene. We're lucky if 10% of the total runtime is dedicated to tightly framed shots (closeup mish, kissing, etc...). If you understood the strengths/weaknesses of VR, those ratios would be flipped.

As you correctly pointed out, the people directing VR porn today have a traditional 2d porn mindset, so that's how they film (as if it's just another flat 2d POV scene, likely viewed on a phone).

Hopefully if Japan finally abolishes their archaic censorship laws, it will force western studios to get their shit together (Japan is just so far ahead of the west when it comes to VR porn, it's not even funny).

adinihsan

I don’t think I’ve ever seen 24fps in 5 years. The yellow tint I recognize as SLR had this for a period. Most big names have had issues over the years but currently all are producing very high quality stuff I’d say (in terms of picture quality anyway).

dolphin7559

SLR used to intentionally "color grade" their videos and I always thought it looked worse. Not sure if they still do it or not. If they do, then it's more subtle than it used to be.

I don't think anyone in this industry does proper color correction.