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It seems to me like its a similar problem -- the video is shot/edited/approved on high-quality monitors and tvs that can reproduce the full dynamic range of the video, but then compressed down to SDR which kills the contrast.


Well, if we're talking about "House of the Dragon", there were a few episodes where they attempted day-for-night [1] production and did a horrible, horrible job of it. This particular f*ckup has little to do with monitor capability or dynamic range, and everything to do with poor judgment through multiple stages of the production pipeline. I honestly don't know how such a high budget production ends up with these shots.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_for_night


I'm not talking about any specific show -- this problem applies to a lot of shows. I think what you're getting at is a little bit of a different problem; Specifically, the 'we can fix it in post' mentality.


Even in HDR on OLED some shows still look like they're filmed in a closed dark warehouse at night.


Yeah, there are definitely ones that just don't have great lighting, in any dynamic range. But that's a problem as old as film, whereas this trend towards having everything be lit like it's at the bottom of a well seems to be newer.




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