Famously Stanley Kubrick shot the film Barry Lyndon, set in the 18th century, lit only by candlelight. That said, he had the lens manufacturer Zeiss, make a very powerful lens that captured just about more light than any lens before it so that the film actually caught the action.
Adam On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 7:00 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 10:50 AM, Karen Owen <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> >> As a viewer I'm having trouble with everything being too dark >> to see clearly (yes I understand they didn't have electric lights >> in 1776 but other historically set movies and TV shows manage >> to make the lighting workable for clear viewing). > > > I used to watch all the PBS reality shows set in period times ("Colonial > House," "Frontier House," etc) and one of them, "1900s House" had a > behind-the-scenes prequel showing how everything in the house worked or was > made to work as it did in those times. The gas lanterns were probably the > most interesting because until they started using them, historians had no > idea how little light they actually produced, or how much smoke and > blackness they sent sailing into the air. For dramatic purposes, a lot of > TV and movies set in olden times include scenes at night, but it would seem > about all we could do before the electric light bulb was go home and sleep > when the sun went down. > > > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
