📍 What series did I miss? Also thanks everyone for sharing your suggestions with me and for watching this video! Also first 500 to use this Skillshare link will get a 30 day free trial: skl.sh/tatianahopper07241
Really? I mean the sets, costumes and overall production design were outstanding, and it'd be hard to take any images that werent good or interesting to look at, but overall photographically, I dont think there was anything special there. Very standard by the numbers coverage and angles, pretty mediocre.
loved the show, hated the camerawork. Specifically the fact that every scene had that center focus and complete brur just outside the center. It felt like a cheap trick that was way overused.
Agreed! I wasn’t a big fan of the last season and I don’t think the others while good can be at the level of the first one that’s why I very specifically pointed season 1 😅
Will check Tales from the Loop, absolutely loved 1899, but I found Dark more visually challenging so I gave it a segment. Severance is great, hopefully they’ll continue on a high in season 2. Thank you for watching Sebastian!
@@TatianaHopper Tales is nice visually but meh otherwise - just look up Simon Stalenhag. His paintings are that soulful retro sci fi we're sorely lacking in the age of lens flare NASApunk. Speaking of Scandinavia... another show to add here is The Bridge (Bron/Broen).
I loved KLEO on Netflix, it's a German show. Maybe it's moreso the colors that grabbed my attention but it's also that "retro-late 80's" style of everything and I enjoyed the framing of quite a bit of it. Some is obviously typical but I really liked the stylistic choices they made in the show.
I think the thing that shines through all of these shows is how sophisticated TV has become since the advent of cable. Long and complex narrative arcs, more layered characters and a lot more freedom in the types of stories being told and the visual language and dialogue. My first exposure to a miniseries was Deadwood, then The Wire, The Sopranos, Breaking Bad, Treme, True Detective 1,2 and 3. As brilliant as TD 1 was, I thought TD 3 was outstanding…..and on it goes. Line of Separation, following a the lives of the people in a town divided down the middle into East and West Germany was an extremely interesting psychodrama. Ive never seen Severance but it makes me think of the innocuous phrase, ‘work life balance’ that HR people are so fond of. Like work and life are two different things? Another thing that has changed for me is that I hate watching a series where I have to wait a week for the next installment. I’m spoiled by having watched so many series years after they were screened, so I can binge everything. In that respect, Netflix was ahead of the game when they released Ripley as a complete series. I think there is almost no boundary between TV and cinema these days, certainly not in cinematography, acting or scripts. Some work better than others. Some aim lower. Along with catching up with the latest Wim Wenders film “Tokyo Toilet” and Monster by Hirokazu Kore-eda (which was cinematically stunning and one of the most complex narratives I have ever seen), I have binged the entire series of Bosch from series 1 to Bosch legacy. It is an exercise in nostalgia but strange because everything reminds me of 60’s and 70’s TV series cliches but it’s set NOW. It is painfully cliche ridden at almost every turn yet somehow it still isn’t presenting us with a false view of the world, and I find it relaxing. As bad as the baddies are, it somehow isn’t paranoia inducing. Anyway, thanks again for your thought provoking videos.
Thank you Roger I think your point about how sophisticated TV has become is so true, some of the examples you gave there such as Ripley I am totally in agreement. Thank you so much for watching and commenting!
Great video! I love watching TV series that inspire me artistically and this list is perfect. I'm watching Kleo on Netflix now and find this series very visually interesting.
The Expanse, esp. the first three seasons. Exceptional storytelling and exceptional cinematography. Never a scene where I'd say you could have shortened that.
For portrait photography, I'd recommend "SWAT" - it's not a very original serie, but the photography work for closeups is top-notch. And the headquarters of the SWAT teams are actually set up as a photography studio.
Great list! Although it’s overdone in the conversation of “best TV”, what The Sopranos done from a visual perspective shouldn’t be overshadowed by everything else it does immaculately as well. Fantastic compositions with strong visual storytelling. The RU-vid video “The Beauty of The Sopranos” is a great taste for what it did so well
Thank you so much for your comment, I’ll definitely check that video out, I watched The Sopranos a long time ago really and it might have been why I forgot to mention it, but I agree with you, it’s a great series!
I’ll throw in a show that, at this time, is pretty obscure. Peter Gunn. It is a period exercise in film noir. Many of the episodes, particularly the early ones, are set at night where the play of light and shadow is most visually stunning. The plots are not much, crime solved in a half hour by Gunn, usually with the help of his police detective friend. The show ran from 1958 to 61 and was one of Blake (Pink Panther) Edward’s earliest productions. While the visuals lift it well out of the ordinary for its time it is the sound track, written in its entirety by Henry Mancini that really makes the series work. Many of the stories are set I a jazz club called mothers. The real issue is where to find it streaming. We’re getting it on one of the minor streaming services that comes with ads.
Never heard of it actually but by what you wrote about it I can help it could be something I would enjoy actually, I love noir and jazz. Will see if I can check out some episodes, sometimes more “obscure” shows are uploaded onto RU-vid.
@@TatianaHopper I stream it on something called Tubi but I just looked and it claims to be available on Prime. You can prime yourself by going on RU-vid and listening to any of the multitude of covers of the Peter Gunn theme.
Maniac is my favorite in this selection in terms of the aesthetic. I think it's a good series too. Nice video as always. I also want to say I took a look at your personal work. I love the image of the lighthouse, framed in the middle of the fencing in the foreground.
Thank you so much for your comment and for having a look at my work, I really appreciate it! Maniac is absolutely an underrated series in my opinion, cheers!
you may know this already but look into "blocking" and "staging" and for shows and films were those are highly regarded. this usually correlates to films and shows with a strong visual language and compositional style that can be very inspiring for photographers.
I would add BABYLON BERLIN to the list, among several other european productions ... and CONGRATULATIONS for your video, not only is the information in it useful, but the comments of your subscribers are enriching as well !!!
Better call Saul (especially the final season). All photographers should watch it a second time with the sound off. Astonishing from a photography stand point. Also…..the film Columbus by Kogonada is absolutely stunning on many levels but from a photography standpoint it stands alone as a masterpiece.
Great list, Tatiana! I have seen most of them and I think you did a great job on the choices. I would also include Battlestar Galactica, a kind of sci-fi film noir in color, if that makes sense.
ALIAS GRACE on Netflix. I've never watched something that has impressed me with lighting more than this show! Every scene is immaculately lighted, like a paitning or a beautiful studio portrait.
Good mini documentary done here. There are a number television shows from the 1990's too 2000's that changed the face of tv. The X-Files 1993-2002 first run, Lost 2004-2010, 24 2001-2010. Not to mention their copies, Prison Break 2005-2007, Flashforward 2009-2010, Fringe 2008-2013 and Revolution 2012. The original idea taken over by a copy. I find it interesting that those tv shows you listed used analog techniques to film episodes in this digital age. They certainly did better than AI.
not a show, but an old movie; Night of the Hunter . It is an absolute masterpiece in light and shadow composition a d generally a masterpiece in cinematography. Seriously a must watch, especially for black and white photographers.
Ah yes, Twin Peaks. Lynch works like a painter which makes his style lovely to watch. If you play video games at all, Alan Wake 2 is the perfect companion piece to the show. It's also full of wonderful cinematography.
I love also "Better call Saul", but as"photography lesson", jazz music, atmospheres and quality of the script, I hnever seen anything as good as the famous BBC serie "The Hour".
For anyone who loves Twin Peaks' music, lookup the Dale Cooper Quartet, as well as Bohren and der club of gore, and other dark and doom jazz bands (Mount Fuji and Kilimanjaro bands)
Yes I did, it was filmed in Wales. Loved the show and I only watched it because I somehow bought the DVD’s back in the day. One of these streaming platforms needs to acquire the rights and stream it again. Honestly so worth it!
David Lynch won't shoot film anymore, according to him. Here's the segment of an interview where he tells why he (now) prefers digital to film: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-w6Dyl1V_Hvg.htmlsi=qN26UrhGZNKV50Dz
Judging by previous videos I think I do, just because I didn't necessarily made a mention to landscape that doesn't mean anything. Thanks for watching!
Every show here bar Euphoria is agonisingly slow. It shows that pretty Cinematography is a magic trick used to trick the viewer into believing they are watching something of quality, when really they are wasting their time.
@@TatianaHopper yep. I was too quick and saw that after placing the comment. Figured to keep the comment in place for the algorithm. Your video deserves the attention, good work.
