Sorry to keep talking about SINNERS, but I’d love to know about the decision to make the eyes glow in the dark, and how they kept it from it looking too obviously digitized. It looked like real light surrounded by the absence of it.
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There are some practical in camera ways to do this. I don't really understand it but it's something about mirrors and lights and pieces of glass in front of the camera at right angles. I wonder if they used that technique.
It reminded me of my dog's eyes. Animals have a layer behind the retina (tapetum lucidum) that allows them to see in the dark and gives a glowy effect.
i cannot stop thinking about this film. i want to see it again, but can't afford it right now. it's a masterpiece. the careful decisions made for the look, the subject, the history just...excellent.
I noticed this as well
and kept trying to find a thru line - is it race? is it gender? is it who’s in charge? - but I couldn’t find any firm categories. maybe it’s just like regular genetics and it depends 🤷🏼♀️
I haven't seen the film but glowing eyes in the night is an adaptation that predators use. Their retinas are literally reflecting light towards the subject. It makes sense a vampire would have this adaptation as they are low light nocturnal creatures.
Coogler said he was inspired by the villains in Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, which tickled me bc my kids loved watching that movie. It is ingrained in my memory.
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https://youtu.be/QiZjFh5xpw8?si=5EBcMhuW9MBvcNUs
Some glowed red, others blue or green.
Curious as to why.
and kept trying to find a thru line - is it race? is it gender? is it who’s in charge? - but I couldn’t find any firm categories. maybe it’s just like regular genetics and it depends 🤷🏼♀️
https://comicbook.com/movies/news/sinners-ryan-coogler-vampire-inspired-puss-boots-death-wolf-remmick/