Why do Netflix Productions look like that?

Why do Netflix Original Productions have a distinct visual look.
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[@peterfrank3365]

This is actually my biggest problem with 'Glass Onion'. Sure, it also has a weaker script than 'Knives Out', but visually, everything feels "plastic". In 'Knives Out', you could feel the light fog that clothed the Thrombey residence. You almost smell the leather on the chairs. In 'Glass Onion', the setting feels like the set of a sitcom.

[@netconner]

Also why were the colors freakishly bright? It felt like I was watching a coco melon video

[@NickKeutzer]

agreed 100%

[@oshapmoviesofficial]

Glass Onion was pretty annoying and I loved Knives Out.

[@crystaleefyffe1230]

I couldn't understand why they chose that camera. Everything looks weird, and I was wondering if the show was a comedy at first glance.

[@charybdis8113]

Greece is sunny

[@r.lsteve1475]

What's the reason a movie looks like sitcoms?

[@movieluts]

We’re working on a video covering this 👀

[@L4nd0z]

it's a sitcom? or maybe it's to put your mind in a place to expect jokes n find them more funny...

[@soyitiel]

Maybe it's the difference in equipment. TV shows, especially the live audience ones, tend to film with several cameras at the same time to amp production speed, but obviously not several IMAX or Alexas. I'm also almost certain part of it is the frame rate. Even regular movies on TVs that automatically generate frames between the actual frames to technically be 60fps look really weird

[@adammcbride4128]

Lighting is probably a big factor. Do sitcoms have shadows?

[@nathanielregier]

Simply the taste of the creators of that movie. That is the look they were going for and they were happy with it. There are no overlords demanding something look a certain way. It is certainly not an equipment problem either

[@adityathosar2026]

I was waiting for someone to cover this issue.But apart from the points in the video I want to add one more aspect that is Color Grading. A filmmakers obsession with Cyan color tone can be a reason. No blue is pure Blue, No white is pure white, No green is pure green. They're all Cyan...

[@movieluts]

Color grading makes a big impact! That was even more emphasized with the teal and orange look.

[@chujiwu68]

Thank you! I was waiting for the video to mention this. A lot of Netflix content, especially their movies (a few notable exceptions, as noted, notwithstanding) all seem to have the same color grading! It's not bad, in and of itself, but it is needlessly overused and gives a lot of their productions a generic look and feel.

[@watchmyepics]

Facts!!

[@BatmanHQYT]

Yup. And it's a specific look that's distinct from Fincher's desaturated, cool-palette aesthetic. Netflix's version is all cyan shadows, saturation retained, and a ton of exposure/highlights, and the result looks very "Instagram". Off the top of my head I can remember Dark, Baby Reindeer, Sex Education, Maid, Haunting of Hill House, The Crown, Queen's Gambit, Squid Game, and the last two seasons of Ozark all having that specific look.

[@Bluboy30]

I think Fincher's The Killer looks the most "cinematic" out of the movies that I've seen on Netflix.

[@movieluts]

Yes, it has that Fincher’s signature style

[@rland8459]

Finchers all movies are cinematic, each shots are simply beautiful,fightclub is the perfect example , made in 1999.

[@Bluboy30]

@@rland8459 Thanks for the info, bud. I've been a fan of Fincher since 1992 when he made Alien 3, no need to tell me when Fight Club came out. 😂

[@FilmGuyJ]

He’s also a director with early digital cinema experience.

[@Shad0wmoses]

saw that in theatres. it was great.

[@12thpls]

I had to cancel my Netflix because the cost to value ratio wasn’t there for me. They release a lot of mindless junk. The obsession with big name actors with shitty stories boggles my mind. I preferred it when they had a nice selection of broadcast ip, that I could binge.

[@el_zahirp]

Same here, i think you find better things by far combining prime, Apple, little bit of HBO nowadays productions.

[@vb8428]

Still prefer them to other streaming platforms for supporting creators worldwide and not just going for big stars/showrunners like Apple has been doing.

[@rytfrommars]

They devalued cinema. They disrespect the artform. Money is important but art is happiness

[@oshapmoviesofficial]

Just like the 2008 Housing Stock Market. These movies will fall. They are putting too much money into them without receiving a break. Smaller independent Film Companies like A24 and NEON are actually doing great. KZbin and other resources are allowing independent filmmakers to get their films seen. The reckoning will happen. Just wait.

[@nikolaiprophet]

Tell that to Disney

[@rytfrommars]

@@nikolaiprophet yes Disney did the same (actually worse) thing too 😂 and even if I pay to watch Netflix contents, never paying Disney+

[@jhoserovi29]

You realize it has always been a business, movies get made because of money, if you want to point fingers, better include all major movie studios that focus on recycling ideas and take no real emphasis on the "art" part of filmmaking.

[@draco_1876]

Yap yap yap. Baki is better than any gay Martin Scorsese movie.

[@JoeLigmama]

You barely mention color grading/correction and camera lenses which are arguably more the most contributing factors to the tone or look of visual presentation.

[@Skrenja]

Also the lack of creative lighting in newer productions.

[@thetramp123]

Yeah, this video doesn't really have anything interesting to say about the way Netflix films look. Then again their A24 video wasn't good either.

[@josephblaze]

Laugh counts: 3 00:05 - Irony 02:26 - Cat farting on the toilet 09:00 - Dune 2 being watched on a smartwatch

[@movieluts]

😂😂😂😂

[@lilromi]

Same bro, same

[@toysarealive1]

Netflix is the Walmart of film production.

[@ramonlovera9894]

All quiet on the western front. Watch that movie and try repeat what you said.

[@toysarealive1]

@@ramonlovera9894 Even walmart has the occassional product I'd purchase.

[@draco_1876]

Tyler Rake solos your favorite character.

[@toysarealive1]

@@draco_1876 are you 12, what does that even mean?

[@draco_1876]

@@toysarealive1 Solo means that one character can take out a universe of characters. For example punisher solos the Sopranos universe.

[@dyscotopia]

There is a lot of amazing Netflix content made by extremely talented people (there's also a lot of duds). Even if they devalued cinema a bit, I remember what tv shows and tv movies looked like before Netflix, and it's night and day. Considering the limited high quality cinematic experiences instead of endless franchise reboots, there are serious artsy quirky films I can watch from all over the world that Netflix played a hand in

[@SundayNightWeirdos]

Ironic that this video dogs on content only to be an ad for content creation.

[@lonewanderer882]

whoa, what a smart thought

[@Abilimarvellous]

The central idea of having a new movie to watch at every go is the biggest problem. Working with a subscription model also creates a void, as to keep the subscriber in you need to add in more ‘new content’. Movies need time, production needs value, the audience wants to watch 3 years worth of seasons in 1 go, something has to be sacrificed ‘Quality’ the larger the quantity, cut corners. You feel this particularly more in design (color grading, texture, feel, and motion)

[@RichEdwards]

Movie LUTs text-to-speech doing a pretty good version of "How It's Made"

[@KevinBlancoZ]

I thought I was watching a Studio Binder video 😮 great video.

[@movieluts]

Thanks 🙏 They have good videos!

[@jessieolmos7497]

I just watched 1917 again and thought “wow- there’s never going to be a beautiful film like this ever again”

[@diegominero29]

Remember when Netflix attempted to add an option to watch movies/series speeded up? That's the pinacle of showing how much non of this is art for Netflix, strictly 100% content...

[@petercarlson5261]

This video was the first time I heard Dune was somehow a Netflix production? It's Warner Brothers and pretty famously premiered on Max during the pandemic.

[@PiCheZvara]

You can also look at Furiosa and Atlas. Furiosa is a huge epic with a lot of costumes, set designs, and you see and feel attention to detail. Atlas is a hodge podge of ideas from elsewhere in a good enough looking package, but it's like watching a high level video game. It's just part of the overall bundle of content and not just an individual thing and thus it doesn't try as hard to please. On streaming, you see more care put into miniseries, that's where the medium really shines.

[@Phosfit]

8:56 Just slipping in “watches” as something people watch their films on 😭

[@TheDystopiaInside]

I almost feel like I could make these films look good if I increased the contrast and color saturation -- they just look washed out, the colors don't stand out whatever ought to be black is just dark gray.

[@freddy902]

Sometimes what the algorithm recommends to me makes me scratch my head. Just because an actor is in another movie doesn't mean after watching a comedy I want to watch a horror.

[@devkrishanrpurohit5181]

Hey great video !! Could you perhaps let me know the track you used in the background in the end of the video ? Would mean the world to be if you could tell

[@MihajloVEnnovation]

While the smaller screens may have impact on set design and reliance on dialogue scenes, I think it's more of a budget issue. It's way cheeper to film two characters talking in a minimalistic interior, then a tracking shot on an elaborate set with dozens of extras.

[@rylymbona]

People watch movies on their watches????? What? Why would anyone do that?

[@DigitalCasm]

those last 17 seconds when they swapped color grades in the scenes being showed was pretty god-damned epic.

[@ChaseWeeks]

That cat caught me off guard

[@AdolfoTorresMIJO]

I really enjoy it when Netflix doesn’t do original stuff.

[@lorenacanals5845]

To be fair, I feel like The Killer worked because Fincher's style fits in well with Netflix's visuals

[@Willaonyt]

9:14 can't count how many times I've been in that situation

[@rinedgecombe8165]

They’ve taken some good films - particularly they cloned Tyrone, imo - and fucked them to the point that no one believes that they are cinema when they should have been considered as such

[@numeekune1398]

Kinda out of topic. I think modern K-Drama is the only one who has similiar style as Netflix. Some South Korean dan Japanese movie too. South Korean TV and cable channels can produce the same cinematography quality as Netflix, and they also had several titles with good quality stories outside the love stories before Squid Game. I think that's what made Netflix decide to produce Kingdom and Squid Game so well even though both titles were just series.

[@oshapmoviesofficial]

@Nummeekune1398 Do you consider that to be Parasite?

[@BatmanHQYT]

Excellent, excellent video. You hit the nail on the head with the set design - it's not just the polished look of digital cameras, but the sparse sets, abundant close-ups, and general "lack of scene" you described that makes Netflix productions visually feel so plasticky and mass-produced. There was a time where I enjoyed that aesthetic, since the trend made Netflix's catalog feel like this cohesive, unified experience. But now it just feels soulless. Movies need texture and detail to immerse you in their world.

[@ciberfrost2085]

you have it really well explained, good job, thanks!

[@movieluts]

Glad you liked it!

The title is Netflix but the topic is digital vs film. It's like the digital camera was invented by Netflix. Even Martin Scorsese makes his films with digital cameras. The same goes for other titles.

[@oshapmoviesofficial]

If you believe then can you tell me if my Feature-Length film looks gritty. Because I tried making it look gritty even though a digital film. I see you're a DVD and Blue-Ray Collector. (I subbed by the way.)

[@CornishCreamtea07]

It was a few years now since I saw The Irishman, so you might be right. However, I recall watching Killers of the Flower Moon and assuming it was shot on film, so I'm not so sure about that.

@@CornishCreamtea07 Killers of the Flower Moon mix... 35 (Kodak) + digital Sony AXS-R7)

[@CornishCreamtea07]

Did they use the digital cameras for night shots?

[@flyingisland7583]

I fell into a hole where the algorithm only offers me videos with voices made by artificial intelligence

[@KreshDraven6]

Great content! Never noticed the set design aspect. Painfully to say but makes so much sense, but I don't know, I just can't understand how someone would watch 2 hours of a film in their phone but ok.... Also, really enjoyed the whole Film vs Digital debate

[@movieluts]

Glad you liked it!

[@Siegfried5846]

Where can I find whole films that have been dyed and colour graded like you do?? I think it looks awesome. I watch many black and white films, but they would undoubtedly be better this way.

[@OkumuraRyuk]

Don't look up was such an amazing movie with such an amazing message. And amazingly enough they were correct on it.

[@SantsLime]

Very useful! Thanks for sharing it.

[@movieluts]

Glad it was helpful!

[@smobilel3266]

Nice. Hope they light up. It is just dark to me and it hurts my eyes and then I am no way into the story or characters or anything.

[@OneAncestorAtATime]

I like Scorcese's quote, but I dislike the non-smart inverted comma before the word 'content'...

[@justiceriser8970]

To be honest all tv show should now look like movies

[@dascene0]

Are we really still discussing film vs digital in 2024? Come on. This feels so 2014. This 2k alexa netflix thing is in the past at least for two years with the 35 and even longer with the lf. I don't even know if it makes a relevant point in 2024. Netflix is not as bad on shot sizes like TV was back in the day. Just think of how soap operas were lit and shot compared to any modern series... Although I agree that set their set designs look poor on some movies/series I don't think this is related with shot sizes, the problem to me is budget/amount of movies needed. I feel we are reliving that forties and fifties hollywood flood of movies that had to be released each week to keep people entertained but on digital and in a more massive scale. What really annoys me on netflix is the data driven agenda that they make sure to stamp in every possible "piece of content" in every genre...

[@Skrenja]

The debate still isn't over. While digital is catching up, film _still_ looks better 90% of the time.

[@broggie123]

Glad this video exists. When I speak with my friends and family they think I’m just complaining for no reason. I think they just don’t notice. Which is probably a better way to live tbf. I remember the Kanye West short movie for MBDTF and saying I love the colour grading and skin tones and my mate said I’m lost it looks normal.

[@teamLewis44]

Saaame

[@aaronearnedanironurnn]

Gotta be honest. It was never a thought. The only time I notice anything wrong is when a 4k/8k tv makes movies look like they remove the cinematic filter and it looks like you're on set watching the actors live.

[@KNWBDY.important]

Anyone know the beat playing at 8:33

[@jasonapplebaum9871]

It feels a step above cheap

[@magicguystudios7940]

Maybe this is just me but Stranger Things is the only series I've seen that doesn't really have that Netflix look.

[@riddicksilent5103]

May be overuse of green screen .

[@shaifunnessa7816]

Bro New York vs California Los Angeles vs Georgia vs Florida Miami filmmaking which is better please make video

[@surfinsilver]

i canceled Netflix, & still watch all i want to watch... ❤

[@shrimpfry880]

it's like fast food but for movies

[@Brad772006]

I got my first smart phone in 2011 and here in 2024. I have still yet to watch a film on a phone screen. I have always waited until at home and watch on my television screen. I haven't done it because it never seemed like the correct thing to do.

[@TheOvy]

Woah now, that comment about best cinematography winners isn't correct: Netflix bought the distribution rights for Roma AFTER it was mostly finished -- they did NOT produce Roma! Similarly, though Netflix bought the distribution rights to All Quiet on the Western Front before production began, it was NOT produced by Netflix. Mank is the only one of the three that had Netflix Productions involved.

[@G59METH]

Just watched the trailer to The Instigators and it looked like shit, reminded me a lot of Wolfs and I wasn't surprised when I looked up both movies and found out that both were produced by Apple+ so it's not just Netflix

[@codyeasonBGR]

That was fun thanks for that

[@movieluts]

🙏🙏

[@Jrowmight1]

so it's not Ciminca so what is it, I know straight to DVD.

[@warriorprincesss]

Idk.. Society of the Snow looks good.. granted the set design is pretty out there, literally

[@broskies2598]

What I can see is the acting you pay for what you get. If you don't have the acting, you haven't got shat.

[@gundamzerostrike]

This thing about film vs digital is just nonsense according to filmmakers themselves. Even outside Netflix almost everyone is using digital. Not only that, but they are using smaller and cheaper cameras as well exactly because there difference is just not there anymore. The Creator and Civil War are two amazing theatre movies that were shot with cameras that amateur productions use. And they both look insane. The new consensus in cinema is that giant ultra expensive cameras are just not worth it anymore. Not only you can get basically the same image quality with something cheaper and smaller, but you can achieve more flexibility in your production with such camera because, they being smaller, means you can get away with doing scenes that were impossible before. You can just go handheld during the entire production, put the camera on a drone, etc. You just unlock a lot more options for creativity in filmmakings, and that's what cinema is all about... Not "being shot in film". Seeing a filmmaker saying that is just cringe.

[@loucipher7782]

the set design reasoning is a lame excuse for low budget people watch on small smartphone screen yes, but people also own fkin 65" 4k tv at home to binge watch many people also own projectors these days

[@oshapmoviesofficial]

Do you think my Low quality film can still look good if it us grounded. What do you think of mine? (SUBBED BY THE WAY)

[@jr4chargers]

Why do Apple TV production look like that? I’ve noticed Apple TV movies and shows simply look more cinematic, like higher quality than pretty much all other streaming services.

[@EvilDaren]

That's why I love cinema over content. great analysis mate

[@icreateworlds]

I just realized why despite having Netflix I can only watch it a couple of times a week and I always go back to my old movies on Blu-ray and dvd instead. I’m visually bored. As an illustrator watching the same visual style over and over and over and over again as it happens with streaming , bores me to death. The lack of visual environments and the focus on close ups all time is not something that excites me that much. I prefer to go back to real movies than watch content. And I don’t watch movies on small devices either. That makes no sense. Tv or theater.

[@787GX]

Now I can't un-see it. Hit-Man looks like Glass Onion and Glass Onion looks like Day Shift which looks like You People..... fuck.

[@Omnicient.]

Cinema films in the last 25 years increasingly look and sound identical which is a longer time frame to judge. Cinema films today mostly play by the same rules due to their cost. It's not Netflix who have samey looking films - it's cinema films. One example look at Ridley Scott's films in the last 25 years?! All practically identical and underlined more so as he tends to use the same creative talents over and over again.

[@kylesaylors9446]

Netflix has 3x a more cinematic look than apple tv.. apple is the soap opera cinema channel if i have ever seen one

[@sehu1291]

True

[@bhupichand2660]

Why do you sound like bojack?

[@CarineKinarian]

yeah, I'm very happy to have cancelled my Netflix subscription

[@JBJREEL]

But maestro/Roma look gorgeous

[@Sa199_]

is this video made by AI?!🙄

[@movieluts]

Nope, just the voiceover is recorded with the help of AI.

[@TheStickbug_]

@@movieluts hire a voice actor

[@itsthehumor95]

AI voices suck!!

[@oshapmoviesofficial]

QUESTION IS ARE YOU #AI

[@TJUC123]

@@TheStickbug_Y’all think everyone has money. 😂

[@SolamenteVees]

The AI narration devalues the content of this.

[@TheFY-cb6eb]

Happy i subscribed

[@Lunarphantom99]

I light quality cameras if a movie have cheesy graphics it's auto trash for me

[@Dan_Yerlll]

You realize that the Sony Venice you’re talking about have the same exact amount of color information right? LMAO athey are all CMOS sensors with bayer arrays, capable of 444 RAW. BTW stranger things was shot on the Alexa mini LF lol its literally featured in your video. Please do some research before spreading misinformation that confuses people.

[@oshapmoviesofficial]

Cite your sources (SUBBED BY THE WAY)

[@Dan_Yerlll]

@@oshapmoviesofficial my sources? The literal white paper PDFs of both cameras capabilities and industry experience

[@oshapmoviesofficial]

@@Dan_Yerlll So what, I was just wondering if you can cite your sources?

[@vectorchizu]

I'v always notice there was something weird about netflix movies. That's why i watch the 1st 5mins n scroll to a diff movie

[@Blazepointfive]

Christopher Nolans movies?

[@darksideamv5884]

Make a video about Amazon prime

[@oshapmoviesofficial]

Do you think AMAZON PRIME is doing the same but more unique. I appreciate their unique perspective. (SUBBED TO YOU BY THE WAY)

[@entertainingandfun2719]

Stranger things is absolutely Cinema.

[@KiranKumar-uv6kd]

I don’t think Netflix films and series look any different than movies or any other content. Its different is just personal choices of the filmmakers

[@deviandrianto]

i love Netflix films ❤

[@Jeroen4]

This is hell

[@oshapmoviesofficial]

What is hell about it? Wondering.

[@adeojorilwan5568]

Please make, "why do Asian films look like they do?"

[@dunnowy123]

I can't stand most straight-to-streaming films BECAUSE of how they look. Immediately watching them, I can feel the cheapness and lack of effort, even if that isn't actually the case. Film is a visual medium and if a film just doesn't look right, the best script, acting, and directing in the world really can't save it for me.

[@KennyCarter90]

Are people really watching videos on watches now???

[@mohiabro]

6:58 - that has to be, the SMOOTHIEST Ad placement in a KZbin video, ever. Good job.

[@JJKoester]

"You already know that..." And I turn your video off. Write for the audience, not the search engine.

[@broggie123]

The Netflix effect is the reason I couldn’t watch Red Notice and 6 Underground. Well and maybe the story and dead acting. Especially Red Notice no chemistry.

[@ChristopherAguilera-ez7eq]

Netflix is television that masquerades as film. It's nothing new. The early days of television had film makers like Orson Wells and Alfred Hitchcock do television and it was broadcast in low resolution square screens. It was new so they experimented because they thought tv was going to kill movies just like streaming will finally kill the movie theater and movies made for theaters. Ironically the big tent pole movies of the past ten years like Marvel were made much in the same way as Netflix, conformity to a specific look where directors did not have much creative license because those films were made like television productions with show runners. These days content is king, even KZbin channels like this compete with Netflix.

[@dasanii2467]

viewers dont care about famous actors at least younger ones.

[@coolida23511]

I was wondering why Netflix movies look cheap.

[@Vaxmas]

I hate when big budget movie produce by N

[@shhnshah]

Golum ka chhota bhai

[@abdeldorado]

i worked with them, in short, I just hate them and only wish them to go bankrupt and leave our beloved art alone.

[@gothwolf13]

Ended my Netflix subscription years ago after a long time of endless scrolling only to find almost nothing that felt worth watching. Looks cheap, forgettable script, barely any interesting set or costume design, and the ridiculous looking CGI whenever that appears. The extreme HD of digital tends to make a lot of stuff look fake, like you can see that it's taking place on a set. And the lighting, colors, and sound design are HORRIFIC (although this is true for most modern movies). For the most part Netflix movies feel like the movie equivalent of empty calories.

[@joshsmith162]

Not loving the fact you've used an AI voice for a video about the value of quality over content.

[@alasyon]

The AI voice is offputting

[@zerocool5395]

People watch movies on their watch? 😂

[@artus198]

Well, I hate digital Film