Perception in entertainment
Posted: December 16th, 2009 by Khoa Le in Advice Corner, Inspiration, Random thoughts | Read Comments »
Today, I like to talk about perception in music, film, and photography. Lets start simple:
If we see a photography with an assistant that holds a softbox/umbrella and a flash, we assume it’s somewhat professional. If we see a photography with 4 assistants, 2 holding a flash and 2 hold reflectors giving this high profile photoshoot look outdoors, we automatically assume it’s professional and it’s going to turn out great.
In music, whenever anyone wants into a high end studio that’s loaded with gear, nice setup, clean, and just looks really professional, people will assume great “quality” sounding music will come from there vs. someone with a home studio setup, sorta messy, and no vocal booth. That’s a terrible perception these days.
In film, whenever we see a 35mm format, a crew of people working with the director, and high end lights, we assume it’s a decent budget film and it’s going to look great. But when we see a person with a tiny camera, tiny crew, minimal lights, we assume it’s amateur.
I guess we as human beings have this perception of what big production and professionalism is suppose to look like and be like. Well, just a news flash if you guys have not caught up to technology, equipment are becoming much cheaper, more compact, and “much” better and advanced. Think of the first IBM computer where you had to load a floppy into the drive to boot it up. Windows didn’t even exist yet and memory was 512kb. And color monitors wasn’t available. Yet, the damn computer was bulky, weighed a ton, keyboard was extremely loud, loading took like 10 minutes.
That’s the same thing that’s happening in music and film. So when you walk into a homestudio, don’t underestimate the sound quality like most do. Or if you walk into a film set and see a director holding a photography camera (VDSLR 7d, 5d, 1d) shooting his next feature. It’s the new age and it’s about the people behind the tools that make it work.
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