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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Staffan" data-source="post: 9473638" data-attributes="member: 907">I do have one complaint, and that's one that applies to a lot of modern TV: they suck at lighting when it's supposed to be dark.This is a shot from when the witches were about to summon a new Green Witch:[ATTACH=full]381570[/ATTACH]You can't see a damn thing in this shot. Some vague facial blobs, Agatha's blouse, and something providing some vague illumination in the background. It might have worked in a theatre where the real-world environment is dark, but not on a TV or computer screen.This, on the other hand, is a shot from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, about 20 years ago:[ATTACH=full]381571[/ATTACH]The lighting clearly communicates that this is a dark place, but at the same time the individual things there are lit up for the convenience of the audience. We see the tombstones, and we see the faces of both Buffy and the vampire she's about to slay. Is it realistic? Maybe, maybe not. When we're in a dark environment, our eyes usually adjust to take in more light so we can see some things at least (and the cells in our eyes that sense blue light are also better at sensing low levels of light, which means we experience a dark environment as blue-tinged much like the screenshot above). This doesn't happen when watching TV (or a computer screen) in a semi-lit room, because there's enough ambient light not to get our pupils dilated.</blockquote>