Some people put a lot more effort into their photos than I do! Although as they selected people with 100k+ followers I guess taking good photos is basically work for them (or rather their patient partners).
There's something about it that's so undignified, and cringe inducing to me. To see someone pose, repose, inspect, repose, etc. I just could never want to put that much effort into how I'm appearing. The faux spontaneity is just so off-putting.
I think it would be really good educational material. Showing the silly dance that is performed removes all the glamour from the result, and might help alleviating the bad psychological effects that glamour is causing
This is like saying revealing that pornography is a studio act will turn away its viewers. All but the most naivest of naive followers would know this is how much time it takes to take the pictures that look as good as they do.
I was actually hoping to see real juicy stuff (maybe reflectors? Or them smoking something after?) but all seemed pretty tame to be honest.
This is like saying revealing that pornography is a studio act will turn away its viewers.
No, it's like saying that revealing pornography is a studio act will cause them to see how little it resembles a normal, pleasurable sex act, and that they may decide afterwards not to hold it up as a standard of comparison for their own sex lives. You've added the part about "turning away viewers." People know movies take a lot of production and love them for it. They don't judge themselves for not being able to fly, or outrun an explosion.
Lots of people with popular social media presences do “behind the scenes” videos showing how much effort goes into their posts. They always get big spikes in followers afterwards.
Their followers know it’s an act, that’s what they’re there for.
Seeing how the sausage is made almost always results in disillusionment regardless of the industry.
Some of the magic was taken away when I learned that certain scenes a movie I liked required dozens of takes: it felt too mechanical/industrial and went against my romantic notions of how art is made. This is not far off from the pose-repose-inspect cycle you noted, but has a much larger supporting crew (and budget) and far longer hours.
Most art is the result of numerous trial & error. Most finished works of creativity/art, be it visual, music, poetry or prose, are preceded by numerous sketches, drafts, discarded attempts and edits. Creativity is a process and requires work. I think this is important to know as so many people think that they aren't artistic or creative as they can't immediately create something wonderful. But those that can seem to create spontaneous art have practiced a lot to develop that skill. It is possible to practice creativity in order to develop more.
How you stitch each of those together into a seamless ever-changing story *is* the magic, especially when you know how it's done.
Everything happens in tiny almost imperceptible 1/24th of a second steps, and yet eye-blink instant can make the difference between you believing a scene and not believing it.
Next time you watch a film or a TV programme, try to see how the trick is done. Watch for how people are positioned so that their eyelines cross when they're talking. Watch how when you cut from one shot to another, there's a movement in the shot that you leave, that matches the shot that you enter. This fools you into not "seeing the join". As you turn your head to look around you blink subconsciously, so your brain is used to dealing with cutting between scenes. How you do that to tell a story is a phenomenally powerful and beautiful art.
How you stitch each of those together into a seamless ever-changing story is the magic...
Unfortunately, it is a lesser magic to the one I naively believed in: that of genius directors who have fully-formed visions they bring on screen, and world class actors who need 2 or 3 takes tops. It was all very idealized, and in my defense, I was very young.
Now I enjoy deconstructing tools of trade on some movies on a second watch: paying attention to camera angles, composition, color grading and sound. The only thing I regret is learning about the Wilhelm scream, because it always destroys my suspension of disbelief, and I hear it more often than I'd like.
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Some people put a lot more effort into their photos than I do! Although as they selected people with 100k+ followers I guess taking good photos is basically work for them (or rather their patient partners).
There's something about it that's so undignified, and cringe inducing to me. To see someone pose, repose, inspect, repose, etc. I just could never want to put that much effort into how I'm appearing. The faux spontaneity is just so off-putting.
I think it would be really good educational material. Showing the silly dance that is performed removes all the glamour from the result, and might help alleviating the bad psychological effects that glamour is causing
This is like saying revealing that pornography is a studio act will turn away its viewers. All but the most naivest of naive followers would know this is how much time it takes to take the pictures that look as good as they do.
I was actually hoping to see real juicy stuff (maybe reflectors? Or them smoking something after?) but all seemed pretty tame to be honest.
No, it's like saying that revealing pornography is a studio act will cause them to see how little it resembles a normal, pleasurable sex act, and that they may decide afterwards not to hold it up as a standard of comparison for their own sex lives. You've added the part about "turning away viewers." People know movies take a lot of production and love them for it. They don't judge themselves for not being able to fly, or outrun an explosion.
Lots of people with popular social media presences do “behind the scenes” videos showing how much effort goes into their posts. They always get big spikes in followers afterwards.
Their followers know it’s an act, that’s what they’re there for.
Seeing how the sausage is made almost always results in disillusionment regardless of the industry.
Some of the magic was taken away when I learned that certain scenes a movie I liked required dozens of takes: it felt too mechanical/industrial and went against my romantic notions of how art is made. This is not far off from the pose-repose-inspect cycle you noted, but has a much larger supporting crew (and budget) and far longer hours.
Most art is the result of numerous trial & error. Most finished works of creativity/art, be it visual, music, poetry or prose, are preceded by numerous sketches, drafts, discarded attempts and edits. Creativity is a process and requires work. I think this is important to know as so many people think that they aren't artistic or creative as they can't immediately create something wonderful. But those that can seem to create spontaneous art have practiced a lot to develop that skill. It is possible to practice creativity in order to develop more.
Are you kidding?
How you stitch each of those together into a seamless ever-changing story *is* the magic, especially when you know how it's done.
Everything happens in tiny almost imperceptible 1/24th of a second steps, and yet eye-blink instant can make the difference between you believing a scene and not believing it.
Next time you watch a film or a TV programme, try to see how the trick is done. Watch for how people are positioned so that their eyelines cross when they're talking. Watch how when you cut from one shot to another, there's a movement in the shot that you leave, that matches the shot that you enter. This fools you into not "seeing the join". As you turn your head to look around you blink subconsciously, so your brain is used to dealing with cutting between scenes. How you do that to tell a story is a phenomenally powerful and beautiful art.
Unfortunately, it is a lesser magic to the one I naively believed in: that of genius directors who have fully-formed visions they bring on screen, and world class actors who need 2 or 3 takes tops. It was all very idealized, and in my defense, I was very young.
Now I enjoy deconstructing tools of trade on some movies on a second watch: paying attention to camera angles, composition, color grading and sound. The only thing I regret is learning about the Wilhelm scream, because it always destroys my suspension of disbelief, and I hear it more often than I'd like.
capturing a vibe can be very lucrative if you have the follower count. Authenticity doesn't matter if your post still gets likes and shares.
Agreed, Instagram is the epitome of civilian posting.