Lighting the non-white face

[robcat2075]

When I look at old shows (and most movies) from the 60s they look very flat and dull. It's like they had given up trying.

 

Television looks a lot different today. I think it had to. Flat and dull wasn't going to sell anymore.

 

This article has broad level discussion of doing better lighting, for non-white skin tones and just to not look like 60s TV.

 

Keeping ‘Insecure’ lit: HBO cinematographer Ava Berkofsky on properly lighting black faces

"...the secret to making television resemble film is providing different levels of light to the scene. “[in sitcoms], everything is the same level of brightness. That’s what I’m trying to avoid,” she said. “The trick is keeping [light] off the walls."