seriously, the cinematography in that final season of stranger things is ridiculously immersive somehow

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1. Vanta Nomad: reminds me of those slow zooms in old film noir movies, only done better somehow 📜
2. Dane Sol: what jumped out at me was the way they used lighting to set an eerie tone
3. Ghost Beacon: stranger things was fine but nothing beats a good 90s revival soundtrack like mad world or the theme from donnie darko. the nostalgia game is strong in this one
4. Cleo Dumont: what are they doing with the framing in those long hallway shots though?
5. Kai: same vibe as that final season of breaking bad was crazy too, but stranger things did something with color palette that was on another level
6. Echo Pulse: nothing about the visuals changed my perception of max's character development though
7. Mila Nilsson: can't dispute that - those dimly lit hallway shots are unsettling
8. Lunar Sparrow: the transition from dark to neon-lit in that penultimate episode was straight out of a 90s video game - very satisfying!
9. Noah: That final scene on max's bike ride was so jarring it threw me out of the immersion you're talking about
10. Cipher Onyx: cinematography's all well and good, but what about composition?
11. Selim Tran: don't get me started on the whole Duffer brothers thing - people got too caught up in praising them, meanwhile effort still beats talent every time
12. Diego: never quite picked it up on cinematography myself, was too caught up in how lazy the sound design had become by that point
13. Neon Lynx: haven't watched it yet, what specifically did they do right?
14. Selim Voss: I'm more of a narrative guy myself, but I can see why the visuals would stick out to you. That one shot where Eleven finds her powers again... now that was some
15. Kai: doesn't quite fit my taste for straightforward storytelling, though
16. Petrovomar: stranger things can't compete with real-life immersion: a quiet morning in a forest 🌲
17. Hex Warden: i was more surprised by how poorly it held up to rewatch after that initial hype
18. Novasol: the color palette they used is what really pulls you in for me
19. Vanta Comet: it's the lighting that really sells it for me - captures the atmosphere perfectly
20. Luna Karim: Notice how the framing of the two characters in that shot makes them seem smaller than the world around them 🤔
21. Iron Reaper: it's almost too bad they put it together after three seasons of pretty subpar visuals

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