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2:32 pm April 19, 2014
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Absolutely. I mean, they had a record of solid cinematography going into season 2 honestly, but you're right, season 4 and 5 really showed how good camera work and blocking could be for a TV show. Then again, Mad Men is also very good in that matter. Might even be better than BB in that regard. Also, Sherlock.
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5:14 pm April 19, 2014
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Sherlock never struck me as well shot as Breaking Bad, not as emotive.
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5:43 pm April 19, 2014
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You're right on the matter of the shots evoking emotion, but technically, Sherlock is one of the best shot shows on TV, which is enhanced by the editing. Editing is huge.
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5:50 pm April 19, 2014
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It's edited pretty well, I'll give you that. In terms of production values it's very very high, but the emotive, evocative use of shadow and camera angles/staging/focus simply isn't really of an artistic level like Breaking Bad went to in the final two seasons. I never really was awed by the was Sherlock is shot, it seems very much like a lot of big budget hollywood thrillers, stylistically. I assume that is on purpose of course, since the nature of the show is to be mysterious/thrilleresque but modern. As an avid reader of Arthur Conan Doyle though I didn't really connect to the modern retellings of some of his stories, and even though the classic Hollywood verisons are also updated to the time of their filming (1930s-50s) I feel the cinematography employed in those films captured the mood of the films much better.
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