Top Gear is one of the only reality television show that drives me mad. Many of
the reality use comedy lighting, and with the same plot over and over without
too much of a change. In Top Gear lighting
isn’t too much different from the other reality shows when the seen is inside
of the studio, but even with shots kept switching in the studio. Three casting
members would always lead the audience from one to another, or distract the audience
with sound so the swift between casting would not be out of place.
The beginning of Top Gear was very focus on showing cars,
on giving opinion to rare luxury sports cars and putting celebrities behind a
reasonably priced car. After few seasons, the show starting with many of the
challenges to compete between public transportation to driving from England to
South of France as the start, and got much more outdoor shooting there is for
this show. During the bright sun,
cloudy day, raining, to complete darkness, with all different kind of climate,
of course the camera would need to be treating in very differently.
During all of the
sunny or cloudy days, camera men always uses different tones of blue filters,
to make the bright light much cooler to present the sharpness of the background
and car itself. Sometimes the filter is from dark on the top to lighter tone at
the bottom. With darkness, the camera will be the night vision and much more
like a swat team following one another.
Though out many of the
outdoors shooting, tripod was often use from the other end of street corner to
shoot the coming car. Editing of cuts are also very sharp on the decisions, all
the Top Gear seasons, personally have
never felt an cut that could have be shorter. Since it is a reality show after
all, there are also acting involved. It isn’t very hard some of the possibility
those three casting are acting; however, the editing, shots, and sound are
trying so hard for audience to focus on the subject they are acting out. It
creates a kind of humour as the style for the show.
All of the shots from
indoors to outdoors may not be anything new to reality television, but each
presented screen are with an extra bit of care in it. By watching the show,
could feel the whole crew is working as a team, with well thought ideas and the
position of the camera to not only document it but also to impress the beauty
and ability of the cars to audience.
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