I just finished a watching a brilliant 8 hours of the British series Broadchurch. The writing was, of course, excellent but I was stunned by the gorgeous lighting effects and cinematography. Wow! Such beautiful night shots, especially the scene in episode 8 where Hardy and Miller are talking after the big reveal, at night, on the beach, with all of the cliffs lit behind them to frame their shot. How many 10K lights did that take? It was GORGEOUS! I could die of happiness. Of course, I see something like that, and desperately wish that I could write something so brilliant and beautiful and then I get stuck between the pessimistic side of my brain that says, "No, you can't, you aren't that good yet," and the optimistic side of my brain that says, "Yes, of course you could, if you took enough time to do it." My sister LOVES tap dancing, so much that when she watches a brilliant dancer, she too jealous to enjoy the performance. Sometimes when I see something brilliant I think, "You suck," and I curl up in a writerly ball of misery knowing that my writing will never come close. But my optimistic side is gaining a lot of experience points and will soon be strong enough to defeat my pessimistic brain parts once and for all! (But if that happens, I'll have to change the name of my blog...bugger.)
Oh, (hee hee) have you seen the trailer for the American show that's copycatting Broachurch? It's called Gracepoint and David Tennant sounds so funny with a Canadian accent! The whole rhythm and pitch of his voice is weird and it sounds ridiculous! Here's links to both trailers so you can compare:
Broadchurch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOnus6OvViM
Gracepoint:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9IWvbbZPZc
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