Films made for Netflix look more like TV shows — here's the technical reason why

  • Written by: Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
Films made for Netflix look more like TV shows — here's the technical reason whyGary Oldman and Amanda Seyfried in the Netflix film Mank. Netflix

The history of cinema as an art parallels its history as a technology. Ever wondered why the colour in The Wizard of Oz is so saturated? Well, it wasn’t the first technicolor film, but it was the first to effectively advertise MGM’s new 3-strip colour process to a global...

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