Electricity at Camelot?????

[Callysto]

First Knight

This is a good movie about King Arthur and Camelot and Lady Gwenivere and Sir Lancelot.

Well I was watching it for like the umpteenth time and a scene just puzzles me to no end. It is right after Sir Lancelot saves Lady Gwenivere and gets her back to King Arthur. There are a row of soldiers with torches who line up and the King walks Lady Gwenivere down it to a cliff over looking a river to a kingdom. He tells her he has named it Camelot and they pan to it to see it all lit up.

Now the problem I had at this point was that it seemed way to lit up to be candles and torches. It was lit up like they were using ELECTRICITY. You have to see it when they firat show it to see what I mean but it was way to bright for torches and candles. Then of ourse they show a closer shot a short time later with all of the torches and candles but it still seems way to bright for them, not to mention a terrible fire hazard.

Has anyone else ever noticed this or for that fact noticed something like this in other movies???



Post Edited (08-21-03 13:42)

[JohnL]

Umm, what movie are you referring to? Excalibur?

In any case, movies are full of weird lighting inconsistencies. Ever notice when someone in a dark room lights a candle, a few seconds after the candle starts burning, the entire room gets a lot lighter? Or someone is using a flashlight and it brightens up the entire room, not just where they're pointing it?

[Callysto]

OOPS sory.

I edited the post.
I saw First Knight.

[The Burgomaster]

Well, as they said in MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL:

"Camelot."

"Camelot."

"Camelot."

"It's only a model."

"Ssshhhhh!"