I haven't listened to the Thiel interview yet but one thing I did find striking is the truly bizarre colour grading. you can see the original on the left and my 2-second correction on the right.

you would be hard-pressed to grade this footage in a less flattering way, almost as if your explicit goal was to make the subjects look alien. blue casts are a non-starter for skin tones.

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Great observation. An example of why I believe everyone needs "video literacy" these days - understanding the very subtle choices editors have to manipulate people into a certain feeling about the subject.

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absolutely agree, same applies to images as well. the look and feel of photos/videos has a great effect on how we react to them.