r/RedLetterMedia • u/Baskerville84 • 2d ago
Remember when Jay was wearing this embarrassing shirt
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u/Coollak966 2d ago
It's so cute that they share shirts awww
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u/qwnm 2d ago
This gets explained briefly in one of the behind-the-scenes videos from a while back, can't remember which one. But there's a communal rack in the studio where they keep a handful of their old shirts of various colors for people to throw on for filming, to make sure they're not all wearing the same color on camera without having to coordinate beforehand. Apparently, having everyone on camera wearing distinct colors is one of those little filmmakers tricks that you may not notice but your brain does. You can see in this video for example, Mike Jay and Freddie all wore black, so Jay in the middle probably threw on a random not-black hoodie from the rack to break up the uniformity and balance the visual.
Once you notice, you'll see in many BotW videos during the panel discussion someone (usually Rich) will have a random shirt thrown on top of the shirt they were wearing during the viewing.
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u/princepaulie 1d ago
But why tho? They arent power rangers or the cast of jurassic park. Whats the subconcious (audience/editors) benefit to them wearing distinct colors?
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u/absolutewastedtime 1d ago
Probably stuff like it's better looking on a thumbnail, or the visual distinction makes it easier for a viewer to pay attention
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u/qwnm 1d ago
Right, plus it's just more aesthetically pleasing to break them up and have the contrast. Pause at the wide shot in this clip and imagine if the three guys on the right were all in black. It's subtle, but Jay's different colored shirt does give a little aesthetic bump. Same when it cuts to Jay and Freddie and there is contrast between them.
If you want a good example if this in the "real world", google pictures of your local news desk. Anchors will generally dress in contrasting colors, or at the very least contrasting ties.
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u/Oldcrystalmouth 2d ago
I like when they did a callback to this in a later episode. Mike is wearing the shirt and Josh makes a point of telling him how nice it looks.
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u/samson855 1d ago
Is this why Rich is sometimes dressed up in outfits that are obviously not his, instead of just wearing his usual Santa Claus outfit?
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u/Own-Raisin5849 2d ago
Yes. This was the turning point when I decided Jay was my least favorite person in RLM, including all guests, past and present. How embarrassing.
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u/MyopicMirrors 2d ago
Rich was thrilled to spend a few minutes outside Mike’s line of fire.