MAFS viewers decry a glaring editing error, as the baffling production decision leaves contestants looking flushed, overly tanned, and covered in makeup.
If you’ve been keeping up with the latest season of Married At First Sight, you may have noticed that this year’s contestants look very “blushing” on screen.
Many viewers have pointed out that brides and grooms look sunburned or are wearing smudged makeup or poorly applied fake tan.
But its odd-looking features are actually the result of sloppy color correction in post-production.
The episodes have been oversaturated, presumably to make the colors ‘pop’ on TV, which is great for backgrounds and scenery, but makes the contestants look awful.
“The editors turned up the color saturation VERY WELL when they moved to color correction,” observed one viewer in a Facebook group for MAFS fans.
If you’ve been keeping up with MAFS, you may have noticed that this year’s contestants look very “blushing” on screen. Viewers have pointed out that brides and grooms look sunburned or are wearing smudged makeup or poorly applied fake tan.
You can tell by the grass outside. This is an editing color grading issue. Probably to make the images pop, but the result looks wrong and comical.”
In screenshots taken from recent MAFS episodes, the contestants don’t appear to be overly saturated, but the effect is amplified by some televisions.
In Tuesday’s episode, Hugo Armstrong appeared to be recovering from a severe sunburn on his cheeks as he sat with his bossy girlfriend Tayla Winter.
In the MAFS screenshots, the participants don’t seem to be overly saturated…
But the effect is amplified by some televisions, as seen here.
Meanwhile, Tayla’s makeup looked smudged and her blush stood out more than the fluorescent grass outside.
It comes after viewers became suspicious that the reality show was filmed on a limited budget after noticing a small detail in publicity photos of the cast.
The trailers and promotional images of the cast members dropped last month, and some eagle-eyed fans couldn’t help but notice that the images of the brides and grooms looked ‘washed out’ and hadn’t been color corrected. .
A user on the Tea Time Facebook group shared a series of images of brides Tahnee Cook and Bronte Schofield, as well as groom Harrison Boon.
The images on the left showed the MAFS participants with a gray-blue appearance and were the raw photos from the official press release.
The images on the right were the result of a “quick two-second temperature change” to demonstrate how a simple editing tool can make skin tone appear warmer.
MAFS viewers are convinced this season was filmed on a shoestring budget after noticing a small detail in the publicity photos of the cast. Eagle-eyed fans pointed out last month that images of the brides and grooms looked ‘washed out’ and had not been color corrected. (Pictured: Tahnee Cook)
“So, the new cast of MAFS was announced and I predict that major budget cuts have been made for the show,” the woman wrote.
“All of her photos have not been color corrected and appear frozen,” she added, noting that the photos gave the contestants a “blue cast” rather than simply appearing pale.
The woman did not alter the features of the participants, she only added more yellow tones.
A user in the Tea Time Facebook group shared a series of images of brides Tahnee Cook and Bronte Schofield, as well as groom Harrison Boon (pictured).
‘Wow, yeah, I’m a little surprised they’re posting those pictures. Your color corrections look so much better,” one Facebook user commented on the post.
The audacity of Channel Nine! another wrote, adding a palm emoji.
“They just uploaded the raw images. Oh! said one fan.
Married at First Sight continues Sunday at 7pm on Channel Nine and 9Now
The images on the left showed the MAFS participants with a gray-blue appearance and were the raw photos from the official press release. The images on the right were the result of a “quick two-second temperature change” to demonstrate how a simple editing tool can make skin tone appear warmer. (Pictured: Bronte Schofield)
