| 1 | [[quoteright:350:[[Anime/FiveCentimetersPerSecond https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/FiveCentimetersPerSecondLandscape2_7436.jpg]]]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:Damn, where's my camera?]] |
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| 4 | ->''"Geographic conditions indicate an aesthetically pleasing view nearby. Organic lifeforms may wish to take note."'' |
| 5 | -->-- '''Hammerhead's V.I.''' ''Videogame/MassEffect2, Project Overlord DLC'' |
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| 7 | Scenery porn is the emphasis on luscious backgrounds with great detail, lovely lighting or both. It means that the makers put in extra effort for something that might not have direct influence on the {{plot}}. Of course, there are extra points to be earned when the scenery actually enhances the plot in some sort of symbolic fashion. |
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| 9 | In live-action movies, scenery porn is in effect when extra effort is put into emphasizing a beautiful surrounding, usually wide-open landscapes. Stage productions can have copious amounts of this trope with elaborate sets and backdrops. A main characteristic is that the scenery is almost treated as a character in its own right, either as a passive onlooker or with a more active role, depending on the setting of the show (if the scenery is ''literally'' a character with a mind of its own, then it's a GeniusLoci). SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic makes it all the better.. |
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| 11 | In {{literature}}, scenery porn manifests itself as [[DescriptionPorn long paragraphs that go into more detail about the setting than necessary]], such as describing at length the mountains of the Swiss countryside, or name-dropping all the streets in Chicago as the character turns on them. It's the author's way of proving that they're [[ShownTheirWork familiar with the setting in real-life]], and while it's a great bonus for people from the area, it can be seen as {{Filler}} to just about everyone else. On the extreme end of this, some works are popular entirely because they are nothing but Scenery Porn. |
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| 13 | Often used to show that TheWorldIsJustAwesome. Compare ShootTheMoney. This can be distracting in {{video games}} when part of an EmptyRoomPsych, though with the advent of higher and higher-powered consoles and computers, ever-increasing levels of scenery detail are now possible. SilentSceneryPanel has a high chance being this. When the landscape evokes horror or despair rather than wonder, it's SceneryGorn. If a video game is using a single moment of this as a trick to make the game feel vaster than it really is, it's a VideoGameVista. Also compare CostumePorn, GunPorn, DescriptionPorn, and its SuperTrope, SugarWiki/AwesomeArt. Not to be confused with when someone [[CargoShip "knows" the scenery]]. |
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| 15 | Compare RealPlaceBackground. |
| 16 | ---- |
| 17 | !!Examples: |
| 18 | [[index]] |
| 19 | * [[SceneryPorn/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]] |
| 20 | * SceneryPorn/{{Literature}} |
| 21 | * SceneryPorn/LiveActionTV |
| 22 | * SceneryPorn/VideoGames |
| 23 | [[/index]] |
| 24 | |
| 25 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 26 | |
| 27 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 28 | * ''Advertising/AirNewZealandSafetyVideos'': If you've never heard of the Cook Islands before, you'll want to go there after seeing the white beaches and turquoise water in "Safety in Paradise". |
| 29 | * ''Advertising/DrambuieExtraordinaryBar'': The desert landscape with the fluffy clouds that looks like Creator/SalvadorDali's paintings. |
| 30 | [[/folder]] |
| 31 | |
| 32 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 33 | * ''Manga/SevenSeeds'' has the lower layer of Sado as the first, real and ''gorgeous'' scenery porn in the series. While previous locations could range from looking quite interesting and well-maintained, the fact that it could not be denied that it was actually [[SceneryGorn the opposite]] took away from the majesty of it. |
| 34 | * ''Manga/{{Adekan}}'': It's ridiculously rich in detail, beautifully drawn and makes the reader want to fall straight through the pages right into it... Then again... [[AnyoneCanDie maybe]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids not]]... |
| 35 | * ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'' has a spectacular amount of this. Kosuke Fujishima is a huge fan of highly-detailed, perfectly-rendered buildings, often drawing vast scenes of a town market or technological district, not to mention Keiichi and Belldandy's amazing Temple/House. It extends to his [[AuthorAppeal love of vehicles]] as well. |
| 36 | * Both OVA adaptations of ''Literature/AiNoKusabi'' go out of their way to beautifully depict the sci-fi futuristic world of Amoi. The 2012 OVA especially with all of it's CGI shots of the landscape and sky. |
| 37 | * ''Anime/AldnoahZero'' has [[http://38.media.tumblr.com/c3d6d1ce976ba46db3c0dc79b372c4e6/tumblr_na1ulgj4uU1shxu4jo2_500.gif some]] [[http://sindarfrom.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/aldnoah-zero-episode-1-pic-9.jpg truly]] [[https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3920/14824998248_5950f0d9b2_z.jpg spectacular]] [[http://favoredfoureyes.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/vlcsnap-2014-07-19-21h57m11s13.png backgrounds.]] |
| 38 | * In ''Manga/{{Amanchu}}'', Kozue Amano again showcases her ability to draw lovely backgrounds, which was already the trademark of her highly successful other work, ''Manga/{{ARIA}}''. |
| 39 | * ''Anime/AngelBeats'' practically spits them out. The opening has several and the whole season has a background which really highlights the mood of the show. |
| 40 | * The ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' anime is [[http://31.media.tumblr.com/0194283dc95e0b0096cfe9a6335f31a9/tumblr_mlbru3UXO31s7a590o1_r1_500.png absolutely]] [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/c8ca50ae472c813ae5f977d445cb25aa/tumblr_mlbru3UXO31s7a590o6_r1_500.png full of it]] [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/3cd004116e71d94ec58f399d48e8868c/tumblr_mlbru3UXO31s7a590o5_r1_500.png in almost]] [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/aa90fd031f93f81e1e78b75b2b9c2b81/tumblr_mss6p7t7Up1rhz43wo1_500.gif every]] [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/1025efe0b7dbf4b6a92bddca05a47450/tumblr_ms5izf77MM1rja58oo1_500.gif single]] [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/a030b833996024f7d6573bc0d72af399/tumblr_mr08scwdNC1qg4vbho1_500.gif scene.]] |
| 41 | * ''Anime/{{Basquash}}'' treats the viewers to some very pretty shots of a [[UsedFuture shabby cityscape]]. |
| 42 | * You could say Scenery Porn is largely responsible for the snail's-pace at which chapters of ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' are released. |
| 43 | * ''Anime/BinchouTan'' blends the {{moe}}-aesthetic with lots of lovely shots of the hill and the town at its foot. Whether this is a match made in heaven or hell is up to debate. |
| 44 | * The first episode of ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' gave a nice glance at the scenery in the South China Sea. Manga/BlackLagoon in general goes pretty far with lavish scenery all the time. Just most of it is the craptown of Roanapur rather than the South China Sea, but it's still full of incredible detail. |
| 45 | * ''Manga/{{Blame}}'' is a unique version of this trope. It obviously lives and breathes Scenery Porn, but it is much less "pretty backgrounds" and more amazingly-detailed, gritty, futuristic architecture... and it ''works''. |
| 46 | * ''Anime/BloodPlus'' definitely qualifies. Then again, what do you expect from an anime where the main cast travels around the world hunting [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Chiropterans]]? Hell, there are even instances where the animators sneak in this trope during ''fight scenes'' of all times. |
| 47 | * ''Manga/BlueDrop'' contains many beautifully animated sceneries, usually involving lots of seabirds or Hagino's spaceship standing in for a submarine. |
| 48 | * ''Manga/TheCaseStudyOfVanitas'' features brilliant, panoramic views of Paris from the sky: [[http://pandorahearts.wikia.com/wiki/File:1_-_Noe_and_Vanitas_fall_into_Paris.jpg]]. The intricacy of the steampunk airships and French catacombs are also notable. |
| 49 | * ''Anime/LeChevalierDEon''. The animators in this series like to use many types of cinematic shots and camera pans that are more associated with live-action than {{anime}}, and it results in many GORGEOUS shots of Paris and Versailles. |
| 50 | * Creator/{{CLAMP}} have made some good {{manga}} examples of this, which may or may not carry over to the animated adaptations. Present more or less in all their works but mostly in ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'', where some of the background art is truly spectacular (Rekort, Outo and Piffle, anyone?). |
| 51 | * Both ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' and ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'' (or really, any {{anime}} directed by Shinichiro Watanabe) feature this in spades. |
| 52 | * ''Anime/DenNohCoil'' has beautifully rendered shots of the town and the virtual environments mixed with it. |
| 53 | * ''Anime/DiamondDaydreams'' is rife with beautiful shots of Hokkaido, Japan's northern-most island--so much, that it sometimes feels as if show has been sponsored by the Hokkaido Tourism Organisation. |
| 54 | * ''Anime/ADogOfFlanders1975'': The accidental Dutch-inspired setting leads to this anime being one of the most gorgeous looking WMT entries to date, with beautiful tulips, serene skies and pretty rural scenery. Nello works as a milk delivery boy so we get to see the many gardens and natural beauty of Belgium, and it's also alleged that the architecture depicted in the series were modeled after the Bokrijk open-air museum. |
| 55 | * ''Manga/DragonBall'' is also rife with breathtaking establishing shots (that more often than not get [[SceneryGorn blown up]] in the course of fight scenes) -- it helps that Creator/AkiraToriyama has a small army's worth of assistants to draw in all the windows of a skyscraper. |
| 56 | %%* [[CityOfAdventure Ikebukuro]] is gorgeously drawn in ''Literature/{{Durarara}}''. |
| 57 | * ''Anime/EdenOfTheEast'' does this, even with Washington DC where particular attention was paid to Dulles and the White House. [[http://i30.tinypic.com/2qa8f7q.jpg The entire]] [[http://i29.tinypic.com/2n71sg5.jpg frikkin']] [[http://i32.tinypic.com/15ck57q.jpg show]]. [[http://i30.tinypic.com/9uvpcg.jpg Magnificent]]. |
| 58 | * ''Manga/Eyeshield21'', ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'', and pretty much anything else drawn by Yusuke Murata is sheer artistic smut. |
| 59 | * ''Manga/FateKaleidLinerPrismaIllya''[='s=] anime adaption has so, so much. Especially during [[spoiler:episode 6, where Saber makes a beautiful waterfall by using Excalibur.]] If the video is on 1080p, it's possible to see the '''gravel''' being thrown in the dust by attacks. |
| 60 | * ''Manga/FistOfTheBlueSky'' has lots of this, compared to its SceneryGorn predecessor, ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''. |
| 61 | * The scenery in ''Literature/FromTheNewWorld'' is nothing short of beautiful. It's clear that Creator/A1Pictures puts a lot of time, money, and effort into the series, as every bit of detail for the village and its surroundings are well illustrated. |
| 62 | * ''Literature/TheGardenOfSinners'' may be a subversion, as it features incredible artwork and attention to detail, but in a very gloomy, run-down city setting. Not the second movie though, you get a very beautiful city for at least a good half. |
| 63 | * ''Manga/GhostTalkersDaydream'': We could easily say the manga in its entirety, due to the painstaking attention to detail in each scene. But [[http://v2012.mangapark.com/manga/vulgar-ghost-daydream/v5/c0/37 these two]] [[http://v2012.mangapark.com/manga/vulgar-ghost-daydream/v5/c0/96 scenes]] from chapter 12 is where it really shows. |
| 64 | * ''Anime/GreatPretender'' has a unique background style where the backgrounds are made of broad, heavy strokes of color, in a style reminiscent of Expressionism, with extremely vibrant colors that lend it a late 80's/early 90's pop feel. Naturally, it employs lots of aerial shots of its various urban locales to show off the style. |
| 65 | * ''Anime/LauraThePrairieGirl'': Grassy fields, fiery suns, flora and fauna and beautiful skies are prominently featured, especially any scene involving the characters DownOnTheFarm. |
| 66 | * Hal Film Maker seems to be really good at this with their SliceOfLife work. |
| 67 | ** ''Manga/{{ARIA}}'', the TropeNamer, has [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/aria-scenery.jpg magnificent backdrops]] for something that is basically just a simple SliceOfLife show. Some reviewers even argue that the [[CityOfCanals city of Neo Venezia]] actually plays the main role. |
| 68 | ** ''[[Manga/{{Sketchbook}} Sketchbook ~full color'S~]]'' has several shots of hilly landscape around the town, and of the town itself. |
| 69 | ** In the anime of ''Manga/SomedaysDreamersIISora'': If you just quickly look past it, you might think that the background is [[GISSyndrome photographs inserted into anime]], instead of actual drawing. |
| 70 | ** ''Anime/UtaKata'' has a lot of emphasis on the Japanese town of Kamakura, with its historic sites and pretty beaches. The dream sequences are also beautifully rendered. |
| 71 | ** ''Anime/{{Tamayura}}'' never misses a chance to show beautiful shots from [[RealPlaceBackground the seaside town in which it is set]], living up to its role as {{spiritual successor}} to ''{{Anime/Kamichu}}''. |
| 72 | * ''Anime/HanasakuIroha'' is very, very beautiful to look at, with the background almost reaching movie level. Many of the scenes are so photo-realistic that screen captures taken into photo shop and adjusted with the automatic "levels" tool don't change at all! |
| 73 | * The azure oceans, brilliant skies and white sands of Okinawa's beaches seen in ''Manga/HarukanaReceive'' are stunning, conveying the sense of warmth and tropical air that Okinawa is known for. |
| 74 | * ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'' has some pretty stunning scenes. Sakura petals, cityscapes, giant Ferris wheels... pretty much all of the background work (of the {{manga}}) is impressive. |
| 75 | * ''Anime/HelloSandybell'' 's stills look right out of a watercolour painting. See [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sandybell4.jpg here]] and [[https://lineup.toei-anim.co.jp/upload/save_image/101/comment_img_2.jpg here]]. |
| 76 | * ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' has [[http://hetalia-club.tumblr.com/post/157847584554/my-kink-is-well-draw-major-cities-and-buildings-in the beautiful depiction of major cities]]. |
| 77 | * ''Manga/HokkaidoGalsAreSuperAdorable'' is one part RomanticComedy, one part Hokkaido travelogue. As such we are treated to many examples of glorious artwork featuring various places in Hokkaido. |
| 78 | %%* ''Anime/{{ICE|2007}}'' contains a quite a few pretty shots of the dystopian future world it tries to warn against. |
| 79 | * ''Anime/IeNakiKoRemi'': On par for Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater works, this anime has many beautiful background and foreground shots. See [[https://ru.kinorium.com/140579/gallery/screenshot/?photo=642289 here]] and [[https://ru.kinorium.com/140579/gallery/screenshot/?photo=642335 here]]. |
| 80 | * ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' has each StoryArc starting with a passing shot of the setting's incredibly detailed art and shots in exceptional quality towards bringing the scenery to its fullest depiction. |
| 81 | %%* ''Anime/{{K}}'' is filled with this. Any long-shot can be a wallpaper. The show loves to play with lighting and is so damn pretty. |
| 82 | * Every ''{{Manga/Kekkaishi}}'' volume cover is breathtakingly pretty in some way, to say nothing of the scenery within the manga itself. |
| 83 | * ''Anime/{{Kamichu}}'' has a lot of gorgeous, lingering shots of Onomichi, the seaside town where the main characters live, emphasizing the hilly landscape and shoreline. |
| 84 | * The works of Creator/KatsuhiroOtomo, such as ''Manga/{{Akira}}'', whose formal education was in the field of architecture, is known for his painstakingly rendered urban landscapes. You will say holy shit. This is noticeable even in his earlier works, which take place in [[Manga/{{Domu}} a city in the seventies]] and not in any magnificent Neo-Tokyo. |
| 85 | * Creator/KenAkamatsu loves this trope. |
| 86 | ** See (don't worry, it's Work Safe) [[http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/6901/hsharenetculittlebakany.jpg the title page]] from one of his early doujins. Yes, he even puts Scenery Porn into actual porn. |
| 87 | ** ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' is infamous for its beautiful backgrounds which were made on a computer. Most of the tankoubon volumes actually have appendices showing off the models, and listing the real-world architectural influences they draw upon. Many people complain that they look out of place, what with the character models being simplistic to the point of OnlySixFaces, although they certainly add a great deal to the atmosphere, especially once the Magic World arc gets started. |
| 88 | ** While it isn't as advanced or as noticed, Ken Akamatsu's previous series, ''Manga/LoveHina'', had its backgrounds similarly developed. |
| 89 | * ''Manga/KiminiTodoke'''s {{anime}} adaptation is saturated with beautiful, pastel-colored backdrops. |
| 90 | * So imagine just ''what'' Creator/KunihikoIkuhara was able to do later with the truckloads of money he got for ''Anime/{{Penguindrum}}''! See: [[http://pingroup.glittering-crux.net/File:ColorfulHouse.jpg the Takakura home]], [[http://pingroup.glittering-crux.net/File:Vlcsnap-2011-09-23-01h35m07s28.png Himari's room]], [[http://pingroup.glittering-crux.net/File:Ep02-ohka-gates.jpg the gates to Ringo's school]], [[http://pingroup.glittering-crux.net/File:Vlcsnap-2011-09-23-18h57m32s65.png Ping Seven]], [[http://pingroup.glittering-crux.net/File:Vlcsnap-2011-09-23-18h53m51s157.png the lingerie shop]], [[http://pingroup.glittering-crux.net/File:Vlcsnap-2011-09-23-19h39m12s219.png the building where Ringo lives with her mom]], [[http://pingroup.glittering-crux.net/File:MasakosHouse.jpeg the Natsume mansion]], etc. |
| 91 | * ''Literature/{{Kurozuka}}'' does this with everything from flowers to blood and dystopian cities. |
| 92 | * Productions from Creator/KyotoAnimation exhibit beautiful scenery that were often inspired by [[RealPlaceBackground real world locations]]. Among them include: |
| 93 | ** ''Anime/{{AIR}}'', where the beautifully rendered sea and blue sky with white clouds serve as symbols in both the game and the {{anime}} series. The town is also depicted with great detail. |
| 94 | ** ''[[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' pays a surprising amount of attention to its backgrounds, a small city and the local high school, despite the fact that these locations will initially seem mundane. [[http://infinitemirai.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/nishinomiya-hyogo-home-of-the-melancholy-of-suzumiya-haruhi/ The locations were inspired by Nishinomiya]]. Sharp-eyed viewers will also witness the five planes of motion illustrating such ''[[MundaneMadeAwesome exciting]]'' activities as Kyon walking to school and the background in the [[spoiler:Asakura vs. Yuki fight.]] |
| 95 | ** ''Anime/{{Kanon}}'' and ''Anime/{{Clannad}}'' were also inspired by real-world locations and are depicted beautifully. |
| 96 | ** ''Manga/KOn'' takes a leaf from other Kyoto Animation works and features spectacular scenery, whether it be the sunsets and sunrises the girls see, or local parks and rivers. |
| 97 | * In ''Manga/LaidBackCamp'', the landscapes surrounding Mount Fuji are intricately and beautifully rendered, bringing the natural surroundings that Rin and her friends frequent to life. |
| 98 | * ''Anime/ALittleSnowFairySugar'' does this to [[ShownTheirWork show off]] the tourist-bait preserved medieval German village where the series is set. |
| 99 | * ''Anime/LucyMayOfTheSouthernRainbow'' takes place in the 1800s and is about a British family settling in Australia to run a farm. Many scenes center around animals. UsefulNotes/AustralianWildlife and pretty countryside farmland. |
| 100 | * ''Anime/LupinIII'' uses scenery porn to set the tone of the work, and showing the audience how well-off Lupin is doing at this time. He's varied from abandoned warehouses to ritzy hotels. ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro'' stands out as an example because it was directed by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki, and his CreatorThumbprint impacted the movies that followed. |
| 101 | * The ''[[Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross Macross]]'' universe as a whole has this. ''Anime/MacrossZero'', ''Anime/MacrossDoYouRememberLove'', and ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'' are standouts. |
| 102 | ** ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'' did it wonderfully with the first several episodes showing off the beauty of the Frontier fleet. One episode is mostly Sheryl exploring the fleet in amazement at gorgeousness that rivals her own. [[spoiler:But over the course of the series and their conflict with the Vajra, those shots steadily turn into SceneryGorn. The last scene in the series, of their new home, is full of Scenery Porn though.]] |
| 103 | * ''Manga/MadeInAbyss'' starts out with very vivid mountain scenery, than gradually the scenery turns darker and more surreal, until it's shifted to something more like SceneryGorn than SceneryPorn. It's still pretty, in a CreepyCute sort of way. |
| 104 | * ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'' likes to have the PowerTrio stop and admire the beauty of Cephiro, a land maintained in harmony and lacking in natural disaster through the efforts of the Pillar. It's very lush and green, with an opening shot of a vast sparkling sea, a floating island, and a cool volcano. It makes the subsequent decay into SceneryGorn more powerful. |
| 105 | * Creator/MakotoShinkai is considered by many to be one of anime's greatest purveyors of the trope, as breathtaking sceneries, both real and surreal, are basically his hallmark. |
| 106 | ** ''Anime/VoicesOfADistantStar'', one of his earliest works, still feature backgrounds of incredible quality in spite of being a one-man project. |
| 107 | ** ''Anime/FiveCentimetersPerSecond'', which provides the image on the main page, has absolutely every single background done to incredible detail, especially the scenes with the CherryBlossom. The page image itself is a dream skyscape, turning the surrealistically awesome sceneries up to eleven. |
| 108 | ** ''Anime/TheGardenOfWords'' is frequently noted for its incredible depiction of the garden and the [[RealPlaceBackground real world environment]] that surround it. |
| 109 | ** ''Anime/YourName'' continues with this creator hallmark with its depiction of [[spoiler:a surreal scene on a crater at twilight]]. |
| 110 | ** ''Anime/ChildrenWhoChaseLostVoices'' has been compared to works by Creator/StudioGhibli. The trailer for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhP1uFvam-E the official US release]] features stunning vistas and a sweeping musical score. |
| 111 | * Creator/MasashiKishimoto of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' has become a master of this as the series goes on. From the panoramas of Konoha, to the other villages, to various battlefields. |
| 112 | * ''Anime/MelodyOfOblivion'''s [[color:blue:water]]color-style backgrounds are very beautiful, although because of the rich symbolism, they often are important to the {{plot}}. |
| 113 | ** To be fair, a number of {{anime}} [=JCStaff=] worked on (things like ''Manga/HoneyAndClover'' and ''Manga/NodameCantabile'' to name a few) have that great [[color:blue:water]]color background going on. Sometimes, it goes to the detriment of actual animation quality, but the backgrounds are plain beautiful. |
| 114 | * ''Manga/MitsuboshiColors'' brings Ueno Park and its surroundings to life with detailed backgrounds. Even the commercial districts. |
| 115 | * In ''Manga/{{Mokke}}'' the characters are often placed in shots that offer a good view of the hilly surroundings around the main characters' village. Yes, the Japanese really love their hills. |
| 116 | * ''Anime/{{Mononoke}}'' (not [[Anime/PrincessMononoke that one]]) has very detailed, stunning backgrounds similar to ukiyo-e art, particularly in the earlier arcs. |
| 117 | ** Although "[[Anime/PrincessMononoke that one]]" is no slouch in the scenery porn arena, either. |
| 118 | * ''Manga/{{Monster}}'' has a good bit of this, with many RealLife locations being painstakingly drawn. To some extent this can be said for every {{Manga}} written by Naoki Urasawa. ''Manga/{{Pluto}}'' is especially fond of this as well. |
| 119 | * ''Anime/MonsterRancher'' was animated by Creator/TMSEntertainment in their prime and is ''very'' well-animated. If it's raining, for instance, the characters get a soft, fuzzy outline. Ditto with effects for fire and energy beams. |
| 120 | * ''Literature/MoribitoGuardianOfTheSpirit'' has the lush GhibliHills of their "real world" and the strange, spectacular SpiritWorld, both shown in eventless, lingering shots and accompanied by the proper soundtrack. Moribito's Scenery Porn might as well be X-rated. It's that damn good! |
| 121 | * ''Anime/MouryouNoHako'' has lovely background animation with vibrant colours and gorgeous shots of flowers, trees, riverbanks, picturesque little villages and the like. |
| 122 | * The makers of ''Anime/NatsuiroKiseki'' make sure the viewer never forgets that [[RealPlaceBackground the town of Shimoda is located on Japan's extremely scenic Izu peninsula]]. |
| 123 | * For a wacky SliceOfLife series, [=KyoAni=]'s adaptation of ''Manga/{{Nichijou}}'' has a lot of realistic, beautifully-drawn backgrounds of city scenes. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4UtMyHaL1U Many of its eyecatches]] are almost pure scenery porn with ''maybe'' a character wandering by in the distance. |
| 124 | * ''Anime/{{Noir}}'' does this for some of its locales, in particular [[http://www.projectnoir.com/images_gallery_lineart_episode01_NOIR142.gif Paris]] and the Alps. |
| 125 | * ''Anime/NowAndThenHereAndThere'' has some amazing sunsets and vistas. |
| 126 | * ''Manga/NuraRiseOfTheYokaiClan'' always does sweeping shots of their massively detailed scenery. The shot often also moves into the main house as though a camera were gliding through. Add in the impressive CGI cherry blossoms that sway in the wind magnificently and you can see that it is fuelled by this trope. Both of the opening credits are also amazing in this respect. |
| 127 | * Creator/EiichiroOda's detailed drawings of backgrounds and buildings in recent volumes of ''Manga/OnePiece'' (especially the Thriller Bark arc) may qualify: although they don't distract from the story or the foreground, careful attention is still paid to them and they are one of the reasons for the more cinematic quality of the {{anime}} of late. Also, whenever the characters visit a new locale in the {{manga}}, a good page and a half is almost always dedicated to giving readers a good view the place. |
| 128 | * ''Literature/OneStormyNight'' never disappoints with the shots of the mountains and the plains, it's so idyllic and peaceful, makes you want to live there forever! |
| 129 | * ''Anime/OriginSpiritsOfThePast'' is completely this, to the point where the characters and {{plot}} only get in the way. |
| 130 | * Creator/OsamuTezuka, the grandfather/deity of {{manga}} and {{anime}}, ''loved'' to do this. Many of his serious works, like ''Manga/{{Buddha}}'' and ''Manga/{{Phoenix}}'', devote a noticeably large number of pages to showing gorgeously drawn vistas and photorealistic architecture. His works often devote entire pages to such beautiful scenery for nothing more than an establishing shot. There is also a huge contrast between Tezuka's simplified and cartoony character designs and the detail put into the full-page landscape art; it creates an effect that makes the characters stand out by visually separating humans and animals from inanimate objects and greenery. |
| 131 | * ''Anime/PatemaInverted'' could just as easily be renamed: ''[[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x16ty98_patema-inverted-theme-song-by-estelle-micheau_music "Scenery Porn: The Movie"]]'', as each scene is picturesque and often includes use of [[http://dalian.7thstyle.com/2012/06/Screen-Shot-2012-06-28-at-8.46.23-AM.png dramatic lighting and camera angles.]] The movie's soundtrack sets the tone for each shot, further enhancing the effect. |
| 132 | * Anything made by Creator/PAWorks qualify. ''Anime/TrueTears'', ''Anime/HanasakuIroha'', ''Anime/TariTari'', ''Anime/NagiAsuALullInTheSea'', up to ''Anime/{{Charlotte}}''. |
| 133 | |
| 134 | * ''Anime/PrimitiveBoyRyu'': A lot of shots of the anime focus on the son and the lush forestry that comes with the pre-modernization caveman-era setting, especially with suns and oceans. |
| 135 | * ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': |
| 136 | ** Every single movie has at least one positively epic set piece in full [[TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects CG]]. And they are ''gorgeous''. |
| 137 | ** You're also likely to see that set piece get absolutely trashed at some point when the local OlympusMons get pissed. |
| 138 | ** The movies also tend to open with gratuitous, sweeping shots of wild Pokémon. These are also typically gorgeous. |
| 139 | ** The entire three part mini arc with the resolution of Team Galactic, from Hunter J's ship getting sucked up with water to the Spear Pillar...whoa. Just whoa. |
| 140 | ** The regular series isn't too bad, either. The backgrounds have gotten a ''lot'' better: just compare the forests as seen in the Orange Islands arc to those in ''Black and White''. The trees, riverbeds, and cliffsides are more meticulously painted, and so are some of the city areas. |
| 141 | ** The city of Alto Mare in ''Anime/PokemonHeroes''. Based on [[CityOfCanals Venice, Italy]] and absolutely beautiful. Hell, you could say this for ''all'' the ''Pokémon'' movies. Every one of them opens up with a gratuitous, sweeping shot of the environment, and every one of them has some kind of ridiculously epic set piece that will [[SceneryGorn probably get messed up pretty bad]]. It's become a joke among fans that the studios use research for movies as an excuse to go on a vacation. |
| 142 | ** Samiya, the Sea Temple from the Ninth Movie is similarly [[http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/0/03/Samiya.png gorgeous]]. |
| 143 | * ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' takes this to up to eleven not just with the breathtaking shots of a futuristic Japan (just ''look'' at Madoka's house in the first episode!), but also with the witches' barriers, which combine DerangedAnimation and DesignStudentsOrgasm to make for some surreally beautiful environments. |
| 144 | %%* ''Anime/RealDrive'' wallows in it, to the point of completely abandoning the {{plot}} just to show some lovely scenery. |
| 145 | * The OVA adaptation of ''Literature/RecordOfLodossWar'' is very famous among old-school anime fans for its breathtaking hand-painted backgrounds. |
| 146 | * ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'', being a retelling of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' using modern computer-rendered animation and CG, has a fair share of this. One notable example is an EstablishingShot in 2.0 depicting the day-by-day movement of Tokyo-3 in a calm morning. The [[GeniusLoci shifting buildings]], [[BuffySpeak the moving solar-power thingies]], train lines and such, all well animated and scored by a fitting soundtrack. The original series also has its moments, specially every time Shinji runs away. |
| 147 | * ''Anime/RedLine'' takes this to downright [[PerverseSexualLust perverse levels]], combining with TechnologyPorn before the pair begin making sweet love to your eyeballs, and then the race begins... |
| 148 | * ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' has one of the most unbelievably beautiful schools ''ever''. Both versions are extremely unlikely, but the quality and gorgeousness of the scenery makes it well worth it. Amazing in that Utena was a ''budget'' series. |
| 149 | * Kenichi Sonada's ''Anime/RidingBean'' and ''Manga/GunsmithCats'' (both {{anime}} and {{manga}} versions) are set in Chicago. Sonada took a tour of Chicago before ''Manga/GunsmithCats'' was drawn, and took copious photographs and notes. As a result, it's not only possible for natives of the city to pinpoint where the action sequences take place, but also ''when'', as Sonada happened to be visiting the city during a major face-lift being given to the Field Museum--and his animators faithfully reproduced the scaffolding that framed the building for a significant period of time. |
| 150 | * In ''Anime/SailorMoonCrystal'', the CreativeClosingCredits feature a particularly scenic nighttime vista, panning over painterly cliffs with multiple waterfalls, a moonbow and a shooting star. A detailed skyscape is likewise featured as a reflection in water, with a [[WeirdMoon gigantic]] full moon, sparkling stars, and even a few nebulae. |
| 151 | * In the ''AudioPlay/SaintBeast'' anime there is a lot of time spent panning over the peaceful scenery of heaven. |
| 152 | * ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' has this in spades, with some of the most mind-blowing scenes also beautifully rendered. |
| 153 | ** Most Creator/StudioShaft works also apply, using [[DesignStudentsOrgasm flat, shiny surfaces for most of their backgrounds that somewhat resemble stained glass]] and Pop Art. See the entry on ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' below. |
| 154 | * ''Anime/TheSecretGarden'': Unsurprising for a show centered around a garden - if you like seeing flowers and greenery, this anime's for you. Many episodes are about Ben Weatherstaff teaching Mary how to properly care for the titular NeglectedGarden so it can be beautiful again. Especially prominent in the GrandFinale, where are there are so many pretty shots of the titular garden's flowers that it can rival a wedding. The anime's openings and [=EDs=] also prominently feature roses centering around Mary. |
| 155 | * ''Anime/{{Shelter|2016}}'': The virtual world Rin lives in isn't restricted by real world physics or geography, leading to gorgeously rendered landscapes and detailed scenery. |
| 156 | * The manga ''Manga/ShonenNoteBoySoprano'' by Yuhki Kamatani has many artsy scenes with luscious backgrounds. |
| 157 | * ''Manga/SilverNina'', like many SliceOfLife series set in small, rural towns, gets a great deal of this along with the seasons and various festivals that take place within it. |
| 158 | * ''Anime/SoundOfTheSky'''s city of Seize is beautifully illustrated, and even the desolate No Man's Land is breathtaking in its own way. |
| 159 | * Anything produced by Creator/StudioBones ''ever'', especially when it comes to space and/or starlit skies. Though everything else they do is absolutely amazing too. A few examples: |
| 160 | ** ''Manga/BloodBlockadeBattlefront'' represents Hellsalem's Lot (read: New York City) beautifully. From the grandness of the city skyline in the intro to even the mundane items like the subway and delights in showing this to the viewer. Episode 6 of the anime is a stunning example as it heavily features several real locations in Central Park that are animated with a level of detail rarely seen anywhere. |
| 161 | ** ''Anime/StarDriver'' features absolutely gorgeous sunsets (of which there are plentiful in this anime), but the real beauty is [[PocketDimension Zero Time]], which, despite being featured in nearly every single episode, never looks the same twice and adds different elements to the background as the series progresses. Once it even ''rains'' in there. And then it also features a painter whose landscape paintings are their very own type of SceneryPorn, but that's no wonder if you have all these fantastic sceneries right in front of your nose. |
| 162 | ** ''Anime/CaptainEarth'' keeps up the tradition. Of special note is the very last scene of the anime, featuring one of the most amazing starry skies ever seen in anime. "I like the view from this planet most", indeed. |
| 163 | * ''Literature/SundayWithoutGod'''s anime adaptation, being animated by Creator/{{Madhouse}}, has some beautiful scenery, emphasizing the melancholy world that Ai and her friends travel. |
| 164 | * ''Anime/SuzysZooDaisukiWitzy'' is made of pure scenery porn, with the series successfully capturing the watercolor and color pencil art of the original artist despite being ''CGI''. |
| 165 | * The {{anime}} adaptation of ''Manga/SweetBlueFlowers'' has a lot of it, exploiting [[RealPlaceBackground Kamakura's eye-catching sceneries]]. |
| 166 | * The anime adaptation of ''Literature/SwordArtOnline''. Everything literally screams how well-produced and high quality this show is. Just look at the title-image of the novel's main site. It doesn't matter if it's Aincrad, Alfheim or the real world, The Scenery Porn is very strong in this adaption. |
| 167 | * Creator/TanakaYutaka is known for well-illustrated {{manga}} with at least a few pages of Scenery Porn, but his ''Manga/MimiaHime'' turns it up to eleven. |
| 168 | * ''Anime/TariTari'' is set in [[RealPlaceBackground the seaside resort town of Enoshima, Japan]] and the stunning backgrounds are at a level of detail that make you feel like you are looking at pictures of the town. |
| 169 | * ''Manga/{{Tekkonkinkreet}}'' is chocked full of these. Nearly every background, inside and out, are painstakingly detailed, yet still manage to retain a soft, hand-drawn appearance. This even applies to scenes that [[TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects incorporate CGI]], which also uses textures that are hand-drawn. |
| 170 | %%* ''Anime/{{Texhnolyze}}'', despite its bleak surroundings, features some startlingly beautiful and detailed scenery. |
| 171 | * ''Anime/TimeOfEve'' and it's precursor ''Aquatic Language'' both feature sumptuously lit, gorgeously filmed ''coffee houses'' (with [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots interesting clientele]]). |
| 172 | * Any {{manga}} written by Ueshiba Riichi largely consists of Scenery Porn. You can spend hours examining all the details he put into backgrounds. |
| 173 | ** While ''Manga/MysteriousGirlfriendX'' is loved by many, the only reason most can form into words is the beautiful backgrounds. |
| 174 | * ''Anime/UmiMonogatari'' has plenty of lovely shots of the seaside town in which the story takes place. |
| 175 | * ''Manga/TheWalkingMan'': Taniguchi's backgrounds are almost obsessively detailed, yet they still fit perfectly with his relatively simply drawn people. |
| 176 | * The ''Manga/WanderingSon'' {{anime}}. Even for all its faults with the {{manga}} fans, you can't help but notice how high-quality and gorgeous the anime is. There's not a moment of OffModel, the anime team payed attention to detail, and the series overall looks like an anime movie rather then a TwelveEpisodeAnime. It's especially noticeable at the end of the first episode, with the [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rovr5Of6iUU/TS9idX3Pd9I/AAAAAAAAEH8/Rpba8NV1JOQ/s1600/hm18.jpg Sakura]] [[http://chocolatesyrupywaffles.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/vlcsnap-00064.png Blossom]] scene. |
| 177 | * ''Literature/TheWonderfulAdventuresOfNils'': Sweden looks gorgeous -- and the anime series does it justice. |
| 178 | * ''Manga/YokohamaKaidashiKikou'' is positively awash with it, both in the {{manga}} and in the {{anime}}. There is no chapter or episode without some beautiful landscape thrown in, and there are a lot of chapters consisting of NOTHING ELSE than Scenery Porn. It is also should be considered as epitome of the grass Porn. |
| 179 | * Arguably a lot of ''Manga/{{Yotsuba}}'' is devoted to stunningly realistic and gorgeously detailed drawings of Yotsuba's ordinary Japanese suburb, including several beautiful shots of the surroundings. |
| 180 | * ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' has a nice moment of this, when, during a tournament held on an island, one fighter flies (he's one of the few in the series who can) up high over the island to get a good look at the ocean and feel the sunshine and the breeze; understandable, he's from the Demon World. |
| 181 | [[/folder]] |
| 182 | |
| 183 | [[folder:Arts]] |
| 184 | * Art/NorthAmericaPortraitOfAContinent: This kind of imagery abounds - mountain ranges, forests, canyons, waterfalls, volcanoes, and cityscapes, going from the hoodoos of Bryce Canyon National Park to Big Sur in California to Mt. Thor in Nunavut to the Palouse River of Washingtion to the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and so, so much more. |
| 185 | * ''Art/WandererAboveTheSeaOfFog'': The {{painting|s}} is rendered in exquisite detail, in the artist's usual somber style. The landscape is draped in rolling fog, giving an impression of an ocean, but mountains and forests are visible through the fog, and the landmarks of Saxony and Bohemia (which Friedrich sketched in the field) are clearly recognizable. The light source is coming from below the rock that the man is standing on, illuminating the fog and silhouetting the foreground ridge. |
| 186 | [[/folder]] |
| 187 | |
| 188 | [[folder:Card Games]] |
| 189 | * ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': Many of the Land cards are pretty impressive. |
| 190 | ** Particularly notable are Mirrodin's metal fields, Ravnica's city-scapes and Zendikar's impossible rock formations. This is particularly noticeable with the full-card art variants for basic lands. |
| 191 | ** Many of the newer land cards from blocks go together with other like-blocked, same colored, lands to make large, overly detailed pieces of art. |
| 192 | ** The Invasion basic lands are particularly impressive, with all of the five basic land types having at least one example each of what could be considered the "definitive" Plains/Swamp/whatever. |
| 193 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Pokemon}}'': A ''lot'' of the backgrounds in the card illustrations are gorgeous, especially in the Holon series. |
| 194 | %%* ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'': A handful of TCG Field Spells depict some absolutely gorgeous scenery. |
| 195 | [[/folder]] |
| 196 | |
| 197 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 198 | * Kazu Kibuishi's ''ComicBook/{{Amulet}}'' has far more interesting scenery than characters, at least so far. His ''Copper'' strips, on the other hand, have both. |
| 199 | * ComicBook/ArchieComics were prone to this, especially if Bob Bolling was behind the desk. [[http://greatestape.blogspot.com/search/label/bob%20bolling Just look.]] |
| 200 | * Brandon Graham's comics have weird and wonderful environments full of imaginative bizarreness and {{Funny Background Event}}s. |
| 201 | * Creator/BryanTalbot is a master of this: |
| 202 | ** ComicBook/LutherArkwright: Both ''ComicBook/LutherArkwright'' and its coloured sequel ''Heart of Empire'' clearly had a lot of thought put into the SteamPunk backgrounds, which were usually flooded with references to other issues, Victorian culture, ScienceFiction, or random statues of Luther (after he died). |
| 203 | ** ''ComicBook/TheTaleOfOneBadRat'' has gorgeous images of the Lake District of England, and had its genesis as a celebration of the landscape. |
| 204 | * ''ComicBook/CerebusTheAardvark'': The series features intricate pen-and-ink backgrounds rendered by artist Gerhard. The trade paperback covers are even more impressive. |
| 205 | * ''Webcomic/{{Dreamkeepers}}'' has absolutely AMAZING scenery, beyond what most would expect from a comic book. |
| 206 | * Moritat the main artist for the ''ComicBook/{{Elephantmen}}'' series has his work often compared to ''Film/BladeRunner'''s fantastic CyberPunk sets. |
| 207 | * Creator/GeofDarrow, hands down. Though his work can also enter into SceneryGorn due to {{squick}}, like when the main character in ''Hard Boiled'' wonders through the red light district. |
| 208 | * Creator/GeorgePerez and his attention to detail are notorious in the industry. He fills out pretty much any scene he draws, even if he hurts himself in the process. |
| 209 | * Creator/JackKirby liked to create so many distinct and strange fantastic machines and cities that ''Kirby Tech'' is practically a trope in and of itself. And then of course there are the vast and vibrant space vistas he could create, creating splendid backdrops in works like his Fourth World epic or his ''2001: A Space Odyssey'' comic. |
| 210 | * Creator/{{Moebius}}, is quite the master of this trope, ranging from the {{Arcadia}}n forests of The Adena cycle, the strange alien worlds of Arzarch and the futuristic metropolises of many of his [[ScienceFiction sci-fi]] stories. |
| 211 | * Creator/PhilippeDruillet takes this to insane heights with his multiple page spreads of epic, near-surreal landscapes. Now, if only one could figure out what the ''stories'' meant... |
| 212 | * Even people criticizing ''ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws'' have praised Kenneth Rocafort's art, especially the backgrounds. Issue 6 takes scenery, character, and costume design to a whole new level. |
| 213 | * The 1908 scenes in ''ComicBook/{{Sasmira}}'' are nicely drawn. The chateau in said scenes also looks ''considerably'' better than its present day form. |
| 214 | * ''ComicBook/SkyDoll'' puts great effort in settings that will only be shown for few panels. It helps that one of the creators is an architect. |
| 215 | * ''ComicBook/{{Superlopez}}'': The comic's cartoony style is combined with an astoundingly realistic attention to detail: if you want to know what a typical Spanish city looked like during TheEighties, you need only look at a Superlopez story of the period. |
| 216 | * In Creator/ArchieComics' ''ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesAdventures'' series, the Turtles' world tour arc is kicked off with some breathtaking artwork of the cliffs of Tibet. |
| 217 | * The series ''ComicBook/TopTen'' is a good example of this trope in comics. Every bloody ''panel'' is filled with incredible detail of the city of Neopolis, as well as no less than three visual {{Easter Egg}}s per page. |
| 218 | * Bryan Hitch. His Triskelion in ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'' is a sight to behold. |
| 219 | * James Stokoe's comics like ''ComicBook/WontonSoup'' have heavily detailed backgrounds full of {{Easter Egg}}s. |
| 220 | * Roger Leloup of ''ComicBook/YokoTsuno'' fame loves drawing ''very'' complicated backgrounds of all kinds. |
| 221 | [[/folder]] |
| 222 | |
| 223 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 224 | * ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' sometimes does this when [[MrImagination Calvin]] plays in the woods, or during the "Spaceman Spiff" strips. (Though arguably this served the {{plot}} in each instance to emphasize the natural world as a {{trope}} in Calvin's life — contrasting it with his television watching habits — or to emphasize the expanse of his imagination.) Incidentally, most of the alien desert scenery isn't made up — they're basically Bill Watterson's sketches of beautiful desert scenery in southern Utah. |
| 225 | * ''ComicStrip/ThePerishers'', as drawn by Dennis Collins in its heyday, had highly detailed background art. While not exactly beautiful — the strip was set in a fairly mundane British suburb — it's still pretty impressive. |
| 226 | * ''ComicStrip/{{Pogo}}'' has some [[http://www.comicoriginalart.com/seiten_englisch/eoauskelly01.html fantastic scenery]]. |
| 227 | * ''ComicStrip/PrinceValiant'' is known for some of the best comic strip art of all time, especially regarding the landscapes. |
| 228 | * Some Sundays, ''ComicStrip/RickOShay'' would have the characters admire gorgeous Western mountain landscapes. |
| 229 | * ''ComicStrip/TheWackyAdventuresOfPedro'' has some rather colorful and abstract backgrounds. |
| 230 | [[/folder]] |
| 231 | |
| 232 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 233 | * ''Fanfic/{{Austraeoh}}'' spends entire chapters in-between the main storylines showing of the beautiful landscapes Rainbow flies through, particularly the first few chapters before she comes into contact with Windthrow. |
| 234 | * ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' usually features [[SceneryGorn the reverse trope]], when looking to emphasis darkness and horror, but sometimes it slips into this when discussing the landscape of Hogwarts and its grounds, and Asgard. |
| 235 | * ''Gallifrey'' in the Wholock [=TARDISode=] [[Recap/ChildrenOfTimeS1T7AMomentsDiversion "A Moment's Diversion"]]. The mini episode utilizes the "virtual-reality-Gallifrey-in-the-TARDIS" trope that's not '''un'''common in Who fic... as one of the locations that Literature/SherlockHolmes and Beth Lestrade happen upon while touring the TARDIS. Beth wonders how real the breathtaking landscape is, and Holmes decides that it's ''very'' real. ''How'', though, is left unexplained. |
| 236 | * [[{{Fanime}} Maikaze]] did a '''great''' job with the landscaping in their portrayal of [[Franchise/TouhouProject Gensokyo]]. |
| 237 | * The ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' and ''Anime/{{Penguindrum}}'' crossover fanfic ''Fanfic/SeinenKakumeiUtena'' achieves this via the elaborate narration in various scenes. |
| 238 | * The ''Manga/YuGiOh'' fic ''Fanfic/AGameOfMasques'' has a scene where Yugi's apartment bathroom is described in loving detail. Oddly, the rest of the fic generally doesn't describe its settings at all. |
| 239 | [[/folder]] |
| 240 | |
| 241 | [[folder:Film — Animation]] |
| 242 | * The 2004 ''Manga/{{Appleseed}}'' movie, particularly the flyby of Olympus in the beginning. The {{sequel}} Ex Machina does this better still. |
| 243 | * ''Anime/AngelsEgg'' is Yoshitaka Amano's and Mamoru Oshii's visual poem. With only about five minutes of dialog in its seventy minute run time the absolutely gorgeous visuals carry the film's elegant, surreal and poignant "narrative". |
| 244 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'', San Angel in 2D and 3D is lovely, but wait until you see the riot of color and energy in the Land of the Remembered. |
| 245 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}'' is this trope mixed with {{plot}}. The garden and mouse circus scenes in the other world are beyond breathtaking, especially in 3D. All done in [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome stop-motion.]] |
| 246 | * ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'' has some very elaborate backgrounds made entirely of food. |
| 247 | * Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon is prone to this, especially during the early films, and "Disney Renaissance" that started with ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'' (1989): |
| 248 | ** ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' (1937): Especially during an early scene (just before the creepy forest scene) of Snow picking flowers in the forest. |
| 249 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'' (1940): What a pretty town! |
| 250 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'' (1942) was Scenery Porn, with a little bit of story thrown in. [[WesternAnimation/BambiII The midquel]] kept to the tradition, even going as far as reusing modified scans of the original film's background art in some places. |
| 251 | ** A surprising example is provided by obscure war-time Disney movies ''WesternAnimation/SaludosAmigos'' (1943) and ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros'' (1944). Both have some truly amazing background art, mainly thanks to the artistic influence of designer Mary Blair. In fact, any animated Disney film with Mary Blair's influence can be considered this such as ''WesternAnimation/MakeMineMusic'', ''WesternAnimation/MelodyTime'', the Sleepy Hollow segment from ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'', ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'', and ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan''. |
| 252 | ** ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' (1959). Not only are the backgrounds meticulously and beautifully painted, the animation is flawless and the foregrounds are no less breathtaking. There's a reason this movie almost bankrupted Disney. |
| 253 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'' (1989). The underwater shots (especially during the opening credits and [[IWantSong "Part of Your World"]]) are ''gorgeous''. |
| 254 | ** The little-remembered ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder'' (1990) had some amazing shots of the Australian Outback, and the New York scenes were pretty stunning as well. |
| 255 | ** The ballroom scene in Disney's ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' (1991) is a brief bit of Scenery Porn. The background was done digitally, while the characters dancing were hand-drawn. As a rule, when the camera flies backwards in a widening spiral with a rotating viewpoint through a massive and detailed candelabra while the room is spinning in one direction and the dancers spin in the opposite direction and there are no mistakes, you know two things: 1) this was done with computer graphics, and 2) this is goin' on the ol' résumé. Disney still uses this clip to blow the socks off of viewers. |
| 256 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' (1992) is full of Scenery Porn, drawn from reference photos of actual Islamic architecture (almost all of it 16th- and 17th-century Iranian, as that's where the photos were taken.) |
| 257 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' in its gorgeous shots of African plains and jungles. |
| 258 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'' (1995) - literally painting with all the colors of the wind. |
| 259 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'' (1996) made medieval Paris look absolutely beautiful. |
| 260 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' (1997) also has a lot of this, in its very ''artistic'' portrayal of ancient Greece. |
| 261 | ** The shots of the Chinese countryside and the Imperial City in ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'' (1998) were fabulous, especially during "A Girl Worth Fighting For". |
| 262 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'' (1999) had a lot of it. |
| 263 | ** Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Dinosaur}}'' is this with a little story thrown in. In fact, just ignore the storyline and concentrate on the [[DistractedByTheShiny stunning visuals]]. |
| 264 | ** ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'' (2001) is conspicuously guilty of this -- although there are plenty of us who would have died to see more. Do you have a dollar? |
| 265 | ** ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' (2002) was the first Disney Canon movie since ''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}'' to feature watercolor backgrounds. This should tell you more than enough. |
| 266 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet'' (2002) begins with a shot of a spaceport shaped like a crescent moon, displaying every building and ship, and when zoomed in enough, the inhabitants. The visuals build up from there. |
| 267 | ** ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvdzOT3DKl0 Just look at it!]] Makes you wish it'd never become civilised. |
| 268 | ** ''WesternAnimation/HomeOnTheRange'', character and story issues notwithstanding, boasts a beautiful color palette, and the Western landscapes are suitably breathtaking. |
| 269 | ** ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' was intended to show off exactly what hand-drawn animation was capable of, and it shows. Lush colors everywhere, and the various color schemes (gold, purple and green) have a large role in the movie. |
| 270 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' is continuing the tradition. For those curious, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0LiJmSX2fs&feature=player_embedded this]] [[TheWorldIsJustAwesome is a real-life example of the film's lantern scene]]. |
| 271 | ** ''WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh2011'' tends to be overlooked, but it truly marvels in showing off the Hundred Acre Wood, 2011 style. Underwater scenes especially stand out. |
| 272 | ** ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph''. [[LevelAte Sugar Rush]] qualifies due to the sheer amount of detail and lushness to the candy. Basically, imagine a world holding all the tracks of ''VideoGame/MarioKart'', animated in CGI and themed to look like candy. One can see it if coming back to the movie after playing Sweet Sweet Canyon in ''VideoGame/MarioKart8''. |
| 273 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' rightfully earns its place here, thanks to its beautifully animated ice and snow sequences. Several programs were developed by Disney here to ensure realism in capturing movement of characters in the snow. They even made a program just to make sure that each individual snowflake was unique! |
| 274 | *** ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'' in 2019 earns a spot of its own for showing such gorgeous landscapes that if it weren't for Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, Sven and Olaf in the frame, you'd be forgiven for thinking that was a real life photograph. Also, water is depicted almost photorealistically, using the same rendering techniques learned in ''Moana''. |
| 275 | ** ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'' features the beautiful city of San Fransokyo in breath-taking detail. |
| 276 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' has Judy Hopps' train ride, which shows off each region of the animal city in its full glory. It's incredible how immersed you can get due to the amount of detail that went into making each area function correctly for every mammal that could live there. |
| 277 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'' offers breathtaking glimpses of brilliantly rendered water and wildlife all throughout the movie, with the wonders only escalating from there. |
| 278 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'': The Madrigals might not talk about Bruno, but we could talk about the incredible visuals all day long, which bring to life the beauty of South America. |
| 279 | * The ''WesternAnimation/DragonHunters'' movie is this :{{world in the sky}} and loads and loads of ancient ruins flying apart. this troper thinks this is the greatest animation sceneries ever. |
| 280 | * Creator/DreamWorksAnimation: |
| 281 | ** The "Plagues" sequence in ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' is the wrath of God made manifest. It looks awesome. Most of the movie falls into this category, honestly. From simple dialogue scenes showing the vast majesty of the Egyptian empire, to Moses walking out his front- er, tent flap to be greeted with sweeping mountain landscapes, to the crossing of the Red Sea, the movie is pretty much a scenery porn extravaganza. |
| 282 | ** ''WesternAnimation/SpiritStallionOfTheCimarron'' has the beginning scene where the eagle is flying over canyons, forests, and deserts. Just the shots of Spirit's home, the Wild West, and the Lakota village are breathtaking. |
| 283 | ** ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda''. Even if you don't count the opening two minute dream sequence storyboarded and overseen by the respected and famous James Baxter (whom you may have been introduced to via ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 The Lion King]]'', or ''WesternAnimation/SpiritStallionOfTheCimarron''), just about every shot of the Valley of Peace counts as this... and the Jade Palace... and Chorh-Gom in the Mongolian mountains... and the suspension bridge where Tai Lung fought the Furious Five. Talk about luscious! |
| 284 | ** Gongmen City in the sequel takes it even further. Just ''look'' at all those buildings. |
| 285 | ** ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'': Berk is gorgeous. |
| 286 | ** All over the place in ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians''. Highlights include each of the guardians' main base of operations - the first walkthrough of North's workshop, the flight to Tooth's palace, various shots of Bunny's warren and even the first visit to Pitch's lair. |
| 287 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado'' is no slouch in the visual department, from the bustling Spanish ports to the glittering titular city of gold, which has heavy influences from Mayan and Incan architecture, to the colorful South American jungle. |
| 288 | ** Once ''WesternAnimation/TheCroods'' set out on their road trip, practically every stop is great to look at, especially the hidden oasis in the rock labyrinth. |
| 289 | * ''Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'' has the settings of Edge and Midgar for the battles with Bahamut Sin and Sephiroth, respectively. |
| 290 | * Every production released by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki (and Creator/StudioGhibli by extension) manages to pull at least a long sequence of very pretty scenery. The early scenes of ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'', for instance, are less about character development than about exploring a traditional Japanese farmhouse and the forest surrounding it. (Given Miyazaki's [[AuthorAppeal love of flying]], it's no surprise that every work has at least one extended aerial sequence.) |
| 291 | * The Rankin & Bass adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/TheHobbit'' does a fine job of this in its scenic shots, as is only proper for an adaptation of Tolkien's work. |
| 292 | * Edinburgh has never looked so lovely as from ''WesternAnimation/TheIllusionist2010''. |
| 293 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'''s scenery may be [[BuiltWithLEGO built with CGI LEGO]], but that doesn't stop it from looking ''gorgeous'', particularly the ocean shots. What's more, the film absolutely nailed the brickfilm (stop-motion LEGO) aethetic, to the point of looking incredibly photorealistic. |
| 294 | * The ''Anime/LittleNemoAdventuresInSlumberland'' animated movie perfectly captures the jaw-droppingly virtuoso style of artwork that made Creator/WinsorMcCay's original comic strip so memorable. Even the movie's infamously scary scenes are rendered lushly, with a large amount of fine detail. |
| 295 | * Most of Creator/MakotoShinkai's work. Shinkai, in fact, will focus the camera on the Scenery Porn in the middle of important scenes with his characters. ''Anime/FiveCentimetersPerSecond'' is the epitome of cloud Porn. |
| 296 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'': Both Halloweentown and Christmastown are very beautiful to look at. |
| 297 | * The animated film ''Anime/Patlabor2TheMovie'' has a large amount of Scenery Porn. The apex of this is the "boat scene" in which two characters have a long, extremely philosophical conversation while riding a small boat down a [[color:blue:water]]way. As the conversation goes on, the camera view focuses on old buildings, factories, and other features of a near-future Tokyo. |
| 298 | * Creator/{{Pixar}} is very good at this: |
| 299 | ** The vault where the doors are stored in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' |
| 300 | ** ''WesternAnimation/WallE''. Earth as a desolate wasteland is ironically the most beautiful-looking thing in the film. |
| 301 | ** ''WesternAnimation/Cars1'' has a long scene at the start and finish that is pretty much all Scenery Porn. |
| 302 | ** And its {{sequel}}, ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars 2}}'', takes it up to eleven with new settings and colorful environments. At some points it looks a little ''too'' realistic for a universe made of Cars. |
| 303 | ** Further improved in ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars 3}}'', where pretty much every scene looks beautiful. Special mention should go to the Florida 500 near the end. |
| 304 | ** In ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', Mr. Incredible's second arrival at [[BigBad Syndrome's]] island pretty much existed to show off how awesome the island was. |
| 305 | ** ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' has some very impressive underwater scenes. |
| 306 | ** ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' and ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' both feature the same tree (to different levels of detail and mood). |
| 307 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'' has some ''amazing'' shots of the jungle, ranging from rocky terrain to lush foliage and everything in between. But it's not only that -- even the cityscape and the ''sky'' can be counted in this trope. |
| 308 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'' has this from the ''[[http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/06/22/brave-poster-pixar-first-look/ poster]]''. The film itself beautifully captures the Scottish Highlands. |
| 309 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheGoodDinosaur'' may be highly divisive amongst critics, but there's one thing they all agree on - the scenery is absolutely beautiful. Some have compared the visuals to those of Hayao Miyazaki's films, while others have mistaken them for live-action backgrounds with CG characters, a la ''WesternAnimation/{{Dinosaur}}''. |
| 310 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'' has the Land of the Dead, a brilliant world of seemingly endless night that's illuminated by countless rainbow colored lights in thousands of buildings and is connected to the Land of the Living with a bridge made of marigold petals. If you've studied Color Theory, this movie will leave you '''''drooling'''''. |
| 311 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' makes the city of Toronto look like something out of ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' with buildings in pastel colours. According to executive producer Dan Scanlon, "It feels more like a very soft, colorful, magical, idyllic, almost youthful version of the city". |
| 312 | * While TheOriginalSeries had its moments, ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' takes this to non-stop, {{Nerdgasm}}ic levels of Scenery Pornography. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_KtKhP2AQc Seriously, just watch the second movie's trailer.]] |
| 313 | * Every {{animated film|s}} by René Laloux, director of obscure French weirdness like ''Animation/FantasticPlanet'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Gandahar}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/TimeMasters''. Bizarre but beautiful alien worlds that look straight out of a Creator/SalvadorDali painting. ''Fantastic Planet'' is a particularly bizarre example; wallowing in strange crystalline structures and surreal images. It's Scenery Porn [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs on drugs]]. |
| 314 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio}}'' is FULL of this. There are gorgeous scenes of the jungle, but then you get to the flight scenes where we see them overhead, and oh boy! The parade also looks amazing, with dancers in great costumes and beautiful floats. A float featuring a scarlet macaw stands out in particular. |
| 315 | * The Irish/Belgian/French film ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfKells''. It toys with perspective masterfully in some scenes, and others are simply ''jaw-dropping''. |
| 316 | * Much of ''Anime/TheSkyCrawlers'' is devoted to featuring the beautiful vistas of Ireland and Poland, as well as the incredibly detailed indoor settings. |
| 317 | * Sonic OVA had dozens of different environments, combined with some of the best background detail for a 90s Anime. |
| 318 | * The 2009 ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'' film is a mixture of this and TechnologyPorn, with grand SpaceOpera battles and detailed spacecraft interiors and exteriors. |
| 319 | * ''Anime/{{Steamboy}}''. The film took sixteen years to make, and boy does it show. |
| 320 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'': ''Creator/IlluminationEntertainment'' gives us a wonderful cinematic take on the world of ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' The Mushroom Kingdom get special mention for using aspects from many games such as the mobile platforms, colorful structures, and of course Princess Peach's castle. Bowser's Castle gives us a terrifyingly awesome dark aesthetic much like in modern games like ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'', in which not only does the lava makes it awesome but it also captures Bowser's evil image. |
| 321 | * ''WesternAnimation/SurfsUp'' has very realistic backgrounds with moving waves, trees, foliage, shadows, etc. It barely has a single static shot. |
| 322 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler'''s Recobbled Cut. The whole thing's on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZibUpH-AME&list=PL18B0CA620B61D076&feature=c4-overview-vl Youtube]]. To use another troper's example, Imagine ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' on marijuana and cough syrup. It was made BEFORE CGI was invented. |
| 323 | [[/folder]] |
| 324 | |
| 325 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 326 | * Most of Ben Howard's videos, especially 'Keep Your Head Up', 'The Wolves' and 'Old Pine', filmed in the English countryside. |
| 327 | * Electronic music festivals have been trying to one-up each other in the stage department for years now. Bonus points go to ones with fairy tale-inspired atmospheres; EDC Las Vegas went from a generic bank of screens to [[http://mullymultimedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/EDC-Vegas-Crowd-2.jpg a giant animatronic owl]] in the course of a year. |
| 328 | ** SequelEscalation was played straight for EDC 2014: [[http://37.media.tumblr.com/918ea6de69a25476263bae071f7b1912/tumblr_n7rflwO6iQ1qb75ygo1_1280.jpg a cathedral, two giant owls, and a neon pipe organ.]] |
| 329 | * The {{Music/Gorillaz}} videos Feel Good Inc. and El Manana have the floating island, which looks like something straight out of Creator/StudioGhibli. Butterflies flicking around, modest wildflowers and rolling grassy fields make the place stunning, especially when contrasted to the [[SceneryGorn debauchery and filth of the Feel Good Tower.]] |
| 330 | * Guillemots' video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqF1Ky8geo8&ob=av2e We're Here]] is made up of this. |
| 331 | * Many of Music/{{iamamiwhoami}}'s videos depict the natural beauty of the Swedish landscape- as is fitting for a [[ConceptVideo conceptual series of videos]] about a NatureSpirit. Dark and snowy forests, fields, and rivers have all made prominent appearances. |
| 332 | * Music/ImagineDragons' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PscXGpsF3dY "Roots"]] video features this as Dan Reynolds explores various parts of New Zealand, such as Auckland and Great Barrier Island. |
| 333 | * {{Music/Kanye|West}} loves this: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92FCRmggNqQ "Diamonds from Sierra Leone"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH4JPgVD2SM "Amazing"]] were excuses to show off Prague and Hawaii respectively, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsO6ZnUZI0g "Stronger"]] showed off a pseudo Manga/{{Akira}}-inspired version of Japan and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L53gjP-TtGE "Power"]] was what one imagines ''he'' [[SmallNameBigEgo imagines happens when he walks through his living room in the morning]]. |
| 334 | %% * May occur in {{Korean Pop Music}} videos. |
| 335 | * Lots of Music/LindseyStirling's videos are filmed in wild and beautiful locations, and the camera makes full use of this; it's part of the reason for the OrbitalShot in her ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Lord of the Rings]]'' medly. |
| 336 | * The [[https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/pink-floyd-endless-river.jpg album cover]] for Music/PinkFloyd's ''Music/TheEndlessRiver'', designed by members of Hipgnosis. Also used in the music video for [[https://youtu.be/BuSyqTuLPCs "Louder Than Words"]]. |
| 337 | * Just about any album cover painted by Roger Dean, notably his work with Music/{{Yes}} and Music/{{Asia}}. |
| 338 | * The cover art for Music/SimpleMinds' debut album [[http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/45726701/Life+In+A+Day.jpg "Life In A Day."]] Although their label at the time didn't seem to like it. |
| 339 | * Music/SnoopDogg's video for "Beautiful" would be nothing but a stereotypical bootyshaking rap video if not for the breathtaking scenery of [[UsefulNotes/{{Brazil}} Rio De Janeiro]]. In fact, the last shot of the video is a panorama of the city with "Obrigado Brasil" ([[BilingualBonus "Thank you Brazil"]]) at the bottom of the screen. |
| 340 | * Any music video by Music/StudioKillers most notably this: [[https://youtu.be/Lo-EmtXbFRg]] and this: [[https://youtu.be/uGjHsLnUO1U]] |
| 341 | * Music/TearsForFears: |
| 342 | ** The picturesque forest and lake seen in the "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1ZvPSpLxCg Mad World]]" music video are located in Knebworth Country Park, Hertfordshire, England. The band loved it there so much that they even [[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/dec/10/how-we-made-mad-world-tears-fears brought some of their family and friends along.]] |
| 343 | --->'''Smith''': It is a dark song, but it brings back happy memories. When we made the video in a country estate on the cheap, we bussed all our friends and family up from Bath and had a fun day. The woman who's having the birthday party in the video is my mum. |
| 344 | ** The "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye7FKc1JQe4 Shout]]" music video was filmed at Durdle Door in Dorset, England, which has spectacular rocky cliffs and a stunning coastline. |
| 345 | * The "Making Of Music/TogetherAlone" promo video for Music/CrowdedHouse features many gorgeous shots of New Zealand's Kare Kare Beach, where the album was recorded. |
| 346 | * {{Music/U2}} tour stages. The most obvious examples would be the [[TheAllegedCar Trabant]]-lit, widescreen-adorned Zoo TV stage, the neon-filled Popmart stage with its gigantic LCD screen, and the current 360 "Claw" stage, but the relatively minimalistic heart-shaped Elevation stage deserves a mention. Their stage designer, Willie Williams, does this in many of his works. |
| 347 | ** Bono pointed out in a ''Rolling Stone'' piece that the 360 stage has been compared to that of Music/DavidBowie's [[http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_Spider_Tour Glass Spider Tour]] in 1987 -- can you blame them? Bowie was one of the first rockers to use this trope, starting with 1974's Diamond Dogs Tour with its giant "Hunger City" set -- ''so'' big and expensive that it eventually had to be dropped (complaints from the band and backup singers, who were all obscured by it for most of the show, probably didn't help). The 1990 Sound+Vision Tour substituted giant projections of Bowie and other performers for physical setpieces. Bowie averted this trope in other tours, such as the 1976 Isolar Tour that used only lighting to set scenes/moods... and even that was limited to white lights. |
| 348 | * All of Music/{{Grimes}} music videos for ''Music/ArtAngels'' are this, since the videos were all self-directed while she was on tour in scenic places in Europe and Asia, such as Swiss mountaintops in "Belly of the Beat," Chepstow Castle in Wales and the Millennium Bridge in London for "World Princess part II," the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore for "Realiti," and some beautiful Italian gardens in "Butterfly." |
| 349 | [[/folder]] |
| 350 | |
| 351 | [[folder:Pinball]] |
| 352 | * ''Pinball/SilverballMania'' is remembered for its detail-filled all-chrome artwork. |
| 353 | * ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadZenStudios'' is shaped and surrounded by 3-D miniature scale models of various locales from all of the game's five episodes. If you're not playing it in virtual reality, the table environment stretches out without the walled confines of a typical pinball table, making it all the more beautiful. |
| 354 | [[/folder]] |
| 355 | |
| 356 | [[folder:Sports]] |
| 357 | * Starting in the early 90’s a lot of baseball stadiums have been built with this trope in mind for most of the crowd. These parks lowered the outfield seating which meant the majority of the crowd could have a great view to the scenery beyond the field. |
| 358 | * Pittsburgh’s [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PNC_Park PNC Park]] looks over the Allegheny River to the [[https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/1id5xd/finally_made_it_to_pnc_park_and_wow_the_view_from/ downtown skyline]]. |
| 359 | * San Francisco’s [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_Park Oracle Park]] looks out over the [[https://aviewfrommyseat.com/venue/Oracle+Park/VR315/ Bay]]. A long enough home run to right field lands in the bay where [[https://www.departures.com/best-baseball-stadium-seats/3 Kayakers]] await a souvenir. |
| 360 | * St. Louis’ [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busch_Stadium Busch Stadium]] has a [[https://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/ballparks/busch-stadium/ great view of downtown]], and of course the iconic arch. |
| 361 | * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petco_Park Petco Park]] in San Diego provides [[https://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/ballparks/petco-park/ great views]] of downtown. |
| 362 | * There are many minor league parks that can boast this as well. They have an added advantage as they are smaller. |
| 363 | * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond_County_Bank_Ballpark Richmond County Bank BallPark]] on Staten Island [[https://aviewfrommyseat.com/venue/Richmond+County+Bank+Ballpark/ looks out]] over New York Harbor and to the iconic Manhattan skyline. |
| 364 | * A running joke in Indianapolis is that they don’t even need a team, people will pay to just sit and look at [[https://visitindiana.com/blog/index.php/2013/12/02/play-ball-victory-field/ downtown]] from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Field Victory Field]]. |
| 365 | * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiral_Fetterman_Field Admiral Fetterman Field]] in Pensacola sits directly on the [[https://stadiumjourney.com/stadiums/blue-wahoos-stadium-s375 bay]]. |
| 366 | * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ONEOK_Field ONEOK Field]] in Tulsa provides a great view of [[https://stadiumjourney.com/stadiums/oneok-field-s351 downtown]]. |
| 367 | * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Woodmen_Park Modern Woodmen Park]] in Davenport Iowa [[http://iowahistoryjournal.com/rising-water-high-heat-keeping-score-85-years-baseball-modern-woodmen-park/ sits directly]] on the Mississippi river and right next to the iconic Centennial Bridge. |
| 368 | * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Third_Field_(Toledo,_Ohio) Fifth Third Field]] in Toledo Ohio sits in a district of renovated warehouses and provides a great [[https://stadiumjourney.com/stadiums/fifth-third-field-s345 view]] of downtown. |
| 369 | * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MCU_Park MCU Park]] in Brooklyn overlooks [[https://www.timeout.com/newyork/attractions/mcu-park Coney Island]]. |
| 370 | * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truist_Field Truist Field]] in Charlotte provides viewers with an amazing [[http://www.intheballparks.com/international/bb-t view]] of downtown. |
| 371 | * American Football Stadiums and Soccer Stadiums have a more difficult time doing this since the configuration of a stadium can make it difficult to provide good viewing, and great scenery beyond the field. Nevertheless there are a few notable exceptions where at least a significant portion of the crowd gets an amazing view. |
| 372 | * Seattle’s [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumen_Field Lumen Field]] is regarded as Football’s most scenic stadium with the north end looking up the hill to [[https://www.vividseats.com/venues/lumen-field/seat-views/upper-level-324 downtown]]. |
| 373 | * Pittsburgh’s [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Field Heinz field]] provides fans in the west grandstand great views across the Ohio River to downtown and fans in the east grandstand great views over the river and to the Bluffs on the other side. |
| 374 | * Indianapolis’ [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Oil_Stadium Lucas Oil Stadium]] has a retractable roof. But it also has an enormous window at the north end which can also be opened and either way provides many fans with a great view of the downtown skyline. The stadium was even built at an [[https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-aerial-of-downtown-indianapolis-indiana-with-lucas-oil-stadium-in-55940598.html angle]] to maximize the view. |
| 375 | * Cleveland’s [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FirstEnergy_Stadium Firstenergy Stadium]] provides fans in the north grandstand a great view of downtown. |
| 376 | * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaVell_Edwards_Stadium LaVell Edwards Stadium]] on the campus of BYU in Utah has great views of the nearby mountains. |
| 377 | * Memorial Stadium on the Campus of Indiana University used to provide a [[https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-1960s-1965-memorial-stadium-iu-indiana-university-football-game-sports-50612133.html gorgeous view]] of the rolling hills of Southern Indiana, which was particularly beautiful in the fall (football season). But sadly and to the disdain of many fans in 2007 they [[https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2021/8/5/football-tickets-now-on-sale-for-new-rooftop-at-the-rock-premium-seating-area-of-memorial-stadium built an extension]] that enclosed the north end and ended the amazing view. |
| 378 | * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Float_@_Marina_Bay The Float at Marina Bay]] in Singapore looks out over a soccer pitch on a floating platform in the [[https://www.myguidesingapore.com/business-and-mice/the-float--marina-bay marina bay]] of the Central Region. |
| 379 | * Some stadiums, particularly smaller ones, have the advantage of sitting among beautiful natural scenery. |
| 380 | * [[http://stadiumdb.com/stadiums/gib/victoria_stadium_gibraltar Victoria Stadium]] in Gibraltar provides a great view of the iconic Rock of Gibraltar. |
| 381 | * [[https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/general-view-of-the-roy-emerson-arena-during-the-first-news-photo/71407461 Roy Emerson Arena]] in Gstaad Switzerland has gorgeous views of the by surrounding Alps. |
| 382 | * [[https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/view-of-snow-covered-dhauladhar-mountain-range-seen-from-news-photo/893841794?adppopup=true HPCA Stadium]], a Cricket Grounds in the Himalayas of India. |
| 383 | * [[https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/kagiso-rabada-of-south-africa-bowls-the-first-ball-of-the-news-photo/1197443887?adppopup=true Newlands Cricket Grounds]] in Cape Town South Africa has spectacular views of Devil’s peak. |
| 384 | * [[https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/three-faroese-fans-watching-the-action-from-the-hillside-news-photo/583656316?adppopup=true Svangaskard Stadium]] on the Faroe Islands |
| 385 | * [[https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/general-view-training-of-holland-u21-during-the-training-news-photo/938236952?adppopup=true Estadi Comunal]] in Andorra |
| 386 | * [[https://footballtripper.com/liechtenstein/rheinpark-stadion/ Rheinpark Stadion]] in Liechtenstein |
| 387 | * [[http://eurorivals.net/stadium/ibv.html Hasteinsvollur]] in Iceland. |
| 388 | * [[https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Bhutan_national_football_team Changlimithang Stadium]] in Bhutan |
| 389 | * Some people watch golf just for this reason. |
| 390 | * Augusta National hosts the Masters every April. The tournament is strategically timed to coincide with the blooming of the [[https://whopam.com/2019/04/10/will-amen-corner-change-at-the-masters/ azaleas]] and many other beautiful flowers. |
| 391 | * [[https://www.golfpass.com/travel-advisor/articles/18-things-you-never-knew-about-pebble-beach Pebble Beach]] is on the famous Monterey peninsula along the California coast and hosts the U.S. Open about once a decade. |
| 392 | * The Winter Olympics has always benefited from having many viewers who enjoy watching the scenery just as much as the competition. |
| 393 | * The Tour de France chooses it's course to maximize the scenery for both the live and TV audience. |
| 394 | [[/folder]] |
| 395 | |
| 396 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 397 | * ''TabletopGame/TalesFromTheLoop'' features plenty of gorgeous environments thanks to the art of Simon Stålenhag, which both inspired the game and is prominently featured in the gamebooks. |
| 398 | [[/folder]] |
| 399 | |
| 400 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 401 | * Similarly ''Film/FortySecondStreet'', also meant to evoke the Follies, as well as the movie musicals of Busby Berkley. Where did they get all those costumes in Depression-era New York anyway, especially since it appeared to only be the first rehearsal? |
| 402 | * ''Music/AmericanIdiot'''s set is deceptively simple -- they have set pieces that move, ''tip over'', and make amazing use of projections (particularly in "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" and "Wake Me Up When September Ends"). |
| 403 | * The 2013 ''Theatre/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' stage musical is, aptly, packed with fairytale [[{{Pun}} eye candy]]: An ever-moonlit junkyard, colorful mini-sets within a huge TV that achingly contrast with the gray, ramshackle Bucket residence... and that's just ''Act One''. Act Two, set within the titular factory's AmazingTechnicolorWorld, has projections that turn the stage into ever-twisting hallways to dash through on the way to giant sets for such locales as the Chocolate Room and the Department of the Future (where Mike Teavee gets his comeuppance). The climactic scene turns the stage into a starlit sky for the Great Glass Elevator to literally ascend into. |
| 404 | * Theatre's dual champs of Scenery Porn could be Creator/CirqueDuSoleil's ''Theatre/{{O}}'' and ''KA'', in Las Vegas. The theatres were specifically built for them, which is standard for all non-touring Cirque troupes, but these take it to a whole new level. (Of course, other Cirque shows also boast amazing set design -- turntables, ascending/descending stage sections, projections, etc. -- and mindblowing acrobatics.) |
| 405 | * ''Theatre/CityOfAngels'' calls for 19 or 20 scenes in each of its two acts. A lot of the sets are DeliberatelyMonochrome, however, as they belong to the ShowWithinAShow. |
| 406 | * ''Theatre/InTheHeights'' has an amazing set. The set designer had an eye for detail. There are so many little things that really make it amazing. During the actual show there are people in the apartments doing things. |
| 407 | %%* ''Theatre/TheLightInThePiazza'' has the most GORGEOUS sets. |
| 408 | * The Broadway ScreenToStageAdaptation of ''Theatre/TheLionKing'' also qualifies. The opening number alone is worth the price of admission. |
| 409 | * Opera is a huge fan of this trope. When a minimalist director is not in charge, the set designs in operatic productions can reach astoundingly lavish levels. These can range from [[http://jeffcenter.org/sites/default/files/page-images/Rusalka-%20A%20scene%20with%20Ren%C3%A9e%20Fleming%20in%20the%20title%20role,%20photo%20by%20Ken%20Howard.jpg fairy tale forest]] sets to [[http://caatm.es/wp-content/uploads/2000-12-400h-Traviata-1964-25A.jpg fancy ballrooms]]. Sometimes the stage is so bedecked in finery that you have to pull out your opera glasses just to find the singers heads bobbing in a sea of set design. Operas based on Oriental themes often take this to extreme levels. Such as in [[http://www.memyselfandmontreal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Lakm%C3%A9-opera-de-montreal.jpg Lakme]] and [[http://archives.metoperafamily.org/Imgs/Turandot0910.29.jpg Turandot]]. |
| 410 | * ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' includes a few sequences designed to make you "ooh" and "aah" just from all the pretty effects they exhibit. The regenerating theater at the beginning, boat scene, bridge and, of course, the chandelier all fall under this. This and other examples of style over substance are a ''big'' reason the show has a lot of haters. |
| 411 | * After intermission, the musical version of ''Film/TheProducers'' brings out an identical set to the office, except painted completely white (even the windows and desks) for little more than a cheap gag and to show us how much money they spent. |
| 412 | * ''Theatre/SheLovesMe'', a musical adapted from the play ''Parfumerie'' (also the source for ''Film/TheShopAroundTheCorner'' and ''Film/YouveGotMail''), features a perfume shop set that hinges open and closed like a doll's house. |
| 413 | * ''Theatre/ShrekTheMusical'' recreates a fairy-tale world complete with swamps, forests, castles, towers, lakes of lava, etc. |
| 414 | * {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}'', with references to King Arthur and Patsy being lost in "A Very Expensive Forest", complete with flashing dollar signs on the obviously-cardboard trees. |
| 415 | * ''Theatre/SundayInTheParkWithGeorge'' has both a straight example and a subversion. Act I involves the actors and a few flats, recreating a famous painting almost perfectly onstage. Later, in Act II, they put on an impressive laser light show, and then make a deal out of it being all flash and no substance. |
| 416 | ** Speaking of ''Sunday'', the recent revival recreated both of the above effects with a set made entirely of giant computer screens. |
| 417 | * The musical version of ''Film/SunsetBoulevard'' exhibits this in several of its effects, including one where the stagehands actually built a ''split screen", with Norma Desmond's famous staircase on the top and a party scene on the bottom. This eventually proved to be the original production's downfall, as it was too expensive to run with anything less than capacity audiences. |
| 418 | * ''Theatre/TanzDerVampire'' has so much Scenery Porn. There are several gorgeous sets, but if the scene of Sarah coming into Krolock's castle for the first time doesn't have your chin in your lap, then nothing ever will. The second you realize that the chorus is being sung by ''the portraits'' -- which until that moment anyone would have sworn were actual paintings. |
| 419 | %%* Almost every production of ''Theatre/{{Tosca}}.'' |
| 420 | * The London production of ''Voyage'', the first in Creator/TomStoppard's exhausting trilogy of plays about Russian thinkers ''The Coast of Utopia'', utilized a backdrop of photorealistic video imagery projected on a massive white semi-circular screen that curved around the stage. During scene changes, the video would pan and scan to the next frame - for example, from the yard to the manor. Overall, the effect was pretty stunning. |
| 421 | * ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'''s Clock of the Time Dragon. Not to mention the climax of [[AwesomeMusic/{{Theatre}} "Defying Gravity"]]. |
| 422 | %%* Both the Broadway and London productions of ''Theatre/{{Jerusalem}}''. |
| 423 | [[/folder]] |
| 424 | |
| 425 | [[folder:Theme Parks]] |
| 426 | * Soarin', in either its older Soarin' Over California form or its new Soarin' Over the World form. |
| 427 | * Two words: [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Tokyo DisneySea]]. Just looking at photos and videos of it alone can be overwhelming, especially with its breathtaking iconic view of an old observatory just at the foot of Mount Prometheus. |
| 428 | * Many Ride/UniversalStudios attractions feature incredibly lavishly themed queue lines, such as ''Ride/HarryPotterAndTheForbiddenJourney'', ''Ride/HarryPotterAndTheEscapeFromGringotts'', ''Ride/ETAdventure'', and ''Ride/{{Kongfrontation}}''. |
| 429 | [[/folder]] |
| 430 | |
| 431 | [[folder:Toys]] |
| 432 | * ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'', especially in its early years, was very fond of showcasing grandiose sceneries, most of which have been meticulously designed by the Danish creative agency Advance. Perhaps most notable are the backgrounds in the ''Mata Nui Online Game'' I and II, where the player had to traverse an entire island, often clicking through dozens of screens to get from one location to the other. |
| 433 | [[/folder]] |
| 434 | |
| 435 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 436 | * Most everything in the ''VideoGame/ColourMySeries'' is drawn with great detail, even rooms or machines with little to no interactions. |
| 437 | * ''WesternAnimation/ElephantsDream''. The sheer level of detail that was put into the machine is simply astounding. |
| 438 | * One of ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'''s episodes starts with some beautiful shots of Holy Terra and the Imperial Palace before the story proper begins. |
| 439 | [[/folder]] |
| 440 | |
| 441 | [[folder:Web Comics]] |
| 442 | * Although some of it isn't in the webcomic, ''Webcomic/AvasDemon'' features the occasional shot of beautiful scenery, such as [[https://www.avasdemon.com/pages.html#0122 here]] and [[https://www.avasdemon.com/pages.html#0639 here.]] |
| 443 | * ''Webcomic/BeneathTheClouds'': Parts of the journey along the Tokaido Road, especially Mount Fuji. |
| 444 | * ''Webcomic/BitsFair'' features a lot of absolutely gorgeus enviroment art. [[http://bitsfair.spiderforest.com/comic/2 Exhibit A.]] [[http://bitsfair.spiderforest.com/comic/14 Exhibit B.]] [[http://bitsfair.spiderforest.com/comic/34 Exhibit C.]] |
| 445 | * ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate''[='s=] backgrounds are quite stunning, especially [[http://www.charbythevampirate.com/comic/95 in]] [[http://www.charbythevampirate.com/comic/1057 the]] [[http://www.charbythevampirate.com/comic/1092 forest.]] |
| 446 | * ''Webcomic/{{Clockwork}}'' includes wide {{Establishing Shot}}s of the area with most scene transitions. Considering the level of detail and use of color in the art, these range from nicely atmospheric to [[http://www.clockwork-comic.com/comic/page-67 just plain gorgeous]]. |
| 447 | * Outside scenes in ''Webcomic/CwynhildsLoom'' are usually very detailed. Interior scenes often are as well. |
| 448 | * ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'' plays with this trope a couple times. Particularly [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0135.html here]] and [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0271.html here.]] |
| 449 | * ''Webcomic/TheDemonArchives'' has absolutely stunning scenery, which then promptly gets blown to bits in a [[SceneryGorn war zone]]. |
| 450 | * ''Webcomic/{{Derelict}}'' -- though there's very little dialogue, about half the pages have [[http://derelictcomic.com/?strip_id=42 stunningly detailed and beautifully painted backgrounds]]. Most backgrounds are rusty ruins, though, so the "porn" part is up for debate. |
| 451 | * Say what you want about ''Webcomic/DrowTales'', but the art, especially the art from the remakes, is fantastic. |
| 452 | * ''Webcomic/TheDreamlandChronicles'' does this from time to time, especially when establish new scenes, such as [[http://www.thedreamlandchronicles.com/?p=246 Astoria]] (continued on the next page) or [[http://www.thedreamlandchronicles.com/?p=155 Ashendel]] (also a double page). |
| 453 | * Besides lots of nudity, the unfinished and currently offline CG webcomic ''Dreamwalk Journal'' (and its ongoing and very much online SpinOff ''Nightshade the Merry Widow'') depicts vast exterior and interior vistas on the insect-dominated world of Cyeatea. You don't suppose Creator/JamesCameron was a fan, do you? |
| 454 | * ''Webcomic/DresdenCodak'', one of the few webcomics you'd actually want to hang on a wall. Artist Aaron Diaz actually draws the comics on the computer. When sold as prints, they are between four and six feet tall, sometimes bigger. They look ''amazing'' hung on a wall. |
| 455 | * ''Webcomic/ErikaAndThePrincesInDistress'' : The first volume treats the readers to an absolutely ''gorgeous'' full-page view of the Floating Island. Doubles as FoodPorn given that it is [[LevelAte entirely made of sugar and pastries]]. |
| 456 | * ''Webcomic/FamilyManDylanMeconis''. [[http://www.lutherlevy.com/?p=74 Observe.]] Another [[http://www.lutherlevy.com/?p=1028 example]], complete with an accurate depiction of the sky during medieval times. |
| 457 | * ''Webcomic/FineSometimesRain'' uses many lush garden scenes found around the heroine's house, as well as some fairly detailed interior shots. |
| 458 | * There are lots of beautiful detailed scenes of basalt structures, cableways, etc. in ''Webcomic/GiftsOfWanderingIce''. Sometimes they [[http://mildegard.ru/Gifts_of_wandering_ice/English/page169_eng.html occupy the whole page]]. |
| 459 | * ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt''[='s=] urban landscapes are beautiful and foreboding. And the scenery has [[ArtEvolution only improved over time]]. |
| 460 | * ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' may start with sparse black-and-white backgrounds, but as the story continues [[ArtEvolution the art becomes more elaborate and colorful]]. [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003307 Especially]] [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003329 the]] [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004089 players']] [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004272 various]] [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004366 lands]]. |
| 461 | * ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'' has incredibly detailed artwork [[http://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/throne/ as seen here]]. Go ahead and zoom in. |
| 462 | * ''Webcomic/{{Lackadaisy}}'' has some really beautiful sepia tone backgrounds. In general, Lackadaisy has really careful and detailed art, and the shading on the backgrounds is especially good. |
| 463 | * ''Webcomic/TheLessThanEpicAdventuresOfTJAndAmal'' does great things with its {{Real Place Background}}s and magnificently detailed artwork. Being a RoadTripPlot, this is somewhat to be expected. |
| 464 | * ''Webcomic/TheMeek'' has some beautiful and distinct backgrounds in each of its three RotatingArcs, from a [[http://www.meekcomic.com/2009/01/01/chapter-1-page-1/ tropical]] [[http://www.meekcomic.com/2009/06/06/chapter-1-page-33/ jungle]] to a [[http://www.meekcomic.com/2009/10/09/2-07/ government]] [[http://www.meekcomic.com/2010/03/15/2-29/ building]] to [[http://www.meekcomic.com/2010/08/02/ch-3-cover/ an oasis]]. While those links are all safe, a fair bit of the rest of the site is NSFW. Just a heads up. |
| 465 | * ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'', with intricate buildings and weapons. Probably due to the artist actually being an architect originally. |
| 466 | * Minor example but every Amical's manor background in ''[[{{Webcomic/Morphe}} morphE]]'' contains at least one Amical painting (including some which only show up in CGs). The reason for the trope is that every painting is a full sized image which is resized and skewed to be mostly impossible to see in the comic proper. The background artist drew them in livestream for the amusement of herself and the audience present. Examples to date include: Amical streaking through a field, Amical skiing past the Ski Free Yeti and Amical as a mermaid. Good luck spotting those details in the comic proper and to date no version has been shared outside of the live event. |
| 467 | * ''Webcomic/NatureOfNaturesArt'' [[http://www.nofna.com/?T=1-1-12-43 occasionally]] [[http://www.nofna.com/?T=1-1-12-154 indulges]] [[http://www.nofna.com/?T=1-1-12-238 in]] [[http://www.nofna.com/?T=1-1-12-297 this]]. It's even more impressive when you realise that the art's done entirely in ''oekaki''. |
| 468 | * ''Webcomic/{{Nexus}}'' has a lot of beautifully detailed cityscape shots. |
| 469 | * ''Webcomic/OffWhite'' [[http://akreon.deviantart.com/art/off-white-pg-37-and-38-REDO-255338733?q=gallery%3Aakreon%2F4769272&qo=103 has]] [[http://akreon.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d4aobk7 some]] [[http://akreon.deviantart.com/gallery/4769272?offset=120#/d2ceiyy impressive]] [[http://akreon.deviantart.com/art/off-white-pg108-174488422?q=gallery%3Aakreon%2F4769272&qo=23 backgrounds]]. |
| 470 | * ''Webcomic/{{Outsiders}}'': Many views of New York and the surrounding American countryside as Ebony and Siobhan go about their various jobs. |
| 471 | %%* ''Webcomic/ThePhoenixRequiem'' |
| 472 | * ''Webcomic/ThePropertyOfHate'' features many beautiful (and trippy) backgrounds, especially once the story [[http://rgb.thecomicseries.com/comics/11 reaches the fantasy world]]. |
| 473 | * ''Webcomic/TwilightSparkleAndTheBigCity'' likes to indulge in landscapes of Manhattan. |
| 474 | * ''Webcomic/QuestionDuck'' has many gorgeous backdrop. Which have, of course, nothing to do with the question the duck asks. |
| 475 | * ''Webcomic/ARedtailsDream'' is by the same author-artist as ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'' and offers stunning walks through highly varied dreamscapes. Even the downright scary ones happen to be very pretty. In their own way. |
| 476 | * ''Webcomic/RiceBoy'' and ''Webcomic/OrderOfTales'' actively revel in this, having entire pages that are beautiful sweeping landscape drawings or are lots of little no-dialogue panels just showing the characters moving through the environment. This is much less of a problem than you'd think, since the comic generally updates with multiple pages at a time. |
| 477 | * ''{{Webcomic/Sarilho}}'': as time progresses, scenery shots become more common in the comic. A lot of scenic shots of the [[https://sarilho.net/en/arquivo/comic/rrcc-capa-2 Duero Valley]], [[https://sarilho.net/en/arquivo/comic/ch4p49 Salamanca]] and [[https://sarilho.net/en/arquivo/comic/ch5p01 Coimbra]]. |
| 478 | * ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'' indulges in this [[http://www.sdamned.com/2011/11/11052011/ when the characters arrive in the city of St. Curtis]]. Rhea is impressed too. |
| 479 | * The [[http://www.snowbynight.com/pages/ch1/pg2.html opening view]] of Sherbourg in ''Webcomic/SnowByNight'' does a good job of laying out the beautiful details of the colony. |
| 480 | * ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'' has gorgeousness all through it, in whatever backdrop the characters happen to find themselves. From stunning natural landscapes and crumbling, [[SceneryGorn Romantic-ethos ruins of the apocalypse]]... to drool-worthy, working, SchizoTech environments with complex floorplans: it's all good. |
| 481 | * ''Webcomic/SpaceBoy'': Wide shots almost always tend to be this. The first panel of Episode 7 is a good example. |
| 482 | * To really appreciate ''Webcomic/StringTheory2009'''s background art, view at them at full size on [[http://outinthewastes.tumblr.com/post/21838194093/is-it-less-sad-to-talk-to-a-cat-when-the-cat-can the comic's sketchblog]]. Note that the linked image only a small panel from [[http://www.stringtheorycomic.com/comics/chapter-four/chp4-page-1/ this page]]. |
| 483 | * In ''Webcomic/ThistilMistilKistil'', [[http://tmkcomic.depleti.com/comic/ch07-pg15/ traveling brought them by this sunrise.]] |
| 484 | * In ''Webcomic/WhatsShakin'', many large panel scenes are drawn this way to emphasize something dramatic going on. Or transitional pages to help break the mood, like ''[[http://whatsshakincomic.com/2011/05/09/page-35/ THIS]]'' one. |
| 485 | * Randall from ''{{Webcomic/xkcd}}'' will occasionally play with this trope, most notably seen [[http://xkcd.com/766/ here]]. |
| 486 | * In ''Webcomic/YokokasQuest'', the backgrounds generally look great anyway, but this is especially the case for the [[SplashPanel splash panels which cover their entire two-page spreads]], featuring [[SilentSceneryPanel mainly scenery with minimal dialogue or action]]. Some examples: [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-1-pages-28-29/ (1)]] [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-6-cover/ (2)]] [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-8-page-2/ (3)]]. |
| 487 | * ''Webcomic/VapnthjofrSaga'' takes place in northern Sweden (Jämtland, to be precise) and features many, many [[SilentSceneryPanel silent scenery panels]] of the areas scenery: Mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, etc. |
| 488 | * ''Webcomic/{{Zoophobia}}'' has some gorgeous scenery, most notably [[http://zoophobiacomic.com/?p=249 this]] (which was done as a collaboration with artist, [[http://circustent.deviantart.com Kyra a.k.a. CircusTent]]), [[http://zoophobiacomic.com/?p=281 this]] and [[http://zoophobiacomic.com/?p=545 this page]]. |
| 489 | [[/folder]] |
| 490 | |
| 491 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 492 | * ''VideoGame/ColossalCave'' (the original text-only InteractiveFiction game) has a [[WallOfText long description]] for room 126, as given on the [[Quotes/SceneryPorn quotes page]]. |
| 493 | * {{Demoscene}} productions. Just skim through them and there's a lot which make you say "wow". |
| 494 | * This trope is more or less the sole reason that Google Earth exists. |
| 495 | * [[http://lj-photophile.livejournal.com This]] livejournal community contains quite a lot of this. |
| 496 | * Most contributions on the [[Reddit subreddit]] page, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/ImaginaryMindscapes Imaginary Mindscapes]], are all about this. |
| 497 | * Go to the [[http://www.planetside.co.uk/ TerraGen website]] and look through the photo gallery. |
| 498 | [[/folder]] |
| 499 | |
| 500 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 501 | * Creator/MatthewMercer, as the DM, describes all the scenery in ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' with ''amazing'' flair. Of particular note so far is the field of glass and bone from episode 8 and K'varn's stronghold in episode 10. He has a similar touch for describing particularly good kills and {{Non Player Character}}s. Double props in this case: because ''Critical Role'' is a tabletop campaign, he builds his images entirely verbally, and at least some of them on the fly. |
| 502 | * Many videos on Website/YouTube featuring serene music will accompany the music with gorgeous visuals that don't necessarily have anything to do with the song itself, either because there's no companion music video or simply because there are no performers to show; this happens with songs ranging from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOA-2hl1Vbc Pachelbel's Canon in D]] to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROCiggFsmXI more obscure electronic music]]. |
| 503 | [[/folder]] |
| 504 | |
| 505 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 506 | * Strangely enough, Creator/AdultSwim has recently spiced up its bumpers with spectacular scenery. |
| 507 | * Despite the simplistic art style, ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' has some incredibly beautiful scenery, with cell-shaded landscapes drawn great detail. |
| 508 | * Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender |
| 509 | ** ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' has plenty of pan-shots of huge and largely detailed locales. [[http://dongbufeng.net/media/gallery/displayimage.php?album=16&pos=43 Ba Sing Se]] is a [[http://dongbufeng.net/media/gallery/displayimage.php?album=16&pos=239 goldmine]] for this kind of thing. Sokka once took some swordsmanship lessons [[WaxOnWaxOff that included landscape painting]] of [[https://www.cap-that.com/avatar/304/images/avatar3x04_0749.jpg a valley and a waterfall]] (based of a real one in Iceland)... that he got to look at for all of three seconds. His picture was ... [[TerribleArtist nothing to write home about]]. The Fire Nation royal palace is pretty nice, too. |
| 510 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' follows up well, even moreso with an AnimationBump. [[http://i923.photobucket.com/albums/ad71/funkadiddle/unitedrepublic.png?t=1311667233 Oh]] [[http://images.avatarspiritmedia.net/newsupdates/airtempleisland.jpg yeah]]. |
| 511 | * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanGothamKnight'' did this with the first of its six shorts -- the backgrounds are very beautiful and detailed, in contrast to the ''character'' designs, which are very simple and jagged. |
| 512 | * Though some of it hasn't aged amazingly, both ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' and ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'' deserve mad props for this. |
| 513 | * ''WesternAnimation/BooBoomTheLongWayHome'': The show features gorgeous animation overall, which it uses to great effect to depict the various Italian landscapes the protagonists travel through. |
| 514 | * The backgrounds on ''{{WesternAnimation/Chowder}}'' look like they came out a Moroccan and Indian influenced Creator/DrSeuss book. The end results are gorgeous, as shown in [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iwBWZ-bApq8/STSixmiz2hI/AAAAAAAAAaI/VUEkuo907LM/s1600-h/B007S015_002-BG-Master.jpg this opening shot]] from the [[YouMeanXmas Knishmas special]]. |
| 515 | * ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' should be the posterchild for this trope. The lead background painter by the name of Frédéric Perrin created meticulous backgrounds which were utilised in almost every scene in the non-3D sequences of the show; Indoor, Outdoor, Industrial, Urban, Nature, you name it. [[http://fredleew.com/ Check out his work for yourself.]] |
| 516 | * In any episode of the French cartoon ''WesternAnimation/DragonHunters'' and especially in its full-length 3d-prequel you may enjoy this trope with full conscience. |
| 517 | * The animated series ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983'' features quite a bit of Scenery Porn, especially when showing what formidable landscape the teens had wandered into that week. |
| 518 | * Of all shows, ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' can do this when they want to. It's usually when they're trying to make the setting romantic or just pretty, for whatever reason. A more specific example would be the walk on the beach Adam West had with Lois' sister. |
| 519 | * The [[Creator/MaxAndDaveFleischer Fleischer brothers]] were absolute masters at this. They had little 3D model sets that fit perfectly into their cartoons, and sometimes they seamlessly matched them up with their hand-painted backgrounds (i.e. during a cut in "Protek the Weakerist"). This was long before computers, mind. See ''WesternAnimation/PopeyeTheSailorMeetsSindbadTheSailor'' for example. |
| 520 | * In just the second episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', they managed to do this with the Moon. |
| 521 | ** The show takes it up to eleven with the switch to Platform/HighDefinition in [[TheMovie Season 5]]. |
| 522 | * Coupled with a kickass [[InstrumentalThemeTune Instrumental Theme Tune]], ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' has one of the most beautiful animated intro themes for any cartoon show in recent memory, especially considering that it's from the Disney Channel. Even the animation within each episode conveys the show's setting in the Oregon countryside to a tee. |
| 523 | * Creator/HannaBarbera might've had low budgets for their cartoons but many of their late-fifties and early-sixties cartoons have beautifully painted backgrounds. Creator/JohnKricfalusi talks about the paintings [[http://johnkstuff.blogspot.tw/2006/11/art-lozzi-scooter-looter-paint.html here.]] |
| 524 | * ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBeaks'' has [[http://chgreenblatt.tumblr.com/post/109242976452/so-we-officially-have-a-new-name-bad-seeds-is-no beautiful backgrounds]], which are messy watercolor paintings with an excellently blended palette. |
| 525 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Hilda}}'', as the series usually have transitions, which are magnificent scenes of the wilderness filled with monsters and creatures, or the city that feels alive with humans live in it. |
| 526 | * The ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' Prop Room (an extremely large basement that's supposed to house different props and backdrops for (almost) every animated Disney movie ever made), which for some reason, looks like something drawn by ''[[{{Comicbook/Hellboy}} Mike Mignola]]'' of all people! Guess [[WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire which Disney movie]] Mignola was involved in! |
| 527 | * The animated ''Literature/IfYouGiveAMouseACookie'' series looks like a picture book brought to life and in particular has some very gorgeous backgrounds, like of sunsets or the starry night sky. There's also plenty of colorful detail to be observed on things such as tents and flowers. |
| 528 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' manages to pull this off in its SugarBowl of a Flash cartoon (take this [[http://images.wikia.com/mlp/images/0/02/Rainbow_Dash_zooming_over_Ponyville_S1_Opening.png shot]] for example). The color, fluidity and amount of tiny details crammed into general shots are impressive. Some episodes use backgrounds that have never been seen before and are unlikely ever to be seen again, like the TrainingMontage in "Call of the Cutie", the fall foliage in "Fall Weather Friends", and the Wild West scenery throughout "Over a Barrel". There's also the pegasus city of [[FloatingContinent Cloudsdale]], an [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/1679 entire]] [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/1425 city]] made of ''clouds and rainbows''. Its a pretty SugarBowl! In fact, [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fdNiBaZ7Gso/TWMCb4aA9wI/AAAAAAAABpY/LcQb7FJh6Vc/s1600/cloudsdale_wallpaper-%2528n1298259967605%2529.jpg Cloudsdale]] looks very similar to [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110106092660/disneyshercules/images/7/7e/Disney_olympus.jpg Mount Olympus]] from Disney's ''{{WesternAnimation/Hercules}}'' (which also falls under this trope). |
| 529 | * ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' is set in the heart of Paris, and while the writing may avoid GayParee stereotypes, the visuals fully embrace the fact that it's a superhero show set in the City of Light, with Parisian landmarks regularly featured (and [[MonumentalDamage destroyed]]) as either the sites of battles or just because. |
| 530 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Motorcity}}'' manages to make a desolate, run-down, subterranean Detroit look absolutely gorgeous. |
| 531 | * ''WesternAnimation/ObanStarRacers'' is recognizable for its stunning, picturesque backgrounds. Special note must be taken of the alien vistas in the Oban arc. |
| 532 | * While not exactly unimaginably detailed, the backgrounds from the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' Wile E. Coyote and Roadrunner shorts [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QdHn8FT7SdY/S-ftmGQLsVI/AAAAAAAAJAU/PtxHkBHVdQs/s1600/rrfast03.jpg were]] [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QdHn8FT7SdY/TJ77PbPZh6I/AAAAAAAAJ9w/aWQqtQVMePg/s1600/beep15.jpg very]], [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QdHn8FT7SdY/TJ77Oo_FTMI/AAAAAAAAJ9Y/4vvLi4zk56E/s1600/beep18.jpg very]] [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QdHn8FT7SdY/S-frb_O71mI/AAAAAAAAI9E/kkVOIHbOkuw/s1600/rrfast31.jpg pretty]] and had gorgeous colors. |
| 533 | * ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall'' is filled with beautiful digitally-painted backgrounds showcasing the rural setting. |
| 534 | * Some of the backgrounds on ''WesternAnimation/PeterRabbit'', such as seen in [[http://www.digitalpodcast.com/items/14101540 this video here]] are absolutely stunning. |
| 535 | * ''WesternAnimation/PostmanPat'': The series contains lots of beautiful artwork of English countryside and villages. |
| 536 | * The animated series ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' indulged in this on many occasions. Special mention should go to the episodes "Jack and the Three Blind Archers" and "Jack Remembers the Past". |
| 537 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson" has a few examples of this, including the obligatory leaving-Manhattan-via-a-bridge ending (and "camera" zoom out). |
| 538 | ** And let's not forget Bart's ImagineSpot about Utah in "Little Big Girl''. |
| 539 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Skyland}}'' has to be one of the most beautiful AfterTheEnd television shows out there. Most of the set pieces for the FloatingContinent world they live in are rendered in exquisite detail. |
| 540 | * ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', of all cartoons, manages to do this with its minimalist art style [[ArtEvolution beginning with Season 7]]. |
| 541 | * The animation of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' is very beautiful with very expressive faces, smooth movements, visually appealing character designs, beautiful art style, and downright gorgeous action sequences. |
| 542 | ** The animation quality of the PilotMovie and first season was debatable (especially with the early production episodes), but it was still decent for an all-CGI program. As ''The Clone Wars'' progressed, the animation quality improved and the characters moved more naturally. Even in the early episodes, the action scenes were impressive and the environments very detailed (including some extras most wouldn't notice on the first watchthrough of an episode), and by the second season and onwards, the animation quality and of detail were very visually appealing and near-cinematic. |
| 543 | ** Of particular note is the Mortis trilogy, with the titular eerie planet amply demonstrating wonder of the Force. |
| 544 | * ''WesternAnomation/StarWarsRebels'' is also known for some particularly striking scenery, both because and despite the ArtEvolution from ''The Clone Wars'', making it both more cartoonish and more artistic - of particular note is the imploded star field in ''Legends of the Lasat'', which dials The Starry Night up to eleven. |
| 545 | * ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' has pretty impressive background art as well, as seen [[http://steven-universe.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Backgrounds here]]. Just look at Pearl's Room or the Communication Hub. |
| 546 | * ''WesternAnimation/SweetSea'' was animated by Creator/TMSEntertainment, and the special effects, hair movements, and painted backgrounds are very pretty to behold. |
| 547 | * ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan'' does this with certain shots of [[http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/18600000/Sym-Bionic-Titan-sym-bionic-titan-18671937-2560-527.jpg the city of Sherman]], [[http://i.imgur.com/8Phxbl.jpg the woods]] [[TheMountainsOfIllinois surrounding it]] and of [[http://file052.bebo.com/4/large/2010/12/14/05/8798936185a12847578061l.jpg Galaluna]]. |
| 548 | * The ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'' episode "The Ancient One" is full of these, once Leo arrives at the hidden land, where the backgrounds, instead of being in the series' usual style, are painted in a manner reminiscent of ''Avatar: The Last Airbender''. |
| 549 | * Creator/{{Terrytoons}}, surprisingly for a studio of it's unfortunate reputation, have some of the most beautiful background art of all the Golden Age cartoons, with gorgeous composition, and beautiful rendering and color styling. Even their B&W films have slick, attractive looking backdrops, but the stunning backgrounds really become obvious once the studio started making color cartoons ("String Bean Jack", their first color cartoon in 1938, perfectly demonstrates this, with very atmospheric, rich backdrops, and amazing perspective work). |
| 550 | * ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'', particularly in the first five seasons. You can tell a lot of love and care went into making the sets as realistic as possible. |
| 551 | * ''WesternAnimation/AThousandAndOneAmericas'': In each episode, as Chris begins reading his late grandfather's book about a particular topic related to a pre-Columbian civilization (sometimes with his voice being replaced by that of his grandfather), the series shows a prolonged shocase of the lush landscape where the episode's events will take place, including natural actions from the endemic life, the impressive architecture built by the local civilization, and/or the daily activities of the townsfolk Chris will meet in person soon. |
| 552 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}},'' is flush with many exquisitely rendered, unique environments jam-packed into each episode, detailed (and spoiled) [[http://tv.ign.com/articles/117/1178363p1.html here]]. |
| 553 | * The ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' theatrical short ''Mouse in Manhattan''. |
| 554 | * The look of ''WesternAnimation/TootAndPuddle'' is gorgeous and many of the backgrounds are extremely lush and detailed. It's also clear that a lot of effort has gone into things like lighting and shadows. |
| 555 | * ''WesternAnimation/TumbleLeaf'' has a gorgeous setting, in a forest with mossy stumps, fountains, colorful fuzzy flowers, and a wrecked ship on the beach that protagonist Fig the Fox lives in. |
| 556 | * The French animated series ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'' takes a few cues from {{anime}}... including gorgeous artwork. While [[http://gueuzav.deviantart.com/ this devArt page]] offers more characters than background, those backgrounds you do see with the characters are the barest sample. |
| 557 | * ''WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021'': This trope normally wouldn't apply to a person, but the show features several landscape shots with Uatu silently looking on in the background, [[https://marvelblog.com/2021/08/28/lets-talk-about-what-if-episode-1-3-disney/ creating a rather striking effect]]. |
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| 560 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 561 | * Reddit has a Subreddit named "Earth Porn" that is devoted entirely to real photographs of brilliant landscapes. [[http://www.reddit.com/r/EarthPorn/]] Related are the Subreddits City Porn, Space Porn, Village Porn, Water Porn, and Abandoned Porn -- though that last one is more like SceneryGorn. |
| 562 | * High-definition subscribers to Oceanic Time Warner Cable in Hawaii get a channel (#1000) titled [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Scenic Hawaii,"]] which runs a 6-hour loop of mostly high-definition panoramas and aerial shots of the Hawaiian Islands. |
| 563 | * [[Website/{{Wikipedia}} Wikimedia]]'s featured image category for [[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Featured_pictures/Places/Natural Natural places]] and [[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Featured_pictures/Places/Panoramas Panoramas]]. |
| 564 | * The Great Sphinx and Pyramids of Giza are still a striking sight today, but in ancient times they were even more so. The Sphinx was once brightly painted in bold colors (some traces are still present around the ear) and the Pyramids were originally covered in smooth white plates of limestone that were polished until they shined. In the bright desert sun they must have looked spectacular and would have been clearly visible for miles. |
| 565 | * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_National_Parks_of_the_United_States List of National Parks of the United States]] |
| 566 | * The screensaver on the Chromecast. If you switch to it on your TV, but don't cast anything the screensaver will show up, only instead of the stuff you might be familiar with from your computer, it will show some magnificent scenery porn with the image changing about once every minute or so. Depending on your tastes, this may be better than whatever you were thinking of casting in the first place. |
| 567 | ** AT&T's Uverse has started doing this, too. |
| 568 | * [[https://polymathically.wordpress.com/gallery/ Polymathically's photography gallery]] runs almost entirely on this. |
| 569 | * The short film [[https://vimeo.com/108650530 "Wanderers"]] shows what human space colonization might look like using digital recreations of real places in the solar system, but mostly it amounts to Scenery Porn [-[[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE!]]-] |
| 570 | * [[Platform/MicrosoftWindows Windows 10 and Windows 11]] have some very beautiful lock screens. |
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