Do you notice the color temperature in a movie?
Films often take on a specific color palette that is intended to create/enhance a mood.
Do you notice it’s affect?
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Yes, but only if it is so bad as to be distracting.
Have you ever seen South Pacific?
@elbanditoroso- The musical with the song “Happy Talk”?
I just read a bit on it and there were obvious changes in color with the use of filters.I will have to check it out the next time I run into it.
I was thinking of the first Batman movie & the color palette they used.
One of the first few things I notice in any movie. It affects my level of enjoyment. If the colors are too strong or harsh for my taste, I tend not to like it along with if it’s too dim for my aging eyes. Lol
@mazingerz88 -I was just talking with a friend about this and there are some that stick out as they are obvious but I wonder now about subtleties and how it has an affect without the viewer really being aware?
Some color palettes are proven to induce a sense of calm in our psyche. Now I’m wondering what happens if you shoot a violent movie using what is supposed to be a calming color palette. : )
@mazingerz88 -I have wondered about that kind of thing.
Prisons,restaurants and advertising etc using specific colors for specific reasons.
Seems there are already established and accepted guidelines when it comes to color application in those but in films, it’s the director’s prerogative, possibly in conjunction with the cinematographer’s preference.
I’ve always liked Guillermo Del Toro’s films but lately his past 3 or 4 films I find the heavy use of color too distracting.
Another filmmaker whose films I like is Almodovar and most of his films come in “high temperature celluloid.” At least to my eyes.
@mazingerz88 -I should probably tell you that I end up reading the paper, a book or goofing off online during most movies i watch at home. I love a lot of old movies though and find much of today’s stuff a reason to catch up on reading.Lol!
My husband would probably be familiar with those movies & I might have actually seen them-but remember? not so much.
If you notice the use of color in films, do you find that you are pretty aware/sensitive to if it when out and about in your daily life?
No not at all. My interest in film color is all about my interest in the craft of movie-making itself. :)
@mazingerz88 – That is interesting! I figured you would be pretty observant of it in other instances.
Then again, you just might be on a subconscious level. :)
It’s sort of an unshakable curse. Once you ( for whatever reason ) paid attention to how movies are made, it alters the whole movie watching experience. I’m just grateful I was still a kid when Star Wars and Superman The Movie came out.
@mazingerz88 -It would’ve burst your bubble?
Wouldn’t a good movie transcend that knowledge? If so, what movies have done that for you?
It doesn’t necessarily burst my bubble but once it’s there, it’s there.
It takes a really good film to blot out all that analyzing of the set-design, costume, lighting, camera movement, editing, score etc.
I terribly miss watching a film totally devoid of awareness of its technical features.
@mazingerz88 – if I had that knowledge, it would be more than the usual torture for me then. Lol
So what movies are good movies to you?
What affects my enjoyment more is light. If it is dark, I lose interest quickly.
If it has sudden bright flashes I get really pissed off.
Well executed character driven films grab my full attention once in a while. Off the top of my head —— that movie The Walk with Joseph Gordon Levitt playing Philippe Petit and that Charlize Theron film, Young Adult.
^^Excellent piece of film. Haven’t seen it in a while. Love watching old movies worthy of revisits and also for having that film “texture” on them. I’m old school. lol
Yes. I hate the blueish tint used for New England and other cool temp humid kind of places. I hate it.
I don’t go to movie theaters and I have my TV that I stream to set to the color preference that pleases me. I haven’t noticed any movie overriding my preference setting.
I first noticed a teal theme throughout almost every scene of Madame Secretary (excellent series!). Tea Leoni almost always wore something with teal… there would be books on the shelf with bright teal spines, teal chairs, a teal rug, teal light accenting the light through the windows…
^^Because the show’s main star is TEALeoni? :)
I’ve been watching closer since this question was posted and haven’t seen any noticeable change
@SEKA -I was thinking of the first Batman and how it set a mood, then O Brother.
^ Been so long since I watched that one, I don’t remember and must not have noticed at the time or I should have remembered
@SEKA -It reminded me of the comic book illustrations with the blues,blacks and purples.
You could say it was groundbreaking at the time. Provided a strong contrast with the brightly colored Superman movies. It was all shot inside a studio under the visual direction of Burton and his design and lighting collaborators.
Batman comic book fans were not all in agreement on how it was visually executed. All that “dark mood” treatment apparently wasn’t for everybody.
I was just ecstatic when I heard there was going to be a movie since Superman and Batman were two of my top five superhero characters.
When I first saw the costume, the car and art design featured on Premiere Magazine I was instantly hooked. At that time, “dark” worked baby. :)
@mazingerz88 – I agree and I did like the first Batman the best.
These conversations with you are funny to me as I would not call myself a movie buff yet I have managed to stay awake for many over the years….except Castaway & The Da Vinci Code (probably more,Idk) XD
Interesting. I read the Da Vinci Code before seeing the movie. First thing I noticed and didn’t like was the cinematography. And they picked nights to shoot most of the scenes if I’m not mistaken. I understand the reasoning behind that creative decision but didn’t like it. To make my point, I think that’s probably the reason why someone watching could turn sleepy.
@mazingerz88 – I read the book as well.
When I went to the theater to see it, i fell asleep & my husband said I snored. Lmao!
That is my review of that movie.
The color temp does have its real world effects. lol
@mazingerz88 -The color is the same as the inside of my eyelids.
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