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Funny to see Amelie there as a counter-example - it's pretty much my favourite movie, and one of the things I love about it is the autumnal quality of the light

Funny to see Amelie there as a counter-example - it's pretty much my favourite movie, and one of the things I love about it is the autumnal quality of the light. Normally I wouldn't notice that kind of thing at all, perhaps it's the contrast with all the orange-and-blues (or maybe just the exceptional loveliness of the film itself)

X-Istence 12y ago
I absolutely love Amelie, and I hadn't realised that one of the reasons maybe because it is not just another orange/blue tinted movie. For me Amelie is a movie I watch when I feel like there is no hope for humanity, it is the one movie that restores it just a little bit.
pkroll 12y ago
On the director's commentary, at 21:50, he talks about pushing the digital grading and that "sometimes it's a little bit too much." (But obviously he didn't tone it back!)
- lobster_johnson 12y ago
  He did, however, go completely overboard with A Very Long Engagement, which is drenched in yellow/orange: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYfo3nt-O_U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYfo3nt-O_U It's a fine film, but the grading is rather extreme. It does the opposite for the war scenes, which are quite desaturated.
masklinn 12y ago
The teal-and-orange plague followed from DI[0]. Amélie predates the widespread use of DI, and DI's later compromission by the TaO plague. So it probably isn't the contrast, most of the movies from the time (and before it) would have similar non-TaO palettes (unless they were specifically going for it, as in Blade Runner) [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_intermediate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_intermediate
- KaiserPro 12y ago
  Amelie was DI'd. It was digitally graded by Didier le Fouest
  - masklinn 12y ago
    It was DI'd, but it was created at the beginnings of DI. What I tried to express is that the excesses of a new format/technique/… don't instantly follow its introduction, there's a lag until a herd decides that's something to do. Same as the loudness wars: the Red Book was published in 1982 but excessive compressions started in earnest in the early-to-mid 90s blossoming into low single-digit dBFS by the end of the 90s-early 00s.
    - KaiserPro 12y ago
      I think pleasentville kinda disproves that...
DanBC 12y ago
Amelie uses a lot of red and green. Jean-Pierre Jeunet made "City of Lost Children" which also has a strong red green palette. He also directed "Delicatessen" that used a chemical process to give the film a gold glow.
- xxxyy 12y ago
  The trailer [1] confirms the increased usage of red/orange and green colors. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-uxeZaM-VM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-uxeZaM-VM

X-Istence 12y ago

I absolutely love Amelie, and I hadn't realised that one of the reasons maybe because it is not just another orange/blue tinted movie. For me Amelie is a movie I watch when I feel like there is no hope for humanity, it is the one movie that restores it just a little bit.

pkroll 12y ago

On the director's commentary, at 21:50, he talks about pushing the digital grading and that "sometimes it's a little bit too much." (But obviously he didn't tone it back!)

lobster_johnson 12y ago
He did, however, go completely overboard with A Very Long Engagement, which is drenched in yellow/orange: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYfo3nt-O_U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYfo3nt-O_U It's a fine film, but the grading is rather extreme. It does the opposite for the war scenes, which are quite desaturated.

masklinn 12y ago

The teal-and-orange plague followed from DI[0]. Amélie predates the widespread use of DI, and DI's later compromission by the TaO plague. So it probably isn't the contrast, most of the movies from the time (and before it) would have similar non-TaO palettes (unless they were specifically going for it, as in Blade Runner) [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_intermediate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_intermediate

KaiserPro 12y ago
Amelie was DI'd. It was digitally graded by Didier le Fouest
- masklinn 12y ago
  It was DI'd, but it was created at the beginnings of DI. What I tried to express is that the excesses of a new format/technique/… don't instantly follow its introduction, there's a lag until a herd decides that's something to do. Same as the loudness wars: the Red Book was published in 1982 but excessive compressions started in earnest in the early-to-mid 90s blossoming into low single-digit dBFS by the end of the 90s-early 00s.
  - KaiserPro 12y ago
    I think pleasentville kinda disproves that...

DanBC 12y ago

Amelie uses a lot of red and green. Jean-Pierre Jeunet made "City of Lost Children" which also has a strong red green palette. He also directed "Delicatessen" that used a chemical process to give the film a gold glow.

xxxyy 12y ago
The trailer [1] confirms the increased usage of red/orange and green colors. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-uxeZaM-VM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-uxeZaM-VM