Wicked director defends film's color

Wicked's director is now defending the movie’s color grading (Sources: The Globe and Mail, Deadline, Variety, RottenTomatoes) #wicked #jonmchu #movies #wickedmovie #cinematography

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[ElenaDolls]

I mean it makes sense because when Barbie stepped out to the real world everything looked desaturated

[cynthiaabsher]

I just saw it tonight. It was magical. Soothing to the eyes and ears. The music, scenery, makeup, all of it beautiful. The time flew by. I could have watched it again immediately.

[sakurasensations]

What’s weird to me is that it doesn’t even seem that desaturated at all. Like yeah, it’s not neon, it’s not as vibrant as the original Wizard of Oz, but that was filmed with a whole different era of cameras and shit. It was like the 30’s or so, wasn’t it? And not to mention, the colorfulness of Oz was a direct contrast to the black and white of the real world that Dorothy lived in. That color contrast was probably with a purpose in that film. I think it’d have a bit less of a purpose here. But that’s just me I guess. Regardless, the movie was still plenty colorful for me.

[yourlocalyanfei]

My main issue is that scenes with windows or open sunlight are hard to see since the sun light in the back makes it so hard to tell what’s happening in the foreground

[NachtelfindesTodes]

The desaturation actually made me feel like a little girl, seeing a fantasy world they just stepped into! I love it!

[darkstormynails]

Emerald City is super saturated, it is also very fantastical, so it feels consistent with the story of shiz vs emerald city

[soki]

When I first saw the trailer on my phone, I thought it looks too desaturated as well, but then I watched it in cinema and I changed my mind. It looked way less desaturated and looked perfect.

[jordanbrown]

I thought the color was spot on. The world still feels fanatastical and bright, but still felt like a real place.

[chappyhall]

Yes, and I love his commitment to practical effects and physical sets. It just makes the whole space feel more real and believable.

[everythingisveganbut...]

Her skin looked like it grows green, you could see her freckles...she looked like a real PERSON OF COLOR TO ME!!! LOVED IT ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[CactusKitty]

I thought the coloring was perfect. As the director described it feels real. But still beautiful and magical

[hiimjai]

The coloring was great. I loved it. And everything was still very colorful.

[lisa.]

I loved the volor saturation. It was already so so colorful.

[이마크-re]

For me the colors sits at a nice level of vibrancy but I'm not gonna deny that certain shots looks too washed out or lacks contrast, especially during extremely backlit scenes like the ones in Dancing Through Life. Guessing there was too much light hitting the lens that it just floods the whole screen and reduces colors and contrast.

It didn't bother me at all. The movie was a great watch visually, but those scenes made me notice.

[Lillyparkernewsom]

The lense glares are what I think would be more annyoing

[MorteMorrigan]

Return to Oz wasn't this overly saturated thing either. It was gritty and felt extremely real and gave me nightmares that I've had since watching it as a kid and I'll continue to have for the rest of my life

[LawnOrnament]

It looked like magic to me, i loved it! It was so pillowy and soft and beautiful!

[taigatanfan_]

I mean i kind of don’t agree with that, the real world and reality isn’t desaturated. It’s vibrant. You don’t make something feel less real if it’s vibrant. It’s just a hollywood standars that anything “real” and “realistic” and “serious” have to be gray, desaturated and bland because it gives of the feeling that it’s serious. Which to me, isn’t true. It’s like the old blue filter they used to have on older movies, it’s just a stupid trend.

[kylerohan]

You can make things feel lived in without being dingy

[Rangi_WildDog]

I guess that explanation could be plausible but it’s still Oz. Oz is all about vibrancy, it doesn’t matter if it’s real or some kid’s dream. I think the least he could do was add more dynamic lighting like he did in Popular