Blade Runner 2049 (October 6th, 2017) *SPOILERS*

[YoNoSe]

Re: Denis Villeneuve to direct new Blade Runner film

So, like.....make the leads big in the center - with guns! -, the support smaller, below them....and that blue/orange scheme from all those other posters.

Someone got paid for that piece of ****.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Re: Denis Villeneuve to direct new Blade Runner film

There's a meme I haven't been able to figure out, that's been happening forever, the orange/blue color palette in stuff.

Contrast. If you look at a color scheme wheel, blue and orange/yellow are usually on opposite sides.

I've seen films use that too, like the film Traffic, as well as certain scenes in other movies, like Drive, during the elevator scene, which has Gosling in a yellowish/orange elevator, and the girl is outside wearing blue, and the background also has a bluish color.

 

[GasparZizou]

Re: Denis Villeneuve to direct new Blade Runner film

Contrast. If you look at a color scheme wheel, blue and orange/yellow are usually on opposite sides.

I've seen films use that too, like Traffic and certain scenes in movies, like Drive, during the elevator scene, which has Gosling in an yellowish/orange elevator, and the girl is out side wearing blue, and the background also has a bluish color.

Yeah yeah, but my question is, why always that one? It's the single most used combination out there.

Is it because Hollywood is a e s t h e t i c?

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Re: Denis Villeneuve to direct new Blade Runner film

Yeah yeah, but my question is, why always that one? It's the single most used combination out there.

Is it because Hollywood is a e s t h e t i c?

I told you, contrast. I once read an article about the use of color, and one of the theories was that a human's skin color usually falls in the tan/yellow/orange/brownish color scheme and with the rise of digital color grading, it made sense that if you enhance those light yellowish/brown colors/ earth colors, then there should be some kind of contrast, which is the color blue, or shades of blue.

Or maybe it's just a dumb trend. Someone did it and it looked cool, and then everyone else copied it.

 

[GasparZizou]

Re: Denis Villeneuve to direct new Blade Runner film

I told you, contrast. I once read an article about the use of color, and one of the theories was that a human's skin color usually falls in the tan/yellow/orange/brownish color scheme and with the rise of digital color grading

That just sounds ********, but yeah, I had the feeling it would be some color theory stuff like that.

Either that, or related to the emotional response those colors evoke.

Or maybe it's just a dumb trend. Someone did it and it looked cool, and then everyone else copied it.

This is the one that gets my vote.

Snyder doesn't give a ****, he went all orange

Spoiler

SYKE

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Re: Denis Villeneuve to direct new Blade Runner film

That just sounds ********, but yeah, I had the feeling it would be some color theory stuff like that.

Either that, or related to the emotional response those colors evoke.


This is the one that gets my vote.

Snyder doesn't give a ****, he went all orange

Spoiler

SYKE

One of the first posters I saw using that contrast was The Bourne Identity.

I'm not saying that it started the trend, but I can't remember if there are any posters before 2002 using the B/O contrast.

 

[GasparZizou]

Re: Denis Villeneuve to direct new Blade Runner film

Yeah, I can't remember old movies using it either, even when it was present it wasn't super cranked up, it was natural colors.

And it's not like only sci-fi/semi-surreal movies are using it, like BR2049 or Mad Max, plenty of non-stylized movies use it too.

Not a complaint or anything, just saying it's noticeable.

 

[YoNoSe]

Re: Denis Villeneuve to direct new Blade Runner film

I remember GDT talking about the combination if amber and blue light he likes to use on the Blade 2 commentary. I don't think I ever noticed anything like it before then.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Re: Denis Villeneuve to direct new Blade Runner film

Yeah, I can't remember old movies using it either, even when it was present it wasn't super cranked up, it was natural colors.

And it's not like only sci-fi/semi-surreal movies are using it, like BR2049 or Mad Max, plenty of non-stylized movies use it too.

Not a complaint or anything, just saying it's noticeable.

Could they do that back then? I believe the first movie to use digital color grading was "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"

 

[SNIKT1950]

Re: Denis Villeneuve to direct new Blade Runner film

So, like.....make the leads big in the center - with guns! -, the support smaller, below them....and that blue/orange scheme from all those other posters.

Someone got paid for that piece of ****.

Yep, people actually exist who didn't like that awesome poster.

The world is truly on its last legs.

 

[GasparZizou]

Re: Denis Villeneuve to direct new Blade Runner film

Could they do that back then? I believe the first movie to use digital color grading was "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"

I have no idea, but look, wasted no time.

Btw look, I'm guessing it's article you read, it mentions the skin tones.

https://priceonomics.com/why-every-movie-looks-sort-of-orange-and-blue/

"Unlike other pairs of complementary colors, fiery orange and cool blue are strongly associated with opposing concepts — fire and ice, earth and sky, land and sea, day and night, invested humanism vs. elegant indifference, good old fashioned explosions vs. futuristic science stuff. It's a trope because it's used on purpose, and it does something."

They also say another theory is that it's cheaper to just color everything with one set of colors.

Turns out they're all theories though has nobody thought about asking a photographer or something? I have plenty millennial """photographer""" hipster friends, but somehow I doubt I'll get a decent answer.

I think it's some ilerminaty ****.

 

[YoNoSe]

Re: Denis Villeneuve to direct new Blade Runner film

Yep, people actually exist who didn't like that awesome poster.

The world is truly on its last legs.

Most reactions I've seen rate it mediocre at best. Maybe the world is remembering that words like "awesome" have definitions, and they should be used appropriately. One could hope it's abuse is on it's equally overused "last legs."

 

[Adolfo]

Re: Denis Villeneuve to direct new Blade Runner film

Blade runner short prequel just got released

 

[abake]

Re: Denis Villeneuve to direct new Blade Runner film

Yup.

 

[GasparZizou]

Re: Denis Villeneuve to direct new Blade Runner film

I liked that.

I like her more.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Re: Denis Villeneuve to direct new Blade Runner film

Yup.

Looks cool, and Leto seems to be doing a good job.

The Asian guy from Dr. Strange is kind of distracting

 

[Wor-Gar]

Re: Denis Villeneuve to direct new Blade Runner film

Orange and blue is ancient ...

Happens to be my favorite color combination. So I always notice it.

I think it harkens back to Westerns -- those large vistas of rust colored deserts against vast blue skies. It's very Americana.

 

[snoop101]

Re: Denis Villeneuve to direct new Blade Runner film

What an awesome shot. ^

 

[Mr Walker]

Re: Denis Villeneuve to direct new Blade Runner film

Yeah, I can't remember old movies using it either, even when it was present it wasn't super cranked up, it was natural colors.

And it's not like only sci-fi/semi-surreal movies are using it, like BR2049 or Mad Max, plenty of non-stylized movies use it too.

Not a complaint or anything, just saying it's noticeable.

????

Movies have been using color "filters" (for want of a better word) since... color.

 

[Darth Snoopy]

Re: Denis Villeneuve to direct new Blade Runner film

Yup.

Very cool and disturbing at the same time.