Do fake film colours put in post-prod' annoy you ?

[Doggett]

I found this blog:

http://theabyssgazes.blogspot.com/2010/03/teal-and-orange-hollywood-please-stop.html

I thought you might like a look. Its intresting and it's something I've noticed a lot in films too.

[Trevor]

The only thing that annoys me big time is when people colourize black and white films. I hate this, unless the colourization is being used to restore the colour to a film when that film's colour has faded.

[dean]

Ha what a great article!  It still doesn't stop me from making me think they 'pop' but still, its a good commentary on how modern films have certain colour palettes either by design or by accident.

[Jim H]

Yeah, there's a few specific looks that many modern films go with.  This isn't a recent trend though - they did this throughout the history of modern color in film via different lighting, filters, and film stocks.  Look at the colors and overall look in most 80s films - it's very distinctive, and shared between many films.  Lots of high contrast, powerful reds and blues (or sometimes green), etc.  I do think they overdo it in a lot of modern films though.

[Paquita]

I’m not against the use of color to enhance film quality, and I don’t mind the teal and orange complementary colors that seem to irk this guy so much, but then I haven’t seen a lot of the movies he’s complaining about, so I can’t really say. 

What I don’t like is the reduction of color in some movies and TV shows that seems to be a trend I’ve noticed since the 90s.  They kind of use this monochromatic, washed-out, bluish greyish hue, usually in darker movies/shows, to try to portray a feeling of gloom and hopelessness…and it’s not just for certain scenes but throughout the entire thing.  I guess it works, which is why I hate it so much, but I’d rather those feelings be portrayed with, you know, acting and story and stuff.  If you have a scene like a cheerful birthday party, and then adjust the color to a blue tint, I all of a sudden want to go cry myself to sleep.  I know it’s nothing new, but it just seems to be really overused lately.

[Skull]

lol... maybe Disney should of brighten the colors in The Watcher in the Woods (1980) then hiring Rosemary Anne Sisson to lighten up the script... :)

Color does effect the mood and so does sounds... Although my wife has said it much better then I can... :)

[Chainsawmidget]

The only movie that sort thing has ever bothered me in was Midnight Meat Train.  It just screamed "look at me!  I'm trying to be artsy!"