Very interesting read about Hollywood's obsession with this color-contrast pair.
Below from
Into The Abyss.
Teal and Orange - Hollywood, Please Stop the MadnessThose of you who watch a lot of Hollywood movies may have noticed a certain trend that has consumed the industry in the last few years. It is one of the most insidious and heinous practices that has ever overwhelmed the industry. Am I talking about the lack of good scripts? Do I speak of the dependency of a few mega-blockbuster hits to save the studios each year, or of the endless sequels and television retreads? No, I am talking about something much more dangerous, much deadlier to the health of cinema.
I speak of course, of THE COLOR GRADING VIRUS THAT IS TEAL & ORANGE!!!
This is the insidious practice of color-grading every movie with a simplified, distilled palette of teal and orange like this:
Or this:
Or this:
So how did we get here, you may ask. Well, it's a sad and sordid tale my friend, the combination of new digital technology and a good idea gone bad.
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