Joker (2019), colour graded by the fantastic Dustin Wadsworth, is an example of that. The basic building blocks of colour grading used in Joker are the primary colours red, blue and yellow, each signifying a very distinct aspect of the story. I'm Salik Waquas, a working film colorist and owner of a color grading company called Color Culture.
Over the years, I've had the opportunity to work on projects of various formats, always aiming to bring out the story that the visuals are trying to tell. Writing this analysis of Joker's cinematography allows me to express my fascination with its visual storytelling, from a technical and. Joker Cinematographer Describes Color in Film First things first, let's talk about the technical aspects of how color is achieved in film.
The first term to learn is Log. Log is the digital negative, the flat and desaturated images that get manipulated to bring in color later. So, I became curious about the cinematography of Joker and wanted to know more.
The Colors of Joker That's when I stumbled upon this amazing video from the popular culture magazine Vanity Fair. In it, Joker cinematographer Lawrence Sher breaks down the use of color and lighting in Joker and some of his other films. He even goes as far as explaining shooting in LOG to the viewers, most of.
How to get the Joker look in 3 steps in your color grading software. https://www.colorgradingcentral.com/h more. I've decided to recreate the color grade from 2019 Joker movie.
And made these 2 LUTs. Pretty happy with the results. Would like to hear your thoughts on it Discussion Share Sort by: Best Open comment sort options Add a Comment greyk47.
Lawrence Sher's eye for detail and an understated use of color, light and cinematography cement Joker's place as a modern classic. The color grading of Joker brings to life a decaying yet volatile city (Gotham), that is past the point of being down on its luck. Color expert Waqas Qazi does a deep dive into what it takes to recreate from scratch a color scheme like this in Davinci Resolve 16.
He also spends time discussing how great Italian cinematographer, Vittorio Storaro, influenced his approach to lighting Joker. The video is like color in film 101. So sit back and spend a few minutes learning the basics of color in Lawrence Sher's masterclass.
SLC-0L-03: Joker Cinematographer On Light & Color Watching the movie Joker, I felt repeatedly that I was watching a film that Greg Heisler could have lit. The use of color was unique, sophisticated and fearless.