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Tech ?'s about colors/photog on this film.


Nothing about racism here:

I have a question about the color/photography in this film: Something looked funny to me, I just can't figure out what it was. I watched it on a nice HD computer monitor fron a standard DVD widescreen, not blu-ray. But the colors seemed funny, very bright, maybe over saturated, some would really pop out making it look like a fake 3D effect, others fall back. In one sceen Terrence Howard wore a yellow shirt, in another he wore a pink shirt and they looked almost CGI. Also some of the movements seemed jerky/unreal. I did watch the audio track and it never jumped off like sometimes happens when there is a problem, but that is usually with video files compressed on the HD. Some of the sets also had a look of a community theater group, was this a low-buck indie?

Is it just funny editing or something? Was it the lighting? Was it shot on an iphone?

I would rather watch a movie with quality actors and performances and a funky look than another spit and polish POS with Tom Cruise or Keanu Reeves.

FWIW: I had the same questions about the "look" when watching Hustle & Flow with Terrence Howard. Not nearly as good of a movie, but TH puts in a fine performance and it was interesting to watch him play Djay and then Jim Ellis.

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I felt the same way about the colors, but then realized (I think) that the colors and the look of the film are signature of the director, Sunu, in that the color scehems are more African than American. So they are more bright and vibrant, and represent a region, rather than the mood within the film. So a man in pink or yellow shirt has nothing to do with the "man" in Africa, but in the US the colors on the person have a deeper meaning. If you look at some photographs that were taken of TH by Grace Kisa (sp) she puts him against red b/g's and bright colors also.

Pride is still a good film, especilly for kids.

Ripley

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It was more than a use of colors... they sometimes seemed supersaturated, unrealistic.

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