The Aviator (2004) (Spencer's Take on it)
Let me preface by saying that you should see this movie. It's a great movie, that won 5 Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, and Best Editing. It is altogether gorgeous.
On top of being breathtakingly beautiful, it is really well acted. Leonardo Di Caprio does an excellent job as the neurotic OCD Howard Hughes, and plays well with Cate Blanchett. The story is epic, chronicling Hughes entire life. It was fascinating to watch as he poured millions of dollars into his crazy ideas. The idea that he felt he needed 26 cameras to shoot his war epic illustrates this perfectly. Showing him washing his hands until he's cut, or refusing to eat a meal after one of his peas is taken, along with many other mannerisms makes him a fascinating character to watch.
I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5 stars. (I changed from out of four stars, to out of five to match Jared). It's really quite an amazing film. Watch it. Please.
As a sort of lengthy P.S. to this review I decided to write about the color in this film, which was incredible. I did some research as to what kind of look he was looking for, and found that Martin Scorsese was trying to emulate the technicolor style of the era. The first 50 minutes of the film, which takes place in the years of 1927-1937, when the technicolor process was "two-color technicolor." This gave it the look very cyan and red heavy. All the greens and blues fell into this cyan range, and the reds became more prominant. The remainder of the film resembles the "three-color technicolor" process which took place between 1937 and 1947. This gave the film a very saturated look with brighter blues and more vibrant colors. Essentially it was done to reflect the time period's films.
Here is a before and after from the two-color technicolor process that was done in the film:
Here is a before and after from the three-color technicolor process that was done in the film:
For those of you who want to read more, here were my resources:
www.adobe.com/products/aftereffects/pdfs/The_Aviator_021405.pdf
www.aviatorvfx.com/index.php?cmd=frontendOverview&id=color
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technicolor#Two-color_Technicolor
On top of being breathtakingly beautiful, it is really well acted. Leonardo Di Caprio does an excellent job as the neurotic OCD Howard Hughes, and plays well with Cate Blanchett. The story is epic, chronicling Hughes entire life. It was fascinating to watch as he poured millions of dollars into his crazy ideas. The idea that he felt he needed 26 cameras to shoot his war epic illustrates this perfectly. Showing him washing his hands until he's cut, or refusing to eat a meal after one of his peas is taken, along with many other mannerisms makes him a fascinating character to watch.
I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5 stars. (I changed from out of four stars, to out of five to match Jared). It's really quite an amazing film. Watch it. Please.
As a sort of lengthy P.S. to this review I decided to write about the color in this film, which was incredible. I did some research as to what kind of look he was looking for, and found that Martin Scorsese was trying to emulate the technicolor style of the era. The first 50 minutes of the film, which takes place in the years of 1927-1937, when the technicolor process was "two-color technicolor." This gave it the look very cyan and red heavy. All the greens and blues fell into this cyan range, and the reds became more prominant. The remainder of the film resembles the "three-color technicolor" process which took place between 1937 and 1947. This gave the film a very saturated look with brighter blues and more vibrant colors. Essentially it was done to reflect the time period's films.
Here is a before and after from the two-color technicolor process that was done in the film:
Here is a before and after from the three-color technicolor process that was done in the film:
For those of you who want to read more, here were my resources:
www.adobe.com/products/aftereffects/pdfs/The_Aviator_021405.pdf
www.aviatorvfx.com/index.php?cmd=frontendOverview&id=color
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technicolor#Two-color_Technicolor
posted by Spenturion at
5:06 PM
1 Comments:
Excellent analysis. I think we should do some color processes like these in Welcome Aboard. I can definitely see Jared's apartment being in two-color Technicolor...
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Jared Cook, at 1:31 AM
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