{"id":597,"date":"2024-11-27T11:45:23","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T11:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/?p=412850"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"the-wicked-director-has-hit-back-at-criticism-over-the-films-ugly-washed-out-colours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2024\/11\/27\/the-wicked-director-has-hit-back-at-criticism-over-the-films-ugly-washed-out-colours\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s done on purpose! The clever reason Wicked: For Good uses ‘washed out’ colour grading"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wicked: For Good<\/a> has finally released in cinemas and like with the first Wicked film, people are really annoyed about the colour grading all over again.<\/p>\n

The film<\/a> looks really unsaturated and washed out, and many have been editing clips themselves to show what each scene should look like.<\/p>\n

“Wicked\u2019s colour grading is upsetting me, is it that hard to make it a little more vibrant,” one person wrote on X.<\/p>\n

Another said: “Whoever did the colour grading for Wicked deserves a war crime tribunal. It\u2019s the most washed out ugly backlit mess.”<\/p>\n

Colourful places like the Emerald City and Munchinland just look a bit flat and boring – but there is actually a very good reason why it’s like that.<\/p>\n

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A quick re-grade of WICKED reveals a vibrant and beautiful film hidden under all that sludge. pic.twitter.com\/ASmrYnlqMD<\/a><\/p>\n

— patrick. (@imPatrickT) November 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n