I can't quite explain how thoroughly your comment shakes me. With laughter. I have always experienced this kind of response to film. When I first saw "Blade Runner" I immediately bought some new clothes. When I watched it the second time, I tossed out my entire wardrobe and restarted my life.
Sparrow watch mojo lacks the actual knowledge that comes from knowing what their talking about, the people of cinefix obviously know what they're preaching
If only we could get rid of the stupid list format. I think all the youtube viewers and buzzfeed reader can now count to ten. Maybe by now it is not even the click bait it used to be anymore?
The switch from black and white to Technicolor in The Wizard of Oz is probably the most memorable use of colour in a film to me. Its not the palette it's the use of colour as a plot point. Going from a sepia world into a fantasy world in a flick of a switch.
Who can ever forget all the colors of the Munchkins? The Yellow Brick Road, the fields of Poppies, or the Emerald City and the Horse of a different colour? Perfection! And one of the reasons the Wizard of Oz has remained a Cinema Classic!
i’m going to film school next year and this video has just inspired: 1) a colour-themed shoot and 2) a colour mood board for my portfolio! Thanks so much!
most would just make a video listing top 10 but cinefix really went beyond. This was so educational and interesting for me. i had no idea how much time was put into Brother where art thou and the palletes that even movies like Transformers use. Definitely something that i hope i and others appreciate more and notice. Most people assume colors as meaning vibrant film but it can mean so much more!
Judging by the variety of colour criterias, even Whiplash could have made in this list.. Red Blood Stains on those Brightly Yellow lit Cymbals was amazing to look at..
And to think... I actually pissed away a year in high-school "color theory" advanced placement... passed the tests... and still managed to NOT learn as much as I just picked up in the last thirteen minutes! Thnx Cinefix!
it was beautifully put together and he mentioned well over 30 films with brilliant colors and a decent story. It was surprising to hear consideration for each slot and was used as examples to show different uses of each type of "color choices".
If you watch Wes Andersons films its like they were all leading up to it - some of them were funny, some of them got the colours right, but it was on Budapest where he finally nailed both.
And the characters. And the dialogues. And the plot. And the actors. And the way the camera is placed. And the sounds. And the music. And the humour. And anything else we didn't mentioned
I tried over and over again to get into Wes Anderson's movies and they just weren't for me. Then I watched GBH and loved it. Maybe I have to give his other movies another try.
There is something about the music too. Its so.... quaint that it runs the line of precious and contrived, but somehow manages to come off as charming rather than irritating.
0:49 #10 The Fall (2006) 2:20 #9 O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) 3:20 #8 Sin city 2005 4:57 #7 Cries and Whispers 1972 5:56 #6 Vertigo 1958 7:08 #5 Contempt (1963) 8:06 #4 Only God Forgives (2013) 9:03 #3 The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) 10:14 #2 The Living Trilogy (2000-2014) 11:39 #1 In the Mood for Love 2000 Unranked mentions in order of appearance The Great Train Robbery 1903 Intolerance 1916 Wizard of OZ 1939 Scott Pilgrim vs The World 2010 Skyfall 2012 Tron 1982 Charlie and the Chocolate factory 2005 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 Hero 2002 Only God Forgives 2013 moonrise Kingdom 2012 Vertigo 1958 Three Colors: Blue 1993 Enter the Void 2009 Spring Breakers 2012 The Holy Mountain 1973 American Beauty 1999 The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014 O Brother, Where Art Thou? 2000 Buried 2010 Mad Max: Fury Road 2015 Suspiria (1977) Curse of the Golden Flower (2006) Romeo + Juliet (1996) Speed Racer (2008) What Dreams May Come 1998 Dick Tracy 1990 The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover (1989) Gate of Hell 1954 Life of Pi 2012 Moulin Rouge 2001 Great Gatsby 2013 Pleasantville 1998 Sweeney Todd 2007 500 days of summer 2009 The Red Shoes 1948 Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters 1985 The Aviator 2004 Do The Right Thing 1989 Schindler's List 1993 Buried 2010 Three Colors: Red 1994 Three Colors: White 1994 Citizen Kane 1941 The Seventh Seal 1957 Mission Impossible 1996 Transformers 2007 No Country for old Men 2007 Deadpool 2016 Curse of the Golden Flower 2006 Amelie 2001 City of Lost Children 1995 Umbrellas of Cherbourg 1964 A Clockwork Orange 1971 Volver 2006 Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown 1988 The Last Emperor 1987 Akita Kurosawa's Dreams 1990 Springbreakers 2012 Tron Legacy 2010 Skyfall 2012 Enter the void 2009 Her (2013) The Shining (1980) Floating Weeds (1959) The Danish Girl (2016) Royal Tenenbaums (2001) Rushmore (1998) The Road (2009) The Matrix (1999) The Living Trilogy (2000-2014) Songs from the Second Floor (2000) You, The Living (2007) A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014) fanny and alexander 1982 Lola Montes 1955 Anna Karenina 2012
The scene with the City of Stars duet at the piano- that glowing green really does something to you. The colors really play on emotions in the film- the airy purple sky on the pier scene made me feel Sebastian's longing. Blue is a recurring color for Mia, and Sebastian is often seen in tones of brown and gold. Mia the ambitious young actress, and him the warm hearted traditionalist. Colors correspond beautifully with the music as well. I could just go on and on about La La Land
*WOW! I never knew that films had colour palettes until now!* This video really blew me away. In fact it has made me really want to get into cinema! I really didn't realize that filmmakers paid so much attention to details like this
You should start looking at art works and styles, a lot of cinematographers get their inspiration and knowledge from studying the colour, lighting and composition of famous paintings
pretty much every form of visual "art" has a color palette. besides setting the mood/tone for the viewer, it´s one of the easiest things you can do to make sure your image(s) fit(s) together. you will also see this in cartoons, drawings, advertisements, photographies, music videos etc.
Just wanted to say, I've been using this video in my film classes for over 3 years. It's brilliant. I love how it's not just a top 10, but a discussion and enumeration of types of color palettes and their applications. This makes it a great learning and teaching resource. Thank you!
I am about to start teaching the first adult ed film appreciation class in my area (maybe in my state...most Colleges and Universities here don't even offer it!), and I also plan to use this video, as it is very well done
All the Movies Mentioned (No Specific Order): Wizard of Oz Tron Space Odyssey What Dreams may Come The Life of Pi The Fall Scott Pilgrim vs The World Hero Only God Forgives American Beauty Vertigo Enter the Void O Brother Where Art Thou Buried Curse of the Golden Flower Holy Mountain Spring Breakers Romeo + Juliet Speed Racer Mad Max: Fury Road Intolerance The Great Train Robbery Skyfall Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) Moonrise Kingdom Three Colors Blue The Grand Budapest Hotel Suspiria Dick Tracy The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover Gates of Hell Moulin Rouge The Great Gatsby (2013) Pleasantville 500 Days of Summer Sweeney Todd The Red Shoes Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters The Aviator Do The Right Thing Sin City Schindlers List Three Colors Red Three Colors White Hero Citizen Kane Cries and Whispers Mission Impossible Transformers No Country for Old Men A Clockwork Orange Deadpool The City of Lost Children The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Volver Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Akira Kurosawa's Dream The Last Emperor Contempt Her The Shining Floating Weeds The Danish Girl Royal Tenenbaums Rushmore The Road Matrix The Living Trilogy Songs from the Second Floor A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence Fanny and Alexander Lola Montes Anna Karenina In The Mood for Love
A use of color I loved was in "sixth sense" by Night Shyamalan ; every time dead people appear, the color red is present or appeared right before, leading us to the final realisation that Bruce Willis also is dead. That is done with subtlety, though it still is visible enough.
1 - In the Mood for Love (2000) 2 - The Living Trilogy (2000-2014) 3 - The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) 4 - Only God Forgives (2013) 5 - Contempt (1963) 6 - Vertigo (1958) 7 - Cries and Whispers (1972) 8 - Sin City (2005) 9 - O Brother Where Art Thou (2000) 10 - The Fall (2006)
Truly loved this- I now have a complete list of movies to rent when I am searching for beautiful movies! Thank you so much! _PS You do those top ten lists the right way and kept me completely interested._
Apart from wishing you good luck to find a Blockbuster still open for you to RENT those films, this list it's very academic and not really accurate, but overall, some films he advice here are pretty shit and they use the color palette selection as a way to save them from being a flop. Example: instead of The Fall get The color of pomegranates. The fall it's a very uninteresting rip-off of TCOP. Sin city? Naaaa that's just arty farty. Avoid Only god forgives as it's remarcably shit and get the ones he intelligently discarded (Springbreakers, Enter the void, Suspiria and I'd add Irreversible but OVERALL: Blood and the Black Lace from Mario Bava. Basically ones of the best artists of cinematography that this guy that made the video _kindly_ forgot.......). PLUS this guys doesn't mention almost any cinematographer which, to be honest, that's where all the color shit comes from. Check the Sven Nivkist (sorry for the spelling, I can't check on google atm) entire work, he revolutioned the cinematography world!
Cinematographers are responsible for producing the colour. It's the writers/directors that choose them in the first place. Of course there are select examples where the cinematographer has played a much larger role, but in general their job is much more technical rather than conceptual
Cinefix's top 10 1. In the Mood for Love 2. The Living Trilogy 3. The Grand Budapest Hotel 4. Only God Forgives 5. Contempt 6. Vertigo 7. Cries and Whispers 8. Sin City 9. O' Brother Where Art Thou? 10. The Fall
I saw the first one: Songs From the Second Floor. It is a weird, weird movie that can be tedious and boring at times (mainly because you don't know what the hell is going on). It doesn't have a plot so much as it's an exercise in mood, and that mood is utter despair. With that said, every scene (all very long takes with a stationary camera) is a marvel to look at. Every frame of the film could be a painting.
I saw Contempt, in fact, I think I found it in YT a while back. Don't remember much except Jack Palance was in it and it was very pleasing to the eye, color palette that is.
For number 5, Heathers always stands out for that idea. The powerful red of Heather Chandler, the innocent yellow for Heather McNamara, the envious green of Heather Duke, and the isolated blue for Veronica. There's also the grey/black for JD.
Gotta love that Cinefix format. Talk about the subject of the list, mention a whole bunch of well known movies as honorable mentions, adds a film I've never heard of.... ....squeezing in Harry Lime and The Third Man in there, somewhere.
This doesn't mean I never know any of these movies.... I know a few of them, though for the most part.... I find myself discovering new flicks than not.
I also love that instead of doing a "this movie is good, this one is better. Shut up, I'm not subjective, you're subjective!" sort of list, Cinefix does a "there are many ways of doing X with amazing results, let's talk about some of them. And hey, there are some numbers on your screen between them". Hm, I think they are tricking me into learning! hmpf. :-D
I love it too, but the colours in the movie are all over the place depending on what point in the movie you're at. Couldn't pin down the actual colour scheme they use very easily.
Budapest was definitely one of my favourite Anderson movies for colour choices, that and life aquatic. I was also really blown away by a lot of Skyfall (that jellyfish neon you clipped, especially) and honestly, for recent blockbuster, Last Jedi did some really striking displays of colour, mostly red.
I like the way you explained how the green was removed in "Oh Brother" to make the movie appear more warm and dry. The same technique is often used, - but inverted - in Scandinavian movies, to emphasise the harsh and unforgiving cold. You remove the orange, and everything, even the scenes where the characters are smiling, feels chilling and empty and as if there's a great emotional void that everyone is aware of but is trying to ignore. A good example of this is the horrifying Swedish and Danish tvseries "Bron" (="the bridge", the series starts off with a murdered woman being found at the bridge which connects Sweden and Denmark, one half of her in each country). The coldness of the colour palette adds a whole new dimension of emotional chill. It shows despair, but also hopelessness. It's unforgiving. If you want to watch a series like that, I really recommend it. It's very skilfully made, both well-written, beautiful and artistic, but it most certainly isn't a feel-good show.
Falling down has one of the best uses of colour i have ever seen in a movie. The colour palette focuses on yellow, brown and red mostly, which doesn’t sound good, but it expresses the main characters frustration with the world, and gives the film an eerie look in general.
Glad you got a Hitchcock and Wes Anderson movie on there, fantastic use of colour in pretty much all their work. Also shout out to Sixth Sense and Unbreakable, Shyamalan made some interesting character and story approaches with colour and used it masterfully.
As a swedish speaking person I found it both hillarious and interesting that they included two swedish movies. At first I didn't even recognise what language they were speaking, my brain was so set on hearing english at first I couldn't understand what they said xD (I've been speaking swedish my whole life, so when this happens I find it super fun xD)
My all time favourite use of colour in a film goes to La La Land, i just ADORE how they used the colour and cinematography. Everything looks like classic cinema burst into modern day and its simply GORGEOUS to look at. Right down to Sebastian and Mia being such polar opposites in colour, Sebastian is muted, blacks,browns and whites and perfectly contrasted with Mia and her bright reds, blues and yellows. The colour is used to such great effect, it perfectly mimics old hollywood whilst also being bright and modern. Its class and bold and i ADORE it.
I agree! I was fully expecting to see it at least mentioned under #6 when the complementary color scheme was brought up. It's the one thing that really popped out at me for nearly the entire movie.
@@cl759 La La Land is on of the best new musicals (probably the best) and Blade Runner 2049 is on the same lvl as the 1st one and i think that in some aspects is better.
@@cl759 I'm not a fan of the movie, but the color usage is undeniably good. Primary colors become used as a sort of foreshadowing. Each emotion is a color, and each scene is the color of the primary emotion expressed in it.
We're ALL tired and sick of it and yet Hollywood forces their colourists to keep their fingers locked on the "Teal & orange" settings of their digital Non-Linear-Editing programs >_> Everything has to look depressing nowdays…
Trainspotting: In addition to being one of my favorite films, I feel Trainspotting does an amazing job with its color scheme, as if everything has been dusted over with a powdered coating of Heroin.
Yes, no color scheme stirred me as a child like the clinical-like palette of the Bogg's neighborhood. It was so eerily perfect & sterilized, almost Stepford Wives-looking.
One of the best uses of color in a more recent movie had to be Atomic Blonde. The contrast of the neon 80's vs the grey of eastern Germany was beautiful and amazing. Excellent use of color to tell a story and visually striking.
He's stated it in an interview once. It's why his films color palettes are pushed to their most vibrant since he can only see certain colors at a certain range.
I do not have the capability to describe how much I love and appreciate this video. This channel and Lessons from a Screenplay are the two best channels for cinema heads.
I have always liked the use of colour in 'A Matter of Life and Death'. They use technicolour in the living world, and black and white in the afterlife. The film was made when technicolour was still fairly new so it could be that their budget just didn't stretch to using colour throughout but, whatever the reason, it was really effective.
Great video, but I thought Edward Scissorhands should be included, although it doesn't fit neatly into one category: there's the candy-colored pastel world of suburbia and the desaturated, dark world from whence Edward came.
atanu patwary from the photography director Vittorio Storaro, master in color emotions. I was so shocked that he's not mentioned that I remarked him in the top of the comments. See The filmography of him if u liked and u'll find really good indispensable films
I would recommend anyone who cares about the colors of a movie should watch the movie "But I'm a Cheerleader" where the colors aid in the story telling.
I don't know why RUclips doesn't recommend me this video until now. I really really love The Grand Budapest Hotel and when I saw the thumbnail, I instantly clicked. This is actually really great video. Keep up the good works! :)
I think La La Land (2016) uses colour in such an incredible way. I can't even describe it. The scene where Emma Stone in that yellow dress dances with Ryan Gosling in the streets of the Hollywood Hills as the sun is either setting or just starting to rise is indescribable.
This is an amazing list. It's not just a boiled down Top 10. I love how you've given other examples. A couple of times, as you were describing a specific pallet, I immediately thought of a specific film. It wasn't ever one that you picked, but it was one you mentioned. Very, VERY nicely done. I'm sorry I'm just now seeing this.
The cinematography of La La Land was okay but the rest of it didn't spark as much as the films mentioned in the video. La La Land is a Hollywood candy-escapist, yet beautiful, some may say. It stood out in the Oscar's because of that, which is not exactly a good or a bad thing. Just something in the middle.
I frankly consider Suspiria a better example than Only God Forgives(it's outright mesmerizing what they achieve with the color) Also...where's Jean-Pierre Jeunet? I'd think at least one of his films deserves mention
this is the first cinefix video I ever watched, 4 years ago, and it was my introduction to film analysis and video essay type videos, and honestly was the beginning of me wanting to get into filmmaking
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Wes Anderson's past films have always been my motivation for cleaning my room. And when Grand Budapest came out, I cleaned the whole house.
haha this is my favorite and most relatable comment ! :D
I can't quite explain how thoroughly your comment shakes me. With laughter. I have always experienced this kind of response to film. When I first saw "Blade Runner" I immediately bought some new clothes. When I watched it the second time, I tossed out my entire wardrobe and restarted my life.
Why is this so Relatable
LOL
you made my day.
Oh my gosh this is what WatchMojo dreams it could be.
Sparrow don't you have to have a soul to be able to dream?
Sparrow watch mojo lacks the actual knowledge that comes from knowing what their talking about, the people of cinefix obviously know what they're preaching
If only we could get rid of the stupid list format. I think all the youtube viewers and buzzfeed reader can now count to ten. Maybe by now it is not even the click bait it used to be anymore?
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Oh trust me it's still working, it's probably working now better than ever.
Sparrow agreed. I learned something watching this.
The switch from black and white to Technicolor in The Wizard of Oz is probably the most memorable use of colour in a film to me. Its not the palette it's the use of colour as a plot point. Going from a sepia world into a fantasy world in a flick of a switch.
i thought for sure it would be number 1 for this reason too
I also noticed that on Tarkovskij's Stalker
Yes! I remember seeing this as a child and thinking it pure magic. Not movie magic...but actual magic!
Who can ever forget all the colors of the Munchkins? The Yellow Brick Road, the fields of Poppies, or the
Emerald City and the Horse of a different colour? Perfection! And one of the reasons the Wizard of Oz has remained a Cinema Classic!
They painted the set sepia and used a body double for Judy Garland with a sepia coloured dress so that they could film it all in one shot
i’m going to film school next year and this video has just inspired:
1) a colour-themed shoot
and 2) a colour mood board for my portfolio!
Thanks so much!
Hows film school goin'
how’s film school goin?
How’s film school going?
how goes film school?
How you doin'?
most would just make a video listing top 10 but cinefix really went beyond. This was so educational and interesting for me. i had no idea how much time was put into Brother where art thou and the palletes that even movies like Transformers use. Definitely something that i hope i and others appreciate more and notice. Most people assume colors as meaning vibrant film but it can mean so much more!
Trust me, the orange-blue scheme is in ALL of his movies.
Google image search "orange blue movie cover".
I thought Brother was going for a super hot late summer look, not autumn. I'm confused now.
Orange & Blue have become extremely over-used (for movie posters especially) I saw a video about that & then I noticed it myself.
Cyan Jackson
I have to say now La La Land belongs in this list. The colors in that movie stood out so much, it was and is amazing.
Honest to god, La La Land is like cinematic porn to the eyes of a cinephile
KissMyAsthma amen. Lol they should put that on the Blu Ray cover.
Judging by the variety of colour criterias, even Whiplash could have made in this list..
Red Blood Stains on those Brightly Yellow lit Cymbals was amazing to look at..
They have already included Ryan Gosling already
Luis Rolando Sierra Mancebo you have already used already already
Holy shit. A top 10 video where I actually learned something. Thank you! This was incredibly interesting actually.
I was expecting a silly "here's a list of 10 movies", instead I got this. I was pleasantly surprised.
same
And to think... I actually pissed away a year in high-school "color theory" advanced placement... passed the tests... and still managed to NOT learn as much as I just picked up in the last thirteen minutes! Thnx Cinefix!
Stranac Oppilas v
it was beautifully put together and he mentioned well over 30 films with brilliant colors and a decent story. It was surprising to hear consideration for each slot and was used as examples to show different uses of each type of "color choices".
I don’t know what it is about this video but I’ve come back and rewatched it over and over now for years. Definitely my favorite CineFix list.
The Grand Budapest Hotel has got to be the most aesthetically pleasing movie I have ever seen.
Saint Culex I know right
Watched it on the come down from an acid trip. Perfection.
He's never seen Barry Lyndon
If you watch Wes Andersons films its like they were all leading up to it - some of them were funny, some of them got the colours right, but it was on Budapest where he finally nailed both.
Dude same. And it was so freaking theatrical and surrealist. It's one of my favorites
The Grand Budapest Hotel is my favorite movie just because the colors and the costume desing
El Catrin C same here!
The day I watched this movie, Oh what else could be the best thing on that day, Such a marvelous movie in every aspect.
I watch it every chance I get. The colors. The way wes pans the camera. The eloquence of how they speak. It’s such a perfect movie.
And the characters. And the dialogues. And the plot. And the actors. And the way the camera is placed. And the sounds. And the music. And the humour. And anything else we didn't mentioned
I tried over and over again to get into Wes Anderson's movies and they just weren't for me. Then I watched GBH and loved it. Maybe I have to give his other movies another try.
The Grand Budapest Hotel is my favorite movie of all time. The colors that Wes Anderson used are just unbelievably refreshing and iconic.
Braeden Huff I really love his filming style
not really a fan of Wes Anderson, but that movie is so quirkily garish it makes it enjoyable.
Braeden Huff, I couldn't agree more.
There is something about the music too. Its so.... quaint that it runs the line of precious and contrived, but somehow manages to come off as charming rather than irritating.
Clicked on this video specifically because The Grand Budapest was in the thumbnail.
0:49 #10 The Fall (2006)
2:20 #9 O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
3:20 #8 Sin city 2005
4:57 #7 Cries and Whispers 1972
5:56 #6 Vertigo 1958
7:08 #5 Contempt (1963)
8:06 #4 Only God Forgives (2013)
9:03 #3 The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
10:14 #2 The Living Trilogy (2000-2014)
11:39 #1 In the Mood for Love 2000
Unranked mentions in order of appearance
The Great Train Robbery 1903
Intolerance 1916
Wizard of OZ 1939
Scott Pilgrim vs The World 2010
Skyfall 2012
Tron 1982
Charlie and the Chocolate factory 2005
2001: A Space Odyssey 1968
Hero 2002
Only God Forgives 2013
moonrise Kingdom 2012
Vertigo 1958
Three Colors: Blue 1993
Enter the Void 2009
Spring Breakers 2012
The Holy Mountain 1973
American Beauty 1999
The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014
O Brother, Where Art Thou? 2000
Buried 2010
Mad Max: Fury Road 2015
Suspiria (1977)
Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)
Romeo + Juliet (1996)
Speed Racer (2008)
What Dreams May Come 1998
Dick Tracy 1990
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover (1989)
Gate of Hell 1954
Life of Pi 2012
Moulin Rouge 2001
Great Gatsby 2013
Pleasantville 1998
Sweeney Todd 2007
500 days of summer 2009
The Red Shoes 1948
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters 1985
The Aviator 2004
Do The Right Thing 1989
Schindler's List 1993
Buried 2010
Three Colors: Red 1994
Three Colors: White 1994
Citizen Kane 1941
The Seventh Seal 1957
Mission Impossible 1996
Transformers 2007
No Country for old Men 2007
Deadpool 2016
Curse of the Golden Flower 2006
Amelie 2001
City of Lost Children 1995
Umbrellas of Cherbourg 1964
A Clockwork Orange 1971
Volver 2006
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown 1988
The Last Emperor 1987
Akita Kurosawa's Dreams 1990
Springbreakers 2012
Tron Legacy 2010
Skyfall 2012
Enter the void 2009
Her (2013)
The Shining (1980)
Floating Weeds (1959)
The Danish Girl (2016)
Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Rushmore (1998)
The Road (2009)
The Matrix (1999)
The Living Trilogy (2000-2014)
Songs from the Second Floor (2000)
You, The Living (2007)
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014)
fanny and alexander 1982
Lola Montes 1955
Anna Karenina 2012
ty good sir!
You are incredible
Great list! I’m really glad you remembered to include Suspiria!!
Are you an AI or something?
Wow
As a graphic designer this is so satisfying to watch!
My favorite use of color in films has to be in La La Land. The colors were beautiful, memorable, cheerful and amazing in every possible way.
The scene with the City of Stars duet at the piano- that glowing green really does something to you. The colors really play on emotions in the film- the airy purple sky on the pier scene made me feel Sebastian's longing. Blue is a recurring color for Mia, and Sebastian is often seen in tones of brown and gold. Mia the ambitious young actress, and him the warm hearted traditionalist. Colors correspond beautifully with the music as well. I could just go on and on about La La Land
*WOW! I never knew that films had colour palettes until now!*
This video really blew me away.
In fact it has made me really want to get into cinema!
I really didn't realize that filmmakers paid so much attention to details like this
same!
You should start looking at art works and styles, a lot of cinematographers get their inspiration and knowledge from studying the colour, lighting and composition of famous paintings
i actually thought you were being sarcastic at first lol
that is why movie making is actually art its not only the story its also the painting
pretty much every form of visual "art" has a color palette. besides setting the mood/tone for the viewer, it´s one of the easiest things you can do to make sure your image(s) fit(s) together. you will also see this in cartoons, drawings, advertisements, photographies, music videos etc.
Just wanted to say, I've been using this video in my film classes for over 3 years. It's brilliant. I love how it's not just a top 10, but a discussion and enumeration of types of color palettes and their applications. This makes it a great learning and teaching resource. Thank you!
I am about to start teaching the first adult ed film appreciation class in my area (maybe in my state...most Colleges and Universities here don't even offer it!), and I also plan to use this video, as it is very well done
All the Movies Mentioned (No Specific Order):
Wizard of Oz
Tron
Space Odyssey
What Dreams may Come
The Life of Pi
The Fall
Scott Pilgrim vs The World
Hero
Only God Forgives
American Beauty
Vertigo
Enter the Void
O Brother Where Art Thou
Buried
Curse of the Golden Flower
Holy Mountain
Spring Breakers
Romeo + Juliet
Speed Racer
Mad Max: Fury Road
Intolerance
The Great Train Robbery
Skyfall
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Moonrise Kingdom
Three Colors Blue
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Suspiria
Dick Tracy
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
Gates of Hell
Moulin Rouge
The Great Gatsby (2013)
Pleasantville
500 Days of Summer
Sweeney Todd
The Red Shoes
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
The Aviator
Do The Right Thing
Sin City
Schindlers List
Three Colors Red
Three Colors White
Hero
Citizen Kane
Cries and Whispers
Mission Impossible
Transformers
No Country for Old Men
A Clockwork Orange
Deadpool
The City of Lost Children
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Volver
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Akira Kurosawa's Dream
The Last Emperor
Contempt
Her
The Shining
Floating Weeds
The Danish Girl
Royal Tenenbaums
Rushmore
The Road
Matrix
The Living Trilogy
Songs from the Second Floor
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
Fanny and Alexander
Lola Montes
Anna Karenina
In The Mood for Love
D1ET PUSSY thank you
no he didn't
D1ET PUSSY thaaaaanks ♡♡♡♡♡
D1ET PUSSY thank you!
Gone with the Wind
A use of color I loved was in "sixth sense" by Night Shyamalan ; every time dead people appear, the color red is present or appeared right before, leading us to the final realisation that Bruce Willis also is dead. That is done with subtlety, though it still is visible enough.
Tom Atans I agree. That's the sort of detail you don't get on first viewing, but is great to admire and savor on repeated viewings.
Tom Atans That’s instantly what I thought!!
mention [spoiler] in the comment!!
ok ok I get it ill watch in the mood for love.
You definitely should
Ice Gman It's a masterpiece in many ways
A masterpiece, man.
Only the best film ever made
is not as good as they say. Chunking express is so much better
1 - In the Mood for Love (2000)
2 - The Living Trilogy (2000-2014)
3 - The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
4 - Only God Forgives (2013)
5 - Contempt (1963)
6 - Vertigo (1958)
7 - Cries and Whispers (1972)
8 - Sin City (2005)
9 - O Brother Where Art Thou (2000)
10 - The Fall (2006)
Berkay Zühre not good enough what are all the names of the ones he showed but didn’t talk about
@@VentureTime_ow all the titles are written on the screen
Give this man a medal!
Thank you !
Real MVP
*Slow Clap* for the citizen kane joke, I actually didnt expect it...
HighRyse323 he was joking
?????
Truly loved this- I now have a complete list of movies to rent when I am searching for beautiful movies! Thank you so much! _PS You do those top ten lists the right way and kept me completely interested._
Katie Weinhold you still rent movies?
Apart from wishing you good luck to find a Blockbuster still open for you to RENT those films, this list it's very academic and not really accurate, but overall, some films he advice here are pretty shit and they use the color palette selection as a way to save them from being a flop. Example: instead of The Fall get The color of pomegranates. The fall it's a very uninteresting rip-off of TCOP. Sin city? Naaaa that's just arty farty. Avoid Only god forgives as it's remarcably shit and get the ones he intelligently discarded (Springbreakers, Enter the void, Suspiria and I'd add Irreversible but OVERALL: Blood and the Black Lace from Mario Bava. Basically ones of the best artists of cinematography that this guy that made the video _kindly_ forgot.......). PLUS this guys doesn't mention almost any cinematographer which, to be honest, that's where all the color shit comes from. Check the Sven Nivkist (sorry for the spelling, I can't check on google atm) entire work, he revolutioned the cinematography world!
Cinematographers are responsible for producing the colour. It's the writers/directors that choose them in the first place. Of course there are select examples where the cinematographer has played a much larger role, but in general their job is much more technical rather than conceptual
damn i wish i could still rent movies
Renting movies ? What is this? 2002? 😂😂
Cinefix's top 10
1. In the Mood for Love
2. The Living Trilogy
3. The Grand Budapest Hotel
4. Only God Forgives
5. Contempt
6. Vertigo
7. Cries and Whispers
8. Sin City
9. O' Brother Where Art Thou?
10. The Fall
I have seen 8 films in this list. Still haven't seen Godard's Contempt and The Living Trilogy..
I saw the first one: Songs From the Second Floor. It is a weird, weird movie that can be tedious and boring at times (mainly because you don't know what the hell is going on). It doesn't have a plot so much as it's an exercise in mood, and that mood is utter despair. With that said, every scene (all very long takes with a stationary camera) is a marvel to look at. Every frame of the film could be a painting.
I saw Contempt, in fact, I think I found it in YT a while back. Don't remember much except Jack Palance was in it and it was very pleasing to the eye, color palette that is.
Erik Dresner great!
Sounds like my kind of film :P
VB MUTT You just saved me 13 boobless minutes.
Schindler's List use of colours broke my heart
The ending of that movie is in FULL color, and takes place in the then present day (of 1993),
my heart dropped when i first saw that scene
For number 5, Heathers always stands out for that idea. The powerful red of Heather Chandler, the innocent yellow for Heather McNamara, the envious green of Heather Duke, and the isolated blue for Veronica. There's also the grey/black for JD.
Wendla Bergman wendla? oh my gosh you’re alive!
@@MissAkua100 oof
"Her" also has awesome monochromatic palette
Gotta love that Cinefix format.
Talk about the subject of the list, mention a whole bunch of well known movies as honorable mentions, adds a film I've never heard of....
....squeezing in Harry Lime and The Third Man in there, somewhere.
This doesn't mean I never know any of these movies.... I know a few of them, though for the most part.... I find myself discovering new flicks than not.
I also love that instead of doing a "this movie is good, this one is better. Shut up, I'm not subjective, you're subjective!" sort of list, Cinefix does a "there are many ways of doing X with amazing results, let's talk about some of them. And hey, there are some numbers on your screen between them".
Hm, I think they are tricking me into learning!
hmpf. :-D
The Blade Runner movies used color to convey emotion very well, it kinda goes with the whole narrative of the series when you think about it.
I can watch this video 100 times and still be intrigued. Great job, guys!
Starry Night I HAVE
Starry Night i love this video so much
You must have a very short-time memory
Wes Anderson is so brilliant- the pastel/off primary colors are such a staple in all his films
Just sitting here writing down all these movies. Thanks, definitely subbing
same
"Contrasting colors"
Me: "vertigo, vertigo, VERTIGO"
"Our pick is vertigo"
Me: "YES!"
That was exactly me😂
@@LJ-wm1bl overrated piece of drivel
@Manic Rhymes Nah😂
@@LJ-wm1bl I never feel tense or scared when watching Hitchcock he’s so corny
@@LJ-wm1bl Chan wook park, akira Kurosawa, igmar Bergman, andrei tarakosvy, bong joon ho, Michael Mann are all better directors
Honestly La La Land could be on here for sure
yes!!!
Young James Franco Yes! First thing I thought of lol
I love it too, but the colours in the movie are all over the place depending on what point in the movie you're at. Couldn't pin down the actual colour scheme they use very easily.
Young James Franco omg thank you GOD
la la SHOULD have been on here!!! One of the best uses of color in cinematography ive seen in a long time!
Budapest was definitely one of my favourite Anderson movies for colour choices, that and life aquatic. I was also really blown away by a lot of Skyfall (that jellyfish neon you clipped, especially) and honestly, for recent blockbuster, Last Jedi did some really striking displays of colour, mostly red.
Not even being sarcastic, I laughed my ass off when he said Citizen Kane.
i DIED!
Lmao me too
SAME
Me too! I don't know why I found that so funny, that delivery I guess!
Really? I'm just reading the comments while watching and I can't believe he actually watched it.
When people mention Color in movies, my mind goes straight to Wes Anderson and Baz Luhrmann.
I like the way you explained how the green was removed in "Oh Brother" to make the movie appear more warm and dry.
The same technique is often used, - but inverted - in Scandinavian movies, to emphasise the harsh and unforgiving cold. You remove the orange, and everything, even the scenes where the characters are smiling, feels chilling and empty and as if there's a great emotional void that everyone is aware of but is trying to ignore.
A good example of this is the horrifying Swedish and Danish tvseries "Bron" (="the bridge", the series starts off with a murdered woman being found at the bridge which connects Sweden and Denmark, one half of her in each country). The coldness of the colour palette adds a whole new dimension of emotional chill. It shows despair, but also hopelessness. It's unforgiving. If you want to watch a series like that, I really recommend it. It's very skilfully made, both well-written, beautiful and artistic, but it most certainly isn't a feel-good show.
You can't make a Skandinavian film without having the audience feel melancholic as well, just like Sweeds.
It was a trip to see the raw shots. The difference is amazing.
Top 10 character traits and character expression must be next
I have no reply to your comment, but your googly-eyed Batman icon makes me smile.
your pic lighted my day ♡
My god CineFix, I laughed so hard at the Citizen Kane joke at the number 7 spot. XD
Falling down has one of the best uses of colour i have ever seen in a movie. The colour palette focuses on yellow, brown and red mostly, which doesn’t sound good, but it expresses the main characters frustration with the world, and gives the film an eerie look in general.
Glad you got a Hitchcock and Wes Anderson movie on there, fantastic use of colour in pretty much all their work.
Also shout out to Sixth Sense and Unbreakable, Shyamalan made some interesting character and story approaches with colour and used it masterfully.
As a swedish speaking person I found it both hillarious and interesting that they included two swedish movies. At first I didn't even recognise what language they were speaking, my brain was so set on hearing english at first I couldn't understand what they said xD (I've been speaking swedish my whole life, so when this happens I find it super fun xD)
Green color in Great Expectations (1998) (one of the most underrated movies )
dir. Alfonso Cuaron
DoP. Emmanuel Lubezki
in my opinion 2001: a space odyssey used color really well. especially in the end. but i also love the grand budapest hotel (:
My all time favourite use of colour in a film goes to La La Land, i just ADORE how they used the colour and cinematography. Everything looks like classic cinema burst into modern day and its simply GORGEOUS to look at. Right down to Sebastian and Mia being such polar opposites in colour, Sebastian is muted, blacks,browns and whites and perfectly contrasted with Mia and her bright reds, blues and yellows. The colour is used to such great effect, it perfectly mimics old hollywood whilst also being bright and modern. Its class and bold and i ADORE it.
I agree!
I was fully expecting to see it at least mentioned under #6 when the complementary color scheme was brought up. It's the one thing that really popped out at me for nearly the entire movie.
I adored the palette of Grand B.H.
Prism0lly pastel aesthetic is Wes Anderson’s trademark. He’s the king on that category!
La La Land and. Blade Runner 2048 both had great use of color
And both crap
@@cl759 Blade Runner: 2049 is crap? Please explain.
Blade Runner 2049 is on the same level the first Blade Runner was. La La Land is mixed depending on who you talk to, but definitely not overall crap.
@@cl759 La La Land is on of the best new musicals (probably the best) and Blade Runner 2049 is on the same lvl as the 1st one and i think that in some aspects is better.
@@cl759 I'm not a fan of the movie, but the color usage is undeniably good. Primary colors become used as a sort of foreshadowing. Each emotion is a color, and each scene is the color of the primary emotion expressed in it.
Thank you for this good and intelligent top 10
Colors in What dreams may come are just brilliance for me. I love it.
I was expecting "HER" to be on here but at least it got a quick 2 sec cameo. Awesome video!
It falls under alongside films of Wes but as you know, Wes is the master on that category
I was expecting to see something of Truman Show, The Cat in The Hat, Joker (this last one was new) but I had something far beyond
You explained that high Blue/Orange contrast that blockbuster films love! It's so easy to spot nowadays and i'm honestly getting tired of it!
We're ALL tired and sick of it and yet Hollywood forces their colourists to keep their fingers locked on the "Teal & orange" settings of their digital Non-Linear-Editing programs >_> Everything has to look depressing nowdays…
This is hands down the best presentations of color in cinema I've seen. Great service to everyone, from film lovers to filmmakers. Thank you tenfold.
its truly amazing how much work and detail you put into your videos, as a film student you are an amazing help. keep it up
This is ridiculously high quality. Never subbed faster
Trainspotting: In addition to being one of my favorite films, I feel Trainspotting does an amazing job with its color scheme, as if everything has been dusted over with a powdered coating of Heroin.
I love that movie
Edward scissorhands for the pastels!
Thank you! I'm disappointed they didn't mention it.
Yes, no color scheme stirred me as a child like the clinical-like palette of the Bogg's neighborhood. It was so eerily perfect & sterilized, almost Stepford Wives-looking.
Cmon! Pastels belongs to Wes. He, according to cinefix, is the master of that category and rightfully so.
Wes Anderson is the king of pastels and probably will be for eternity
The entire film of The Shawshank Redemption is all very bland in color until the very end were we see the beach and boat scene.
Briana Carey
In order to highlight how grim the prison is, and how beautiful the beach is.
I know
@@GigaChadh976 that's his point
Francis Board Coppola Francis’Board’ Coppola? Great name dude😀😂😂
One of the best uses of color in a more recent movie had to be Atomic Blonde. The contrast of the neon 80's vs the grey of eastern Germany was beautiful and amazing. Excellent use of color to tell a story and visually striking.
Do Top 10 Orchestral Movie Scores of All Time
Also do Top 10 Uses of Light and Darkness in Movie History
you've done an incredible job to educate your viewers not only in movies but also the art and soul used inside them.
My favorite is Marie Antoinette, directed by-sofia Coppola
Anna Henson Yes! Incredible use of colour! Everything looks like little French cakes! Thought they were going to use it for the pastel palette...
Anna Henson it's really good, but i actually thought that for the pastel pallet they would choose edward scissor hands
Nicholas Winding Refn knows how to use color perfectly.
Which is crazy because he's colored blind!
bobunitone Really? Wow, I didn't know that...
He's stated it in an interview once. It's why his films color palettes are pushed to their most vibrant since he can only see certain colors at a certain range.
I'm colour blind too, maybe that's why I like the look of his films so much
Definitely, I love his films so much.
Suspira was mentioned but for me personally, one of the most amazing using colour and light. Love thst flick, and im talking ahout the Dargento's one!
@@maxbuttrill2569 color is not as bold , I do like the remake more
I do not have the capability to describe how much I love and appreciate this video. This channel and Lessons from a Screenplay are the two best channels for cinema heads.
YAAAAAAA BOI MY FAVORITE MOVIE THE FALL NO ONE EVER TALKS ABOUT THIS MASTERPIECE. Thank u. :3
Almodovar and particularly, the stunning beauty of Kurosawa's "Ran".
Yes, "Ran" is absolutely amazing!
I have always liked the use of colour in 'A Matter of Life and Death'. They use technicolour in the living world, and black and white in the afterlife. The film was made when technicolour was still fairly new so it could be that their budget just didn't stretch to using colour throughout but, whatever the reason, it was really effective.
I just keep coming back to this video every few months. It's beautiful and soothing and it might be my favorite video on youtube.
Great video, but I thought Edward Scissorhands should be included, although it doesn't fit neatly into one category: there's the candy-colored pastel world of suburbia and the desaturated, dark world from whence Edward came.
And also the bright, over saturated colors subverting the seediness and prejudice present in the community
True!
Moonlight anyone?
Moonlight was beautiful in so many ways, it got me crying after the movie, not during
Totally agree
MOONLIGHT IS LITERALLY LIKE THE BEST MOVIE EVER
That's what I was thinking about. The use of colour in that movie is so beautiful.
You should do this but with animated/cartoon movies
The Banquet(Curse of the Golden Flower) and The Fall are my favorites from this list. Both are complete masterpieces, to me.
this is a gold mine
'Apocalypse Now' was sorely missed from the list.
atanu patwary good call.
atanu patwary true. thats the movie i thought about when i read the videos title
atanu patwary from the photography director Vittorio Storaro, master in color emotions. I was so shocked that he's not mentioned that I remarked him in the top of the comments. See The filmography of him if u liked and u'll find really good indispensable films
Memoirs of a Geisha! Colors are so beautiful!
number 2 is stunning
I love the colors in "Marie Antoinette" I feel I could just lick the screen.
1:07- "Fincher described it as what would happen if Tarkovsky directed Wizard of Oz."
This made my day. I didn't know this. :D
I would recommend anyone who cares about the colors of a movie should watch the movie "But I'm a Cheerleader" where the colors aid in the story telling.
Finally! I've been watching these videos non stop waiting for the Fall to get more than an Honorable Mention. I love it so much
Oh this channel is about intelligent thought provoking movies. I'm in the wrong place.
Leggon Arm They aren't always like that.
Leggon Arm I think you're looking for Watchmojo
FINALLY some love for 'Only God Forgives', fucking love that film
Morgan Phillips Me Too!!!
Morgan Phillips I don't understand the hate for the film. I absolutely love the movie
I don't know why RUclips doesn't recommend me this video until now. I really really love The Grand Budapest Hotel and when I saw the thumbnail, I instantly clicked. This is actually really great video. Keep up the good works! :)
This was a true masterclass list in movie making. It’s made me want to rewatch some of these favourites with a new eye.
Am I the only one who would consider Blue Velvet?
Uh, no that film is in black and white.
Shane Benjamson I think you're thinking of Eraserhead.
I think Eraserhead would have looked awful in colour. It's great the way it is.
***** I mean I am color blind but I know for a fact it is not in color.
***** ? What link?
I legitimately LOL-ed at the Citizen Kane fake-out. 😂 Well played.
I think La La Land (2016) uses colour in such an incredible way. I can't even describe it. The scene where Emma Stone in that yellow dress dances with Ryan Gosling in the streets of the Hollywood Hills as the sun is either setting or just starting to rise is indescribable.
Yes
SO TRUE
Well, you haven’t seen Baz films then..
This is an amazing list. It's not just a boiled down Top 10. I love how you've given other examples. A couple of times, as you were describing a specific pallet, I immediately thought of a specific film. It wasn't ever one that you picked, but it was one you mentioned. Very, VERY nicely done. I'm sorry I'm just now seeing this.
I like how this video gives me ten essays for the price of one.
Where were you when I had to do a report on color in movies.
Jeff Sine can i read your report please? I need more informations
It was 8 years ago
jawaher awad Start listening better, he literally said everything about colors, talking about the color wheel, the kind of combinations etc etc.
Where were you when school taught question marks?
Florida Education System
Having studied Neuropsychology of color: THANK YOU for this video
Im so amazed that this video is a top ten list that didn't disappoint me! Truely excellent work!!!
Paddington has a beautiful color palette.
does it
Yes, it does.
No channel Musician nope
Yup. It does.
I'm so glad Cries and Whispers was in there since that's what came to mind when I think of deep rich use of red
Was expecting la la land tbh. Amazing color palette
Same.
Pleasantville is one of my favorite movies and I love how it uses color to tell the story
La La Land, though very new, is one of my favorite examples
Agreed !!
Watch films from the last 100 years and believe me La La Land is not something new and unique at all. It’s actually kinda mediocre.
inigojuancarlos
I do agree. I prefer more moody color choices such as what Wes Anderson uses.
The cinematography of La La Land was okay but the rest of it didn't spark as much as the films mentioned in the video. La La Land is a Hollywood candy-escapist, yet beautiful, some may say. It stood out in the Oscar's because of that, which is not exactly a good or a bad thing. Just something in the middle.
inigojuancarlos ok but I think it brought back appreciation f color in younger generations who wouldn’t usually look for that stuff
I think Tom Ford's use of colour balance to express desire and depression in A Single Man was masterful, and was at least worth a mention.
100 percent!
I’m so happy I wasn’t the only one saying “this has got to be on here right?”
I'm studying the book for my A levels, so of course I watched the movie. I agree the movie colour composition is AMAZING!
That color was etched in my mind.
@@akemi-ej5545 really? Im surpised a levels would allow for such book with an lgbt slant. Wow society has rlly progressed
I frankly consider Suspiria a better example than Only God Forgives(it's outright mesmerizing what they achieve with the color)
Also...where's Jean-Pierre Jeunet? I'd think at least one of his films deserves mention
Two of his works got mentioned and then overshadowed by Vertigo.
Suspiria, couple of years ago i saw it at a music festival, the band that made the soundtrack (goblin) gave us a live soundtrack, amazing expirience
this is the first cinefix video I ever watched, 4 years ago, and it was my introduction to film analysis and video essay type videos, and honestly was the beginning of me wanting to get into filmmaking