Why are Fincher's films green? • Non-Gaming • Film • Eurogamer.net

Tonka 8 Jul 2014 06:56:22 31,980 posts
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Just saw the latest trailer for his upcoming film. Jam packed with green tinted scenes. Why? Is he colour blind?

Deleted user 8 July 2014 07:03:26

Who?

Tonka 8 Jul 2014 07:18:25 31,980 posts
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Shirt, Fincher. Not Fischer. David Fincher. Gone girl is the trailer.

Phattso 8 Jul 2014 07:34:14 27,426 posts
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If you look closely at Alien 3 you can tell it was slightly tinted with shit.

I still love it though

CosmicFuzz 8 Jul 2014 07:50:04 32,632 posts
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Can't say I've ever seen any green tinted scenes in his films.

mrpon 8 Jul 2014 07:53:05 37,367 posts
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This bit was pretty green.

Tonka 8 Jul 2014 08:01:50 31,980 posts
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Maybe I'm the one who is colour blind. When I looked at this I found the green tint so distracting that it took me out of the story
http://youtu.be/6Q86uuIgdww

I find the matrix to have a similar effect but at least they had an excuse (being inside the matrix had a green tint as a nod to the green on black displays of the early nineties)

Load_2.0 8 Jul 2014 08:08:38 33,582 posts
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Scanners has plenty of red when their heads explode.

Tonka 8 Jul 2014 08:11:45 31,980 posts
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Looking at clips and trailers from batman, girl with the dragon tattoo and seven I see a green tint in nearly every scene. Even most of the blue and yellow tinted ones have a green cast to them.

Deleted user 8 July 2014 08:26:57

It's an aesthetic choice. I guess Fincher felt it gave a certain mood to proceedings, or maybe he just likes that colour scheme.

It's achieved partly by lighting and partly by the digital intermediate process, where colours can be fine tuned in post production.

Very, very few major films use natural colour schemes. Some are more subtle than others, but they're all put through the same process.

Deleted user 8 July 2014 08:42:22

It's weird how black and white was the aesthetic choice for so long.

Deleted user 8 July 2014 09:07:37

Lens flare
Lens flare
Star wipe
Fin

(If I were a fancy Hollywood director)

sega 8 Jul 2014 09:11:04 908 posts
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Tonka wrote:
Looking at clips and trailers from batman, girl with the dragon tattoo and seven I see a green tint in nearly every scene. Even most of the blue and yellow tinted ones have a green cast to them.

Well he didn't do Batman for a start. Could be your screen has suddenly gone funny whilst you've just been watching Fincher clips.

Deleted user 8 July 2014 09:13:46

Sometimes films have music in that isn't music that's actually playing from a source like in real life, but is like magic music that is just somehow playing that nobody in the film can here but only we can. Although sometimes Ben Affleck looks like he might be able to hear it when he's staring off into the middle distance meaningfully. it's a stylisitical decision I think.

CosmicFuzz 8 Jul 2014 09:16:20 32,632 posts
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Batman and Robin is my favourite Fincher film.

Tonka 8 Jul 2014 09:27:09 31,980 posts
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Why is J.J panned for his lens flares and Scumsack McTransformer for his orange and teal yet no one is mentioning Finchers love of green?

Look at Panic Room. My good. It's fugly.

sega 8 Jul 2014 09:27:14 908 posts
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Mine are The Green Mile, The Green Lantern and Green Street.

MrTomFTW Moderator 8 Jul 2014 09:47:08 47,501 posts
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It ain't easy being green.

Deleted user 8 July 2014 09:59:18

Batman?

CosmicFuzz 8 Jul 2014 10:03:39 32,632 posts
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Nah, Avatar was way worse for green screen.

UncleLou Moderator 8 Jul 2014 10:04:23 40,723 posts
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@Tonka If you're colour blind, I am as well. That is a very green trailer.

CosmicFuzz 8 Jul 2014 10:08:38 32,632 posts
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I'm pretty sure my computer is playing up with that trailer. It IS super green, but it's also unwatchable. Like a film reel misaligned.

Edited by CosmicFuzz at 10:09:13 08-07-2014

Tonka 8 Jul 2014 10:27:23 31,980 posts
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ZuluHero wrote:

Tonka wrote:
Why is J.J panned for his lens flares and Scumsack McTransformer for his orange and teal yet no one is mentioning Finchers love of green?

Look at Panic Room. My good. It's fugly.
Damn right, Tonka - you call him on it!

From here on I will refer to him as David Fiddlers Green

Tonka 8 Jul 2014 10:31:21 31,980 posts
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@LeoliansBro that title would have looked great!

But you are right. Why choose green? Had he said anything about it? I get orange and teal (I think it's one of the combos Itten mentions) and I get yellow (makes things look warm and cosy). But green just makes it look as if he fucked up the white balance.

Therefore I thought he might have said something about it or that someone might have asked him about it.