As the founder of Color Culture, I spend most of my waking hours staring at reference monitors, tweaking curves, and obsessing over signal flows. Usually, I’m dissecting live-action footage, trying to make digital sensors look like organic memory. But when… Read More »Your Name. (2016) – Cinematography Analysis
Hey everyone, Salik Waquas here from Color Culture. I’ve been wanting to sit down and dissect the cinematography of The Lives of Others (2006) for a while now. As a colorist, I spend most of my days staring at waveforms and stressing… Read More »The Lives of Others (2006) – Cinematography Analysis
Alright, let’s talk Amadeus. I spend most of my days grading digital footage at Color Culture, so revisiting a film like this is a stark reminder of what we’ve lost and gained in the shift from celluloid to digital. There are… Read More »Amadeus (1984) – Cinematography Analysis
Most people remember Dr. Strangelove for Peter Sellers’ legendary triple performance or the dark satire. But as a filmmaker and the owner of Color Culture, I find myself obsessing over something else entirely: the density of the blacks and the geometry of… Read More »Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb- Cinematography Analysis
It’s been over two decades since Park Chan-wook unleashed Oldboy, and frankly, it still schools most modern productions on how visual language should work. I’ve been staring at scopes and grading monitors for years, but every time I revisit this film,… Read More »Oldboy (2003) – Cinematography Analysis
There are a handful of films that live rent-free in my head. Braveheart (1995) is one of them. I spend most of my waking hours staring at screens, tweaking curves, and obsessing over color spaces at my grading service, Color Culture. It… Read More »Braveheart (1995) – Cinematography Analysis
As a filmmaker and a full-time colorist running Color Culture, there are certain films that just stick with you. They don’t just tell a story; they mess with your head. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is absolutely one of those films… Read More »Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind- Cinematography Analysis