I spend most of my waking hours at Color Culture staring at waveforms and tweaking curves, so I have a bad habit of ignoring a film’s plot to obsess over the scaffolding beneath. Finding Nemo is one of those films that ruins… Read More »Finding Nemo (2003) – Cinematography Analysis
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
Alright, let’s talk about Grave of the Fireflies. As a film colorist, I spend my days dissecting images, analyzing how every hue, shadow, and highlight contributes to the story. But sometimes, a film transcends technical analysis, hitting you on a purely… Read More »Grave of the Fireflies (1988) – Cinematography Analysis