As a professional colorist at Color Culture, I spend most of my waking hours in a dark room, staring at screens and obsessing over curves. When you look at images all day for a living, you stop seeing just the… Read More »Jurassic Park (1993) – Cinematography Analysis
As a colorist, I spend most of my waking hours in a dark room staring at high-end displays, tweaking curves, and obsessed with the “emotional logic” of an image. We often talk about color science and DCTLs, but sometimes a… Read More »Harakiri (1962) – 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
Let’s be honest about Return of the Jedi. It’s the messy sibling of the Original Trilogy. As a filmmaker and the lead colorist at Color Culture, I spend my days staring at waveforms and dissecting images, and Jedi (1983) is a frustrating, fascinating… Read More »Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983) – Cinematography Analysis
For a film colorist, watching Avengers: Infinity War isn’t just entertainment; it’s a stress test. When you spend your life staring at scopes and tweaking curves, you understand the sheer logistical nightmare of a project this size. It’s a masterclass in managing… Read More »Avengers: Infinity War (2018) – Cinematography Analysis
Everyone remembers the ending of The Usual Suspects. But as a filmmaker and colorist, what keeps me coming back isn’t the script’s twist—it’s the lies told through the lens. Bryan Singer’s 1995 neo-noir didn’t just deceive us with dialogue; it manipulated… Read More »The Usual Suspects (1995) – Cinematography Analysis