When all you show is frames that happen to be teal and orange, of course you can make it look like all movies are just teal and orange. Also, the sky is blue and light-colored skin can easily look orangish, which explains most of the frames.
Ever since I saw the first of these articles a few years ago, I've occasionally paid attention to this effect (and a little before then). It's not when teal and orange occur that's distracting, it's when nothing else does. You sometimes see scenes with orange trees and teal shades, with no other hues.
The best example of this, to me, is the CSI franchise. LA was light blue, NY was straight up blue and Miami straight up yellow.
Yup. Never really been upset by the teal/orange thing in movies, but in CSI everything looks like they've let a first-year cinematography student go wild on it. And even so, I wouldn't say it looks ugly, it's just a cheezy effect.
I agree. I'm open to the possibility that this is a widespread phenomenon, but a handful of frames, some of which don't even feature much orange, are unconvincing.
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When all you show is frames that happen to be teal and orange, of course you can make it look like all movies are just teal and orange. Also, the sky is blue and light-colored skin can easily look orangish, which explains most of the frames.
Ever since I saw the first of these articles a few years ago, I've occasionally paid attention to this effect (and a little before then). It's not when teal and orange occur that's distracting, it's when nothing else does. You sometimes see scenes with orange trees and teal shades, with no other hues.
The best example of this, to me, is the CSI franchise. LA was light blue, NY was straight up blue and Miami straight up yellow.
Yup. Never really been upset by the teal/orange thing in movies, but in CSI everything looks like they've let a first-year cinematography student go wild on it. And even so, I wouldn't say it looks ugly, it's just a cheezy effect.
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I agree. I'm open to the possibility that this is a widespread phenomenon, but a handful of frames, some of which don't even feature much orange, are unconvincing.