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The Color of Incredibles 2

I very often listen to the fantastic podcasts from the Soundworks Collection. The amount of cool “behind the scenes” info that directors, producers and composers share about their movies is mind boggling.

On an episode from earlier this year with Brad Bird, the director of Incredibles 2 and Nicole Paradis Grindle, its producer, the briefly touched the topic of “color.”

We are presented with a very monochromatic and dull color palette when Bob is unhappy with his life as an office worker.

The colors get a bit of life when he is at home and surrounded by his family.

When Mr. Incredible is with Elastigirl and Frozone, we can clearly see much more vivid colors.

The Incredibles family in action, displaying the super saturated colors we would expect from a comic book and its characters!

I took the liberty to extract two short sections on the topic of color below, but I highly recommend listening to the complete podcast and subscribing to Soundworks.

The Color of Incredibles 2 – Part 1

The Color of Incredibles 2 – Part 2

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On colors and stories. Black Hawk Down’s color palette.

This wonderful frame-by-frame image shows the changing color palette in Ridley Scott’s movie Black Hawk Down. It is a great example on how color is directly related to the story’s development.