Joker has been nominated for numerous
Oscar Awards including Best Picture and
cinematography. In this video, we're going
to take a quick look at a few things
that make it such a visually
nice-looking film. Now, this tutorial is
not going to be a frame-by-frame
dissection of the entire film, instead,
we're gonna hopefully give you a few
tips that you can try at home to get
that signature look. The first thing is
the use of shallow depth of field. This
helps make things feel more intimate
since there's really only one thing that
you can focus on. Now, this isn't to say
that every shot needs to have obvious
bokeh there are plenty of instances in
Joker where the majority of the shot is
in focus, but Joker does utilize a very
shallow depth of field in most of the
close-ups. If you're wanting to do
close-ups like these you'll need a lens
with a high focal length the higher the
number the more the zoom the other thing
that affects the bokeh is the aperture.
The lower the number the smaller the
area that is in focus. Next up is color
contrast this is the idea that two
colors on opposite ends of the color
wheel typically look good when you put
them next to each other it's the reason
why both movie posters and the movies
themselves tend to have that teal orange
look skin tones typically fall in the
orange reddish area and so the
complementary color to that is blue
whether or not you like it, the reason
they keep using it is because it works
so it's up to you to decide whether or
not to use it in your film. The color of
each scene depends on what you're trying
to convey in the storytelling. The film
takes place in 1981; one way that both
the color grade and set design work
together is to repeatedly utilize this D
saturated brown tan color. This is
similar to something like Stranger
Things,
this color combined with the soft
lighting and depth of field makes it
feel more vintage. The best thing you can
do if you're trying to emulate a film's
look is to study the film itself. Study
each frame look at the lighting is it
harsh or soft look at what color it is
look at the background is there a lot of
depth of field look at where the
characters are you'll learn a lot if you
really just study a single frame and try
and really break down how it's built. Let
us know your thoughts on the Oscars or
if you have any questions about this
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