Jon M. Chu defended “Wicked’s” color grading after over a year of criticism

Jon M. Chu defended the color correction in the new one Evil Film.

The director was criticized from the start for the use of colors in his musical adaptation. When the first promotional images of Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande as Elphaba and Glinda respectively were released last April, Jon told critics at the time: “Don’t worry, we still have a year and a half to show you our color! Trust me, lots of them.” Colors in Oz.

Now that the film is out, Jon was asked by Canadian publication Globe and Mail about the film’s “aesthetics.” Journalist Radheyan Simonpillai told Jon: “I’m going back The Wizard of OzWhat made this film so special was its reliance on “glorious Technicolor” for the narrative…Evil is somewhat desaturated.

In response, Jon said, “I mean, there’s color everywhere. I think we wanted to immerse people in Oz and make it a real place. Because if it was a fake place, if it was a dream in someone’s head, then the real relationships and the risks that these two girls go through wouldn’t feel real.”

He added: “It’s also a way we’ve never experienced Oz before.” It was a matte painting. It was a digital video game world. But for us, I want to feel the dirt. I want to feel the wear and tear. And that means it’s not plastic.”

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