Only Two Percent of 2012's Top Films Were Shot by Women
LatestMovies in Color, the latest Tumblr obsession, matches color stills from films with their corresponding color palettes. It’s weirdly beautiful and hypnotic, and also comes with a depressing reminder: there are almost no women cinematographers working in film today.
Started by graphic designer Roxy Radulescu, the process for creating each palette is detailed/fascinating:
Research is first. I search for stills that are compositionally interesting as well as rich in color. I use the help of a color generator to get a very basic range of swatches. Then I piece together the general palette from that and other colors I think are prominent or worth including from the still. It’s all done in Photoshop to keep layout and swatch sizes consistent and to facilitate color sampling from the image.
Neatly, you can search the blog by cinematographer — so say you’re obsessed with the look of Wes Anderson films (JUST A GUESS), you’d look no further than Robert Yeoman.