Joker
reverse engineered PowerGrades
If you want to learn more about the choices of colors in Joker I highly recommend reading this article with cinematographer Lawrence Sher and director Todd Phillips. Even though the behind the footage was not always easy to work with I mostly used my basic node tree. Except for the “bathroom”, “stairs” and “smoking” powergrade where I broke my rule and added some power windows.
PowerGrade: EVERYTHING
Joker (2019) / Directed by Todd Phillips / © Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Films, Joint Effort, Bron Creative, Village Roadshow Pictures / Blu-ray
NODE TREE:
PowerGrade: ALLEY
Joker (2019) / Directed by Todd Phillips / © Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Films, Joint Effort, Bron Creative, Village Roadshow Pictures / Blu-ray
NODE TREE:
PowerGrade: HOSPITAL
Joker (2019) / Directed by Todd Phillips / © Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Films, Joint Effort, Bron Creative, Village Roadshow Pictures / Blu-ray
NODE TREE:
PowerGrade: GRID
Joker (2019) / Directed by Todd Phillips / © Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Films, Joint Effort, Bron Creative, Village Roadshow Pictures / Blu-ray
NODE TREE:
PowerGrade: BATHROOM
Joker (2019) / Directed by Todd Phillips / © Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Films, Joint Effort, Bron Creative, Village Roadshow Pictures / Blu-ray
NODE TREE:
PowerGrade: KISS
Joker (2019) / Directed by Todd Phillips / © Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Films, Joint Effort, Bron Creative, Village Roadshow Pictures / Blu-ray
NODE TREE:
PowerGrade: STAIRS
Joker (2019) / Directed by Todd Phillips / © Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Films, Joint Effort, Bron Creative, Village Roadshow Pictures / Blu-ray
NODE TREE:
PowerGrade: SUBWAY
Joker (2019) / Directed by Todd Phillips / © Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Films, Joint Effort, Bron Creative, Village Roadshow Pictures / Blu-ray
NODE TREE:
PowerGrade: SMOKING
Joker (2019) / Directed by Todd Phillips / © Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Films, Joint Effort, Bron Creative, Village Roadshow Pictures / Blu-ray
NODE TREE:
Joker (2019)
DIRECTED BY: Todd Phillips
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Lawrence Sher
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Mark Friedberg
ART DIRECTION: Laura Ballinger
COSTUME DESIGN: Mark Bridges
SET DECORATION: Kris Moran
COLORIST: Jill Bogdanowicz
CAST: Joaquin Phoenix, Zazie Beetz, Robert De Niro, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen, Glenn Fleshler, Bill Camp, Shea Whigham, Marc Maron
ASPECT RATIO:
1.85 : 1
CAMERA:
Arri Alexa 65, Arri Prime DNA, Prime 65, Prime 65-S, Macro 100, Zeiss Compact Prime, Vintage 765, Canon CN-E, Leica and Nikon Nikkor Lenses
Arri Alexa LF, Arri Prime DNA, Prime 65, Prime 65-S, Macro 100, Zeiss Compact Prime, Vintage 765, Canon CN-E, Leica and Nikon Nikkor Lenses
Arri Alexa Mini (some scenes)
NEGATIVE FORMAT:
35 mm (titles)
Codex
Video (‘Modern Times’ footage and ‘Live With Murray Franklin’ TV footage)
CINEMATOGRAPHIC PROCESS:
ARRIRAW (3.4K) (source format) (some scenes)
ARRIRAW (4.5K) (5.8K) (source format)
Digital Intermediate (4K) (master format)
Dolby Vision
PRINTED FILM FORMAT:
35 mm (spherical) (Kodak Vision 2383)
70 mm (Kodak Vision 2383)
D-Cinema
PRODUCTION:
USA
PRODUCTION COMPANIES:
Warner Bros. Pictures
DC Films
Joint Effort
Bron Creative
Village Roadshow Pictures
DISTRIBUTED BY:
Warner Bros. Pictures
BEHIND THE SCENES:
DVD extra