I wrote something about #CallItLove’s colour pallet and the whys and hows of that very obvious pink
https://invisibledragon.home.blog/2023/03/19/between-chaos-and-inertia-the-physics-of-call-it-love/

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    I’m not watching this show but whenever I see a screenshot I get a feeling that it will end up being a dream or a flashback…

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    As someone who was initially put off by the pink and later came to appreciate the lighting and framing, I enjoyed how you disected the director’s creative choices. Among the faded blues, empty rooms and microwave meals, Dongjin’s loneliness is really palpable. The emphasis on the city setting, with all the glass and bokeh, brings to mind the irony of how someone can feel so alone in a metropolis full of people.

    (But that flashback aspect ratio deserves its own analysis…)

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      I really have nothing on the aspect ratio and it’s so jarring. It’s funny that with this very obvious pink filter, I actually think the aspect ratio flashback might be the show’s most questionable decision.

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        Yes, it’s really jarring…the only explanation I can think of is that the director is a fan of Signal and took that show’s approach to flashbacks to the extreme 😂

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          I was going to say signal! I very recently watched it so didn’t even blink twice when they did the same thing for flashbacks in call it love 😂

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    The first episode filter was so annoying. I guess it’s there for the whole drama. In a way it’s nice if it’s a metaphor for something in the plot because at least there would be a reason for this thing, but on the other hand there is no reason that could justify this choice. No metaphor is worth this kind of distraction, if you are pulled out of the story every scene and start considering the motive for some weird filter, you loose attention in the drama. It’s like acting style, if you to notice it, it’s not good for the story.

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      I get it. Some of us are visually oriented. The pink might be too striking for them. I am verbally oriented. Words mean more for me than pictures. I’m always reading the subtitles very carefully. It’s annoying for me when characters speak too much. In this show I don’t have to rewind repeatedly. It’s not spoon-feeding us the characters, story or tone of a scene by speaking to much. Not telling me where to laugh or cry by playing weird sound effects used in every other drama. The scene where the Shim family is packing up to leave their childhood home is so tragic, but the characters most affected by it are more bothered by their food delivery. Many scenes like that with one emotion counteracting other. You’re free to feel whatever you feel in them. That’s what I like about this show. ❤

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        Also, the story is effortlessly moving forward from one tragedy to another without being hung up on any – the leads healing from their wounds, dealing with their emotional dilemmas on every step. They have turned out to be commendably brave and good decision makers for two people who’ve so much to deal with, coming from both their pasts and present. They may be too light a shade of gray to be real people, as it takes longer to forgive and to let go of someone for their own good. But I like that despite the strongly apparent personalities they’ve been given, they are nuanced characters. Woo-joo knows how to blush, and Dong-jin is a wallflower who is also somehow confident enough to be assertive and brush away people to protect himself.

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    Now I’m seeing pink filter everywhere! Watching May It Please the Court, and the rear windshield of the ml’s car is the EXACT color of Call It Love’s pink filter 😂
    Source: ep8, 30 mins in.

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    Loved reading your thoughts. The pink filter for me is something I dislike while watching the show, but when I think back to CIL, the romantic atmosphere (the “pinkness”) always warms me up.

    “…don’t ask me about the flashback aspect ratio…”

    Lmao. Whatever mental gymnastics one might make that part is simply unexplainable and unforgivable.

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      Agreed. The aspect ratio is jarring and I really don’t know what they were thinking

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        The aspect ratio is a reference to VHS days. You know how they appear squeezed in if you view them on modern devices. It is the editor’s way to imply that this memory is ooold.. 😂. Understandable, since they had experimented enough with colors – the present being pink, and recent past being monochromatic. They just didn’t consider our viewing comfort.

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