Wicked director defends film’s colour grading after ‘washed out’ appearance divides fans

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Jon M Chu, the director of Wicked, has hit out at criticism about the film’s colour grading after audiences attacked it for looking “washed out”. The Independent’s Clarisse Loughrey described it as “aggressively backlit, so that the audience can feel what it’s like to watch events unfold while also staring directly into the sun”. open image in gallery Film has drawn criticism for looking ‘washed out’ “It’s also a way we have not experienced Oz before,” he continued. You see creatures exist here.” open image in gallery Chu defending the film’s colour grading Chu explained that the colour grading varies as the film progresses to mirror the journeys of the characters.