How colors make the Good Omens s2 credits split-screen scene even worse
Because that's a thing we need, right? But no, really, come with me on a magical, colorful journey of sadness and screenshots.
Season 2 of Good Omens leans into the coding of locations by color... I would say even more so than the first season. What do I mean by that?
I mean that Earth (and specifically the bookshop) is warm and colorful with reds, browns, yellows (yes Aziraphale, we see what you did there, it isn't exactly subtle to paint the walls the color of your boyfriend's eyes) and pops of blue.
As an aside... You know what has a similar color scheme (with the saturation and vibrance turned up to 11)?
On the other hand, Heaven is white and cold, with almost no color to speak of.
And Hell is dark and grimy with a green overcast.
See the contrast (also not subtle) between the Heaven and Hell coloration? The entire season is training our eyes to make those connections, and then when they drop the credits on us the show makers can divide and distance our heroes. Not only by the text crawl but also with some Hell/Heaven coloration... to really drive home the point of how far apart they are. Crowley is dark, in a slightly green tone. Aziraphale is light and drained of color.
But wait Duck! (you say) Surely this is because Crowley is in the dark Bentley with his plants in the background. Well, yes, but LOOK at how the exact same split-screen shot is lit in the first episode. I swear I didn't edit either of these images a bit. Look how much brighter and warmer and less green Crowley looks. You can really see the green (or lack thereof) on the ceiling of the Bentley.
My point is that this was a choice. The show makers chose violence by how they edited these images, pure and simple. (And it has nothing to do with dolphins)
From beyond a cinematography perspective to the meta can we say that this means Crowley is going to return to Hell like Aziraphale is returning to Heaven? I personally don't think so, I think he's just in his own individual hell here... but hey, we'll (hopefully) see!
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Neil Gaiman once said:
“I love the idea of what Crowley's idea of Aziraphale is. His idea is a lot more heroic and standing-up to everybody than Aziraphale's idea of Aziraphale.”
“Just as Aziraphale's idea of Crowley is somebody who can be flippant and insouciant when faced with the monsters of Hell”.
“They're probably each rather better at dealing with things than the other one is, but that's what they think the other one is probably like, and I love that”.
Well, I love that too.
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