‘Wicked’ Cinematographer Alice Brooks On The Interplay Of Light And Darkness In New Featurette

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“In Wicked, the light is actually the darkness and the darkness is actually the light,” says cinematographer Alice Brooks in a new Wicked featurette. “All through movie one, the pink sun rises for Glinda, and the sun is always setting for Elphaba.”

In the cinematic retelling of the Broadway show, Brooks knew that a large focus was going to be on the relationship between Elphaba and Glinda, so creating the color coordination for the characters was essential to tell the story. “Every lighting choice, every camera choice, lens choice was about how does it feel to find your best friend in the world… and then be pulled apart.”