““Wicked” (Universal), Jon M. Chu’s adaptation of the Broadway musical fantasy by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman, explores the teen friendship between the Wicked Witch and Glinda the Good Witch that turns into a rivalry. Cynthia Erivo stars as Elphaba Thropp, the compassionate girl born with green skin, and Ariana Grande plays the conceited Galinda Upland. Made at England’s new Sky Studios in Elstree, the musical reunites Chu with rising cinematographer Alice Brooks, who last collaborated together on “In the Heights.” But this hyperreal extravaganza is definitely a horse of a different color, in which Brooks was guided by the color language of L. Frank Baum’s original “Wizard of Oz” books, mixing old-school gelled Tungsten lights with new school game engine tech (previewing how to fly her camera through Emerald City before the set was built). She also helped build custom lenses that ensured visual coherence throughout the film and developed a different lens for each leading lady. “

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