Mexican filter
Appearance
The Mexican filter, or Mexico filter, is a yellow-colored or sepia filter that is sometimes employed in films and television productions to visually represent scenes set in Mexico.[1][2]
Use in movies and television
[edit]Notable examples of Mexican filter use include:
- Traffic (2000)[3]
- Breaking Bad (2008)[1][4]
- Extraction (2020)[5]
- Saw X (2023)[6]
Other usages
[edit]The term Mexican filter has been used to describe the appearance of New York City during the 2023 Canadian wildfires.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "The Mexican Movie Filter Is Worse Than We Thought". Cracked.com. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
- ^ "Mexican Filter". Know Your Meme. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
- ^ "Mexicans wince at Hollywood's sepia portrait". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
- ^ "Breaking Bad Recap: Ground Control to Walter White". LA Times. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
- ^ "Yellow Filter: A Cinematic Technique or Pushing Stereotypes?". Media Diversity Institute. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
- ^ "'X' Review". The Digital Fix. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
- ^ "The Internet Thinks NYC Looks Like It Has 'Mexico Filter'—We Explain". Remezcla. Retrieved 2023-12-31.