15 Times American Movies Pretended Mexico Was Yellow

You’d be forgiven for not knowing this, but Mexico isn’t covered in yellow tint. This is a myth propagated by popular media, since they insist on using the filter when showing scenes happening within the country. The alleged reason is that it helps inform the audience where a scene is taking place at a given time, but you don’t see the same technique being used when jumping around different USA states. Another reason is to denote temperature, with a blue filter for cold climates and a yellow one for hot. If that’s the case, we’ve never seen Miami being depicted with yellow, or Toronto with blue. In any case, here are some examples of extreme yellow filter usage. The post 15 Times American Movies Pretended Mexico Was Yellow appeared first on Den of Geek.