An analysis of the colour theory behind AMC's Breaking Bad prequel, Better Call Saul, and how the show visually depicts its core philosophical conflict.

Full BCS colour chart: https://imgur.com/a/J98r28T

Dubbing Mixer: Martha James (  / marthajames  )

0:00 - Introduction
1:50 - Breaking Away from Breaking Bad
3:26 - Moral Argument in Colour
4:17 - Red
5:28 - Blue
7:43 - Contextual Accuracy
8:37 - Yellow
9:58 - Mixing Colours
12:54 - The World According to Jimmy
14:38 - 'Bagman' Analysis
19:41 - Conclusion

References:
Vince Gilligan, ‘Breaking Bad Season 4 Colour Me Bad – Breaking Bad Extras’, uploaded to YouTube by Movies Breaker (16th May 2021)    • Video  
Better Call Saul Insider Podcast
John LaRue, ‘The Clothing on Breaking Bad Is a Clue to Understanding the Characters’, Slate (12th Aug 2013) https://slate.com/culture/2013/08/bre...
Better Call Saul DVD Commentaries, uploaded to YouTube by Movies Flicker (12th Oct 2021)    • Better Call Saul With Commentary  
Jennifer Bryan in Megan Friedman, ‘The Better Call Saul Costume Designer Breaks Down Jimmy McGill’s “Showy” Style’, Esquire (24th Feb 2015) https://www.esquire.com/entertainment...
Still Watching Netflix, ‘Better Call Saul Hot & Cold Theory | Netlix’ (15th Jun 2015)    • Better Call Saul Hot & Cold Theory | ...  
Patti Bellantoni, If It’s Purple, Someone’s Gonna Die (2005)
Peter Gould in Debra Birnbaum, ‘7 Things You Need to Know about Better Call Saul’, Variety (15th Jan 2015) https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/7-th...
Vince Gilligan, ‘Better Call Saul Extras | The Ambush Part 2 – Behind The Scenes | Season 5 Episode 8’, uploaded to YouTube by Movies Breaker (3rd Mar 2021)    • Video  
Ological, ‘Basement Breakdown: Better Call Saul’ series, YouTube (9th Aug 2018)    • Basement Breakdown: Better Call Saul  

Music:
Dave Porter, ‘Better Call Saul End Credits’, ‘Border Crossing’
Lucho Neves y su Orquesta, ‘Mambo de Machaguay’
Chuy Flores, ‘Methadone’
Rich Ruttenberg, Joel Hamilton & Jerry Kalaf, ‘No More Dues’
Planet E, ‘Klub Kola (Uptight on the Rocks)’
Stanton Moore, ‘Blackbird Special’
Les McCann, ‘McCanna’
Tony Hymas, ‘Lady De Luxe’
Lola Marsh, ‘Something Stupid (Instrumental)’

Additional:
ScreenCrush, ‘How Breaking Bad Brilliantly uses Colour to Tell a Story’, YouTube (3rd Jul 2020)    • How Breaking Bad Brilliantly Uses Col...  
BusinessKast, ‘The Breaking Bad Colour Theory’, YouTube (11th Feb 2018)    • Video  
Marshall Adams in Go Creative Show, ‘Better Call Saul Season 5 Cinematography (with Marshall Adams ASC) GCS211’, YouTube (10th Mar 2020)    • Better Call Saul Season 5 Cinematogra...  
Thomas Flight, ‘How to Start a Scene in Better Call Saul’, YouTube (18th Sep 2018)    • The Genius Way Better Call Saul Start...  
StudioBinder, ‘Colour Theory in Film – Colour Psychology for Directors: Ep5’, YouTube (6th Aug 2018)    • Color Theory in Film — Color Psycholo...