Greig Fraser shot The Batman at extreme low light levels, sometimes at T1.0, creating a Gotham City that exists in perpetual near-darkness. The palette is almost monochromatic — deep blacks, dark greys, and occasional violent splashes of red from tail lights, flares, or fire. Rain is the films constant visual element, turning every surface into a reflective plane.
Recipes
Gotham Rain
Perpetual night rain, tail lights reflecting on wet asphalt
Film SimulationEterna/Cinema
GrainWeak/Large
Color ChromeStrong
CC FX BlueWeak
White BalanceDaylight
WB ShiftR-1 / B+1
Dynamic RangeDR400
Highlight-2
Shadow+3
Color-3
Sharpness-1
Noise Reduction-4
Clarity-2
ISOISO 3200-6400
Batmobile Chase
Red flares, fire, wet streets — the only real color in Gotham
Film SimulationClassic Chrome
GrainWeak/Small
Color ChromeStrong
CC FX BlueOff
White BalanceDaylight
WB ShiftR+2 / B+0
Dynamic RangeDR400
Highlight-2
Shadow+4
Color-1
Sharpness+0
Noise Reduction-3
Clarity-1
ISOISO 1600-3200
Crime Scene
Harsh forensic light cutting through darkness, cold and clinical
Film SimulationClassic Neg
GrainOff
Color ChromeOff
CC FX BlueWeak
White BalanceFluorescent 1
WB ShiftR-2 / B+2
Dynamic RangeDR200
Highlight+1
Shadow-1
Color-2
Sharpness+2
Noise Reduction-1
Clarity+2
ISOISO 800-1600
Shoot this look
These recipes run on Fujifilm's film-simulation engine — any current X-series body will do. A pairing to start from: