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At the conclusion of Gravity, Sandra Bullock emerges from the water to find a lush, brightly colored, oxygen-filled landscape that immediately signifies new life. Luscious greenery and earthly tones give off a sense of new beginnings and survival. Green also has the power to breathe new life into characters and audiences. This can also be seen in The Matrix as well. A green overtone will always work for the examination of monotony.

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In 2004’s The Machinist, mundane and dull everyday repetitiveness is put on full display with dreary colors and lifeless images. Deciphering that statement is up to the viewer. Yellow is such an outlandish color on its own, so an entire shot composed of yellow items will almost always be a direct statement from the director.

Michael Keaton is torn to existential shreds by the end of this emotional beating, and the room only furthers his embarrassment and shame. This striking yellow overload conveys a sense of danger, judgement and assertiveness. The shot above (from the short Hotel Chevalier) was designed to communicate tranquility and peace - even if the characters struggle to recognize it.Īs Emma Stone’s character belittles Michael Keaton in Birdman, almost every object in this shot carries a yellow tint - from her hair to the chair sitting by her side. Wes Anderson is well-known for his use of yellow and red and has proven to be a master of set design and shot composition.

Barren, hopeless, and endless, the Mars-like texture truly sends the audience to another world as chaos ensues.ĭemonstrating feelings of happiness and relaxation (as well as jealousy and betrayal), yellow is as diverse as any other color. The entirety of Mad Max: Fury Roadhas an orange tint that serves to amplify the desolate apocalyptic feeling of the landscape. The image above arrives at the tipping point of Beasts of No Nation - our hero is now a completely different person, almost unrecognizable as he trudges through the murky orange trenches. The ancient religion Confucianism associates orange with transformation. Though often associated with warmth, energy, and humor, orange can also register a sense of warning and caution. The entire film is a perfect example of why color theory matters. The movie’s hero, Theodore, wears bright red, blue, yellow and white shirts throughout to communicate his emotional state. The walls, clothes, computer screens - all red. Spike Jonze’s Her is a perfect example of how a film’s entire meaning can be told nonverbally through shot composition and set decoration. On the other side of the spectrum, red often invokes feelings of love and passion. This dreadful, inescapable feeling of impending death would be missing if not for Kubrick’s use of the color red. This otherwise boring room is portrayed as a hellish end to a nightmare. While inside Hal’s processor core, Dave slowly begins to deactivate the computer. His most notable and aggressive use of the color red was with Hal in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Stanley Kubrick was a master manipulator thanks to his obsession with color. The encompassing red glow signifies a fresh intensity and serves as a cue for the audience to pay attention because something crucial is about to happen. This abrupt moment in Alex Garland’s Ex Machina is when the film takes a 180 and crosses into the realm of sinister. On one side of the spectrum, red is used as a way to show aggression, violence, and anger. Take the image above. The meanings and intent that accompany the color red can vary - but there’s no denying it’s one of the most powerful colors to use on-screen. Let’s take a look at some of the different color motifs used in films and the emotions these colors bring to the surface. Finding an appealing and unique way to stir up feelings within your audience through the use of color is the real challenge. There’s no right or wrong way to use blue, green, orange, etc. Obviously, colors can mean many different things and can be used in many different ways. Whether it’s a certain aesthetic choice made when coloring, or the wardrobe and objects with which the frame is filled, color can manipulate the emotions of an audience on many different conscience and subconscious levels. The composition of each individual shot in a film is crucial, as are the ideas that come with these shots. Movies stir up emotions in ways you might not even realize. Sometimes a filmmaker just likes the color red - and sometimes a filmmaker is trying to tap into an audience’s raw emotions to stir a primal reaction to the images on screen.

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