“The Importance of Color In Filmmaking” ¬¬Name: Deo Suryo Subroto Candidate Number: 002189 – 0058 School: Global Jaya International School Session: May 2014 RATIONALE. This documentary screenplay will discuss the importance of colorization into controlling the mood and theme of filmmaking. Coloration controls the whole perspective on how the viewer will digest the film they are seeing. Colorization goes beyond the technique of putting color in films, but will discuss a few key elements including lighting and color correction Visual Audio [FADE IN] Star Wars text sequence. Showing reels of black and white stock films. (old cowboy films, shots from classics like Citizen Kane) Stock Footage of silent film cinema in the past. Tv shows with color, Films with color. Various Shots. [Black Screen] Closeup shot of 16mm film reel being processed. Motion graphic of 1 showing on screen [Cut into] Method of hand coloring on video Motion graphic of 2 showing on screen [Cut into] Method of stenciling on video, old stock footage. Motion graphic of 3 showing on screen [Cut into] Method of Tinting on video Motion graphic of 4 [Cut into intro credit of Techincolor company] Video profile of Techincolor company Raw unanimated scene from Star Wars plays. Step by step animation of Star Wars shows on screen. Finished product of scene. [FADES OUT] Comparison of two exact scenes from Night of the Living Dead - Original version from 1970’s - Colorized Version [FADES OUT INTO BLACK] Video tutorial of Instagram. Phone Screen shutting off Person holding phone drops it in trash James bond intro scene lapse. From the first bond to the newest. Skyfall trailer ... ... middle of paper ... ...ct method to convey a highly stylized film. MUSIC PLAYS: Control – Joy Division *trailer audio for Control* Control is a biopic film about Joy Division vocalist Ian Curtis, a British film set in black and white. Showing a over the top dark nature for a controversial musician. The usage of monochromic colors give a sense that the film was not set in our time. But likely in a time in the past, none the less the film was shot within this decade. Narrator: The importance of color usage in film is a crucial aspect of the movie in its whole. Mood Setting Time period Reality aspect Artistically All of these factors and many more. These are the product of color correction in film. So next time you see a film, notice the small tints of color, the abundance of it, or maybe the lack of it entirely. You’ll see that the film becomes much more clearer.
This film captures this class distinction without subduing the atmosphere through the use of a variety of cinematic devices. “A good film is not a bag of cinematic devices but the embodiment, through devices, of a vision, an underlying theme” (Barnett, 274). The audience can see this theme of the realities of the oppression, poverty and despair of this time period through the use of the things mentioned, but also through the character development that is driven by the character’s hopelessness. Each of the characters associated with the lower class is motivated by the conditions, which are viewed through the cinematic devices mentioned above: color, spherical lenses, long shots, and high angle shots. Sources Cited:.
After evaluating the 2081 movie, it is apparent the film elements and techniques are important when defining the mood. The four main techniques used throughout the film were lighting, music, sound, and dialogue.
Throughout the film, the filmmaker follows the three victims around in their everyday lives by using somber music and backgrounds of depressing colors. The documentary starts off with colorful images of the scenery
I now look at film in a new light. I don’t just look at the surface. I dig deeper and watch for everything.
Bordwell David and Thompson, Kristen. Film Art: An Introduction. 8th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008.
In cinema, lighting, blocking and panning drastically influence what an audience will notice and take away from a scene. Orson Welles’s 1941 Citizen Kane has numerous examples of effectively using these aspects within mise-en-scène, cinematography and editing to portray the importance of specific events and items in the film. The scene where Kane writes and then publishes his “Declaration of Principles” (37:42-39:42) in the New York Daily Inquirer after buying them focuses on important elements of the film, aiding the audience by combining lighting, blocking and panning to define significant roles and objects that further the movie as a whole.
In any film, lighting and colour are very important, as film is mainly a visual form of media. In film A (By Dustin Hoffmann), the colours are very naturalistic. They make use of pastel colours and scenic shots. It has a sort of fantasy world quality.
Friedman, L., Desser, D., Kozloff, S., Nichimson, M., & Prince, S. (2014). An introduction to film genres. New York, London: W.W. Norton & Company.
It is impossible to talk about a Wes Anderson movie without acknowledging its stunning color palettes and quirky storytelling style. In one of his most exemplary works, Moonrise Kingdom, Anderson uses a warm color scheme that blends bright and desaturated colors that ranges from golden yellow, vermillion red, creamy beige, light brown, to even a hint of teal. His color scheme, which is reflected throughout the film’s props, sets, costumes, title design, and camera filters, effectively evokes nostalgia, establishes the summer-like, dreamy mood of the film, and creates a distinct contrast between the different moral values of his characters. However, in the chaotic stormy escape scene and in the costume of Social Services, the visual design deviates greatly from the film’s primarily warm color palette and instead, immerse their visual elements in a deep, dark blue color to show the contrasts in the mood of the story as well as the attitudes of the characters. Overall, Anderson’s visual
While the film was just absolutely chilling, the one scene that sticks out the most is the infamous shower scene. While I had never watched this film, I came in with the basic knowledge that the shower scene was just brutal to watch; the music scoring and actions of this scene have been parodied in countless movies and shows. One thing I noticed was the very obvious fact that the movie was shot in black and white. This film was produced at a time where color film was widely available and it seemed at first, somewhat pointless to shoot something in black and white when better options were present and also easily accessed; this meant that shooting in color would not greatly increase production values. However, this is far from the actual truth as the black and white adds an element of darkness to the actual picture and creates a depth that would not have existed otherwise...
...successful collaboration of sound, colour, camera positioning and lighting are instrumental in portraying these themes. The techniques used heighten the suspense, drama and mood of each scene and enhance the film in order to convey to the spectator the intended messages.
Marchant, Beth. "Inhabiting Wes Anderson’s World of Color in The Grand Budapest Hotel." Studio Daily. N.p., 26 Mar. 2014. Web. 12 May 2014.
Most of the film was shot with 50mm lenses on 35 mm cameras. This technique carefully lets the audience see the film as though watching a ‘live scene’. This has the effect of drawing the audience closer into the action.
The film’s story does not simply shines forth, but is also the foundation of the plot. The film’s plot makes the traditional guidelines applicable...
“Entertainment has to come hand in hand with a little bit of medicine, some people go to the movies to be reminded that everything’s okay. I don’t make those kinds of movies. That, to me, is a lie. Everything’s not okay.” - David Fincher. David Fincher is the director that I am choosing to homage for a number of reasons. I personally find his movies to be some of the deepest, most well made, and beautiful films in recent memory. However it is Fincher’s take on story telling and filmmaking in general that causes me to admire his films so much. This quote exemplifies that, and is something that I whole-heartedly agree with. I am and have always been extremely opinionated and open about my views on the world and I believe that artists have a responsibility to do what they can with their art to help improve the culture that they are helping to create. In this paper I will try to outline exactly how Fincher creates the masterpieces that he does and what I can take from that and apply to my films.