Lecture on use of colours within movies.

1. The firstthingwe discussedinthe lecture hall washow producersanddirectorsuse
differentcolours toportraywhetherornot a character is bador evil.Inthisfirstexample
youcan see thatDarth Vaderis dressedall inblack,blackisgenerallyseenasadark and
uninvitingcolourwhichhelpsportrayhimasa bad guy.You can alsosee that he is holdinga
redlightsaber,redis the colourof danger,it'snormallyasymbol to stoppeople doingthings
or to portray danger.
Theywill alsouse techniquessuchascoveringthe face,soyou can't relate tothemas easily
whichmakesyouhappywhensomethingbadhappenstothem.Youcan see the producers
of Star Wars usedthiswhentheycreatedthe DarthVadercharacter, bycoveringhisface
youare lesslikelytorelate tothe character.Thisalsoworkswiththe bad character aspectas
well,there issomethingmysteryandfairlycreepyaboutnotknowingwhoorwhatis
underneaththe mask.
On the otherhand youhave Luke Skywalkerpicturedhere.Eventhoughhe doeslooklikehe
shouldbe ontour withABBA,fromthe use of coloursyoucan see thathe isbeingportrayed
as a good character.The kindof character you wouldaskforhelpwhenstuckdecidingwhat
flowerstobuyyourmum for herbirthday.The producershave usedalightcolouredrobe to
showhe is a trustworthy,standupguy. Alongsidethe factthathe iscarryinga blue light
saber,blue indicatesauthorityandpower.

2. You generallysee apatternwithinfilmsandthe use of colours,the filmcreatorswill use
mainlyblacksandredsto showevil andwhitesandbluestoshow the goodguys.Andyou
will oftenfindthatthe twocolourswill clashthroughoutthe films.Theywilluse other
colourssuch as purple toportraywhensomeone isabouttodie,or if someone hasjustbeen
poisoned.

3. In thispicture of buzz lightyearyoucansee thathe is mainlywhite,thisportrayshimasa
goodcharacter, but if youremember,rightatthe start of the firstmovie he isactuallythe
bad guy.He wakesupon the bedand seemstobe very aggressive towardsthe othertoys,
it's woodywhohasto come alongand sort himout. The use of colourplaysoutverywell
here as well.Notonlyishe mainlywhite youcanalsosee thathe has purple onhimas well.
Purple coloursare normallyusedtoshow somethingisbad,orwill make youill,withBuzzhe
has momentsinthe filmswhere he turnsbad,inthe firstone it'sright at the start whenhe
wakesupon the bed,inthe secondfilmit'swhenanotherBuzzlockshimina box and tries
to take overhisplace.
Red,white andblue whenall togetherare normallyseenaspatrioticcoloursandthe signof
someone good,like captainAmerica.Butinsome countriesitwill be seenasabad thing,
because believe itornot,Americaisn'talwaysthe goodguy.The westernworldisraised
thinkingthatAmericaandBritainare the people whocleansupthe messinthe worldand
makeseverythingbetter,wheninactual facttheymake the messmostof the time.
 The lack of clothesthatthe character isnot wearinginthe scene thatwe watchedof
Sherlockshowsthatshe istryingto eithermake himlose histrainof thought,or
tryingto seduce him.Italsoshowsthat she isverysmart as she knew that he was
coming.Withthe well done makeupandthe nice hair,itshowsthat she'sputlotsof
effortintoherappearance whichwouldalsobackupthat she knew he was coming.
 Redand blackhighheelsgoback to whatwe were discussingearlieraboutthe use
of colour.She iswearingblackandred highheels,thisshowsthatshe mighthave a
dark side.
 Withinthe scene she startsoff naked,only wearingheels,butyoudon'tknow that
straightaway until she takesthemoff.She isontop until MartinFreemanscharacter
makesherput on herjacket.Thisiswhenshe losesthe upperhandat becomesvery
exposed,alsoshowingthatshe isn'tself dependentandreliesonthe manto help
her.

4.  The red lipstickshowsthatshe istryingto seduce himas well;redisnormallyseen
as a sexycolour.
 The music inthe backgroundwas softat the start, but wouldalsocutfrom soft,
smoothmusic,to aggressive music,which showsthatthingswere startingtoheat
up.It changesfrom seriousmusicwhenwe firstmeetthe Sherlockcharacterand
stopsjustbefore the fire alarmgoesoff.
 The dialogue isfastand sharp,whichkeepsthingsmovingatafast pace and makes
everythingsoundsomuchmore educated.
 The womencharacter at firstcomesacross as an evil character,butas the scene
goesalongshe become a venerable characterwhomatfirstoutwhitedSherlock,but
thencrumbles.She hasa safe behinda painting,which isverybond villain,butat
the same time the room isverybrightwithlotsof creams.She alsostandsin frontof
lotsof brightlights,which makeshercome acrossas fairlyangelic.
 The cameraworkin thisscene workedverywellinkeepingthe scene flowing.
Zoominginon the differentpartsof the bodywhenSherlockis analyzingthem, and
alsozoominginon the facesof the character to show powerandthat the person
whois talkingisontop. Kindof like the mediaversionof watchingagame of tennis.
 There wasa lotof use of phallicsymbolism, thisjustmeansthingsthatcouldbe seen
as a male dominatedobject,withsuchthingsasknives,gunsect.