a Coloured film

http://www.artfactory.com/color_theory/color_theory_3.htm Colour as Emotion: A knowledge of colour theory helps us to express our feelings in our artwork. Colour has also been introduced in our vocabulary to describe how we’re feeling such as ‘red’ with anger or ‘green’ with envy or feeling the ‘blues’. Hope and Joy Vincent Van Gogh (1853 - 1890) 'Sunflowers', 1888 (oil on canvas) The paintings of Vincent Van Gogh show an instinctive understanding of the emotive properties of colour. In this version of 'Sunflowers' from the National Gallery in London, he uses warm yellows to create an energetic image that radiates feelings of hope and joy. On the gallery wall this painting is surrounded by a thick dark brown and frame and glows like a backlit image from within. Sadness and Despair Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1873) 'The Tragedy', 1903 (oil on canvas) Another effective use of emotive colour is found in the paintings ...

Mixing colour Temperatures The use of different colour temperatures in film can have endless great effects on a shot. Each light source, regardless of source, contains colour, and depending on a camera’s effectiveness with white balance, that colour can be revealed. Those colours can be used as subtle emotional and narrative cues to drive a story. The colour of light chosen, will have an emotional impact on the viewer. An audience will most often relate blue light as cooler and sad, while yellow/orange light tends to imply heat, vibrancy and even happiness. Mixing these colour temperatures can be a great way to manipulate these psychological effects and add complexity to a shot. While the subject’s skin tones should primarily stay a single colour, adding a contrast emotion can build a sense of dimension and emotion to a shot. The clash of both tungsten and a cooler blue is shown to work beautifully in James Cameron’s 2001 film Terminator 2. It represents the heat of the mome...

Colour Research What is Colour Psychology? The psychology of colour is based on the mental and emotional colours have on sighted people in every aspect of life. Some are more subjective while others are more accepted and proven. There will always be variations and different interpretations especially in different cultures. Colour Psychology: White: ·        Purity ·        Innocence ·        Cleanliness ·        Sense of space ·        Neutrality ·        Mourning (in some cultures/societies) Black: ·        Authority ·        Power ·        Strength ·        Evil ·        Intelligence ·      ...