The Use of COlor
This video discusses the ways Disney's animated Beauty and the Beast utilizes color to represent character growth.
Jonathan Carlin's Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_Yto...
All footage from Beauty and the Beast is from Disney's 1991 Beauty and the Beast.
The Star Wars Clip is from LucasFilm's Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones.
All footage from Beauty and the Beast is from Disney's 1991 Beauty and the Beast.
The Star Wars Clip is from LucasFilm's Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones.
Color in Cinematography
Color has long played an important part of cinema, carefully guiding the viewer towards important character developments and plot revelations. Disney, in it’s 1991 classic Beauty and the Beast, flawlessly utilizes color in characters and sets to do just that, hint at what’s to come and what’s happening beneath the surface. While countless movies utilize color in this capacity, one of the most universally recognized instances of color coding can be seen in Star Wars, with the evil Sith utilizing red weaponry and the valiant Jedi using blue. To foreshadow Anakin’s turn to the dark side, he’s shown utilizing red lightsabers throughout the prequel trilogy. Color plays such an important role in movies because “Color makes the audience feel”(Kate Torgovnick May). Check out the video above to hear how color can be interpreted in Disney’s animated Beauty and the Beast. So I don’t repeat what I say in that video, I want to discuss Disney’s live action remake of Beauty and the Beast and a clever effect accomplished in that film with color. Belle, in her famous yellow dress, acts as a source of good and warmth. Over the course of the film, the castle shifts from the cool, dark blue tones it’s introduced in to a lighter environment. In this way, Belle’s presence warms the inhabitants of the castle. This influence of Belle’s good warmth bleeding in to the Beast’s cold world is previewed in the movie’s poster(Shivani Reddy). As can be seen in the color pallet for the animated film below, a similar tactic was used, with the portions of the movie with Belle being brighter than the ones where she is absent. We can see dim bands in the movie when the castle is gloomy before Belle arrives and after she leaves to rescue her father. All of this is to give you a sense of the fantastic influence careful consideration of coloring can have on your film. To learn more, explore some of the resources below.
Above is the poster for Live Action Beauty and the Beast.
Learn more about lighting and color in this article. |
Above is the Color Pallet for Beauty and the Beast.
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Interested in More?
Explore here to see how color plays a role in specific movies. Click a movie to learn more.
Color in Star Wars Color in Up Color in Beauty and the Beast |
Here are some resources on color theory and the psychology behind it. Click a Topic to learn more.
Effects of Color Color and Impact on Story |
Here are some other videos out there about Beauty and the Beast and cinematography
An overall Analysis of Beauty and the Beast SuperCarlinBrothers, a channel that has made several great videos about Beauty and the Beast |
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