Color code
Answer the questions
• How often do you watch movies? • What genre do you like? • In your opinion, what elements make a film great? • What do you pay attention to the most when you watch a movie?
Look at the picture and guess the genre of the movie.
Complementary colors. Using complementary colors in a scene will provide contrast, making the situation feel tenser.
Triadic colors are three colors spaced evenly apart on the color wheel. The most common example is red, blue, and yellow. Triadic colors represent balance.
Out-of-Place Colors. Whenever you use a color that doesn’t fit
into the color scheme, it causes the audience to focus on that color.
So, colors that seem out of place could be used to represent something important in the film.
Red
Red often represents one of two drastically different meanings: anger and violence or passion and love .
Orange
Orange is a color with a lot of energy, so it’s often associated with characters and themes that are warm, friendly, and happy . Adding an orange tint to a scene may give it a joyous or youthful feel . This color is often used when the creators want a certain object to stand out.
Yellow is a color commonly associated with happiness, but in film, it’s usually a sign of madness, sickness, and insecurities .
Green is often used in two unique ways. On one hand, it’s used to represent vibrant plants in nature, giving it a sign of growth and hope . However, scenes with a green tint may be seen as sickly or lifeless .
Blue
Lots of films utilize blue color schemes because blue makes scenes feel cold, depressed, and isolated . Sometimes, blue may also be used to show that a scene is calm .
Purple
The color purple is often associated with fantasy themes, along with things that are magical and mysterious . So, it may be used to show that something unusual is about to happen. In some scenes, it’s used to represent eroticism, royalty, or wealth.
Pink
Pink is often associated with femininity, but some deeper meanings include sweetness, beauty, and innocence . Scenes with a lot of pink are often light-hearted and playful. Characters who wear pink are often viewed as beautiful.
Black
In films, black is commonly a symbol of grief, fear, and evil . Villains in films often wear black for that reason.
White
White is often used to contrast black in film. It’s a sign of innocence, purity, and peace . However, it could convey negative emotions, such as cold, distant, and insane .
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lINVnA3rVIE
Choose the answer.
1 What are the three factors in determining color?
A Hue, saturation, and brightness
B Red, green, and blue
C Intensity, contrast, and tone
D Monochromatic, analogous, and complementary
2 Which movie mostly uses one color?
A The Matrix
B Her
C Batman
D Wes Anderson's films
3 What does the movie "The Matrix" associate with the color green?
A Code
B Love
C Blood
D Darkness
4 What effect does bleach bypass have on the color of images?
A It makes them brighter
B It makes them desaturated
C It makes them darker
D It makes them more vibrant
5 How can brightness affect individual colors in a film?
A It can make them appear more intense
B It can make them appear faded
C It can create contrast within the film
D It has no effect on individual colors
5 How can brightness affect individual colors in a film?
A It can make them appear more intense
B It can make them appear faded
C It can create contrast within the film
D It has no effect on individual colors
6 What do bright images often seem like to the audience?
A Lively and exciting
B Dramatic and intense
C Cold and gritty
D Dark and mysterious
7 According to the video, who gets to decide what the colors mean in a movie?
A The director
B The audience
C The cinematographer
D The actors