Colour Research

Research - Colours and their meanings

We want our film to have a verisimilitude affect, and for the audience to be able to associate our film with other horror films. All colours in films represent something. For example lighter/warmer colours (like oranges and yellows) in films create a livelier affect, and make the film appear more fun. On the other hand, cooler colours (like blues and purples) give the film a calmer atmosphere.

Colours used in films:
Little Miss Sunshine -

The poster to this film clearly uses the colour yellow to create the appropriate atmosphere. From this poster, I can tell that this film will be really lively and involve a lot of energy and lively music. The genre of this film from the poster would appear to be a comedy-romance or a family/feel-good film. We can interpret ideas used in this film poster when we come to making ours as we want the audience to be able to identify the genre from the use of colour. Therefore we will use dark colours to represent that it is a horror.




Sinster -

This movie poster gives off a different affect to what the previous poster gives off. The colours used in this poster are mainly greys and red's. From looking at this movie poster, the audience are able to tell that it will be a horror with the help of the colour. If the colours were different, for example, if they were yellows, then it would give off a completely different mood and it could end up looking more like a comedy than a horror. We will think about this when we make our film and film poster. In our film, we will be sure to use a lot of red's and dark colours like blacks and greys.



In our film, because it is a horror, we will be sure to use a lot of dark colours like black and grey. This will help make our film appear to be creepier and add to the overall atmosphere. We will also use red, as it is a colour that can be linked closely to horror films. We will use colours like red in the flash back scenes to promote the feeling of danger and death. If we use fast-paced editing then this will help make our film appear to be scarier.



This clip has been taken from the film, 'From dusk 'till dawn.' The colours used in this scene contrast to create a greater impact on the audience. The calm browns and the harsh reds contrast to make the audience feel shocked. From 0:43 seconds onward in this clip, the fast paced editing and the bright colours work together to create a better atmosphere for the film. We can interpret ideas in our film as we can use fast paced editing and a lot of bold colours that are associated with horrors - such as reds - to create a better mood to the film and to leave the audience wanting more.