Colour schemes in films

Colour schemes in films are more important than you may think. Colours can be used to symbolise something or convey a certain mood. They are used in films on a purpose and to help signal to the audience different things. I have found some good examples of colour scheming in stills of random films. I think this is a good way to see the main colours of a set or why the character is wearing a certain costume in a particular scene, as seen in the picture to the right the actor is made to wear blue tones to compliment the blue background set. He's wearing a red hat to make him stand out and not just blend in as they are considered to be opposite colours. 

I think it is a good point that we look at what colour schemes we would like in our film to make it more appealing to the audiences eyes and keep them interested. The colours in the scene have to compliment each other and have to be there for a reason. I think for our film we need to plan out what costumes will be used in each scene so it looks authentic and well thought out.

Due to our film being a horror film i think as a group we have decided that it needs to be quite a dark and mysterious colours used not many bright colours although i think for props we could incorporate a bright colour to make it different and unique in a way to the audience. Using a bright colour once in a while will be a way of sending a signal to the audience alongside the use of the music in the film.



I really like the last picture i found showing a colour scheme between two characters using pink and blue. It gives off the feeling that there is chemistry there without the characters saying anything just from the picture. This comes across from the use of pink as the main colour which symbolises young love or something along those lines. The use of light blue what the boy is wearing could be used to imply innocence. I think from researching more into the use of colours has really helped us to understand that we need to plan ahead for our short film to make the film make sense through the creative side of it.