My Colour Theme

To achieve the desired mood of my film and personality of my character, I have decided to rely heavily on colour representation. A colour theme will be present throughout the entire length of my short film, to portray continuity and also to perhaps represent the extent of which not only my characters colour pallet is limited, but also his whole life is limited by living in the way that he does. Colour theme are a big focus for my film, and also on director, producer and screen writer, Wes Anderson's films, who is a major inspirational figure for me creatively. His use of colour is always aesthetically and conceptually pleasing, which is the level of effective colour representation I wish to achieve in my short film.

Having researched into colour meaning and representation, I decided to use this knowledge to help me design a colour theme for my short film. I decided to use a main colour pallet of 4 colours which would suit the representation of my character.

The first and for most important hue was the colour orange. Both, the positive and negative connotations stood out for me, as they had words directly linking to the theme of my movie, for example, 'Independence' is a positive connotation of orange, whilst independence is also a theme in my movie, as well as the negative connotations of 'pessimistic' and 'unsociable' being suited to my theme. It seemed highly appropriate to use this hue as a main colour in my short film for the above reasons.

Yellow also seemed appropriate as it could be used to represent the creativity of my character and also the more negative semantic meanings such as 'overly analytical' and once again reinforcing the idea of 'pessimism'. Notably, Yellow is harmonious with Orange as they sit next to each other on the colour wheel.

In opposition to the harmony of the orange and yellow, I will also use a light blue as a complimentary colour to contrast against the other hues. I will use light blue to represent discomfort and foreign feelings, this is as it is opposite to the warmth of the orange and yellow. The colour blue will also represent the reserved, quiet and emotionally unstable manner of my character.

I will also use a less noticeable amount of the colour red, which will to some, appear to harmonise with the warm nature of orange and yellow. However, whilst being in harmony, the red will also represent the possible danger of living life this way. I believe this use of red will be very effective as it is almost ironic to itself, as it represents both harmony and disaster.

I will also be using other colours, however these 4 colours will be the main theme.

Colour Theme from lewwil