Throughout all of history colours have been attributed to different things. Purple to royalty and nobility, pink to love and romance, and grey to intelligence and modesty. These expectations of colours can be exploited within our thriller to direct the audiences attention, and more importantly, lead their thoughts in any which direction that we desire.
Red: is the colour most often assosciated with love, passion and desire, making it ideal to use in our 'young-love' scenario. The presence of red within scenes can hint towards their affection to one-another. However, it is also the leading colour when it comes to death, danger and aggression. Because of this dual-association, we may be able to find a way to implement it in such a way as to represent both passion and danger, possibly by means of foreshadowing.
Black: is typically associated with evil, anonymity and mystery. This perfectly fits our intentions of using a silhouette to represent our antagonist. Black also represents power, which will also be fitting as our protagonist will be left vulnerable and clueless, with our silhouetted 'villian' holding all of the power.
White: suggests purity, innocence and youth. Our 'victim' could be pictured wearing white to display their innocence whilst their partner is in red to both represent their passion but also foreshadow their death.
Green: is oft attributed to nature and environment, but also has links to greed, envy and misfortune. This could suggest a possible motive in those forms, and maybe even put forth a "wrong place, wrong time" scenario.
Brown: is the colour most closesly related to earth and outdoors, whilst also having connections to comfort, simplicity and homeliness. With our set consisting on natural browns and greens due to it's woodland location, we can partner these 'comfortable and homely' browns (Dirt, trees) with the misfortunate and envious greens (leaves, grass and ivy) to create an atmosphere that is seemingly harmless, but has a sinister feel about it. If we find a way to correctly do this, it will help in our aims to lull the audience in to a false sense of security.
Blue: Blue suggests both peace and sadness, confidence and depression, security and cold. I feel as though blue is a particularly deceptive colour due to it's many assosciations. With this in mind, we could use it in such a way that makes it clear that not everything is as it seems; not everything that is secure is warm.
Green, brown and blue will likely be colours used in establishing shots. As the opening credits 'roll' we'll likely feature shots of the surrounding area. Scenes featuring more brown may feel more comfortable to the viewer, whilst the implementation of green in to them will introduce that overhanging feeling of misfortune.
A shot of a blue sky would then bring forth this idea of the environment not being quite as it seems. Maybe even the introduction of the colour Yellow in the form of a shot of the sun or sun shine passing through the trees can bring light or optimism in to the picture, whilst carrying this inherent affiliation with cowardice and dishonesty with it.
To conclude, by looking at all of the different meanings colours carry with them and applying them in different ways, we can lead the audience to think one thing whilst intending to take them another. All of these will be present in our thriller be it in costume, make-up, environment or elsewhere, and by correctly optimising them we can manipulate the viewer's thought patterns, assisting us in our "psychologically hard-hitting" production.
Sourced: http://www.incredibleart.org/lessons/middle/color2.htm
Red: is the colour most often assosciated with love, passion and desire, making it ideal to use in our 'young-love' scenario. The presence of red within scenes can hint towards their affection to one-another. However, it is also the leading colour when it comes to death, danger and aggression. Because of this dual-association, we may be able to find a way to implement it in such a way as to represent both passion and danger, possibly by means of foreshadowing.
Black: is typically associated with evil, anonymity and mystery. This perfectly fits our intentions of using a silhouette to represent our antagonist. Black also represents power, which will also be fitting as our protagonist will be left vulnerable and clueless, with our silhouetted 'villian' holding all of the power.
White: suggests purity, innocence and youth. Our 'victim' could be pictured wearing white to display their innocence whilst their partner is in red to both represent their passion but also foreshadow their death.
Green: is oft attributed to nature and environment, but also has links to greed, envy and misfortune. This could suggest a possible motive in those forms, and maybe even put forth a "wrong place, wrong time" scenario.
Brown: is the colour most closesly related to earth and outdoors, whilst also having connections to comfort, simplicity and homeliness. With our set consisting on natural browns and greens due to it's woodland location, we can partner these 'comfortable and homely' browns (Dirt, trees) with the misfortunate and envious greens (leaves, grass and ivy) to create an atmosphere that is seemingly harmless, but has a sinister feel about it. If we find a way to correctly do this, it will help in our aims to lull the audience in to a false sense of security.
Blue: Blue suggests both peace and sadness, confidence and depression, security and cold. I feel as though blue is a particularly deceptive colour due to it's many assosciations. With this in mind, we could use it in such a way that makes it clear that not everything is as it seems; not everything that is secure is warm.
Green, brown and blue will likely be colours used in establishing shots. As the opening credits 'roll' we'll likely feature shots of the surrounding area. Scenes featuring more brown may feel more comfortable to the viewer, whilst the implementation of green in to them will introduce that overhanging feeling of misfortune.
A shot of a blue sky would then bring forth this idea of the environment not being quite as it seems. Maybe even the introduction of the colour Yellow in the form of a shot of the sun or sun shine passing through the trees can bring light or optimism in to the picture, whilst carrying this inherent affiliation with cowardice and dishonesty with it.
To conclude, by looking at all of the different meanings colours carry with them and applying them in different ways, we can lead the audience to think one thing whilst intending to take them another. All of these will be present in our thriller be it in costume, make-up, environment or elsewhere, and by correctly optimising them we can manipulate the viewer's thought patterns, assisting us in our "psychologically hard-hitting" production.
Sourced: http://www.incredibleart.org/lessons/middle/color2.htm
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