Colour

The first use of colour was within films such as Voyage of Travers L'Impossible by the pioneer George Mellies in 1904. the colour was fake therefore for it to be produced each frame had to be hand painted therefore frames are 24 per second so this was a long process and took a long time.




The next development was the introduction of two strip technicolor using only red & green for example The Mystery Of The Wax Museum (1933). The first full three strip of technicolor was Becky Sharp (1935) which included Red, Blue & Green also technicolor is not natural illustrating that it does not look real.

From the 1930's to 1940's black & white was used to represent the difference therefore reality was black & white however fantasy was in colour this was greatly shown within the Wizard Of Oz but today this is the other way round.

Denotation: The literal description of an idea, concept or object.

Connotation: What we associate with a particular idea, concept or object.

Colour works on the subconscious mind to create mood.

Red: 1st part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum
Red also represents: Anger, blood, Man Utd, heart, romance & danger

Blue: is a part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum.
Blue can represent such things as: Sky, Sea, sad, cold & empty

Green: is a part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum.
Green can represent such things including: Go, nature & sickness.

Eyes wide shut shows meanings through colours representing that their marriage is in shambles, the room he just come from was warm represented through a orange colour however the bedroom is showed as blue therefore cold also showing that their is no life between them or their marriage.

Furthermore in comparison We Need To Talk About  Kevin shows something bad is going to occur in the film this is replicated through the colour red being present throughout the opening however the colour red does not disappear in the film it is always present. This means that something bad will happen throughout the film.