Colour

colour

Colour was first used in films in the 1904's. The first film which introduced colour was voyage a travers L'impossible by the pioneer george melies. The films were hand painted frame by frame. 




After a few decades in 1933 the film the mystery of the wax museum came out. This film used a two strip technicolor which used only 2 colours which were red and green. 

In 1935 the first full three trip technicolor film was introduced. This film was called Becky Sharp. however this was only used in high budget films as it was very expensive to use.  the three colours that were introduced were red, green and blue.

colour- denotation and connotation. 

denotation is the literal description of the idea, object or concept. For example looking at a chair and only taking the object as a chair.

connotation is what we associate with that particular idea, object or concept. This could work on the subconscious mind to create mood, for example looking at the chair and this time seeing memories that link in with that chair.

an example for this can be the colour red. As a denotation the colour red is just a colour to us, however if we look at it as a connotation we can see much more. An example can be anger, blood, romance, heat or stop. For example in the film we need to talk about Kevin there are many red colours in the beginning. This indicated danger as when she woke up she looked outside her house in shock. The red colours represented death or something that isn't pleasant that is going to come, it was like a warning.

Another example is the colour blue, like the colour red the denotation to blue is it is just a colour. However the connotation of blue could be cold, sea empty, sky or sad. for example in the film eyes wide shut tin the bedroom scene the bedroom is blue. When Tom cruise enters the room he leaves the corridor which was a warm red colour and enters the cold blue colour. This represented the coldness in their relationship and the loneliness indicating that their relationship isn't going to end well.