Colour

Question 1

Colour, a brief definition

Answer 1

Directors deliberately decide to feature a particular colour palette to raise certain associations and expectations in the audience.

Question 2

black

Answer 2

Signifies professionalism, and modernity-darkness and mystery.

Question 3

Blue

Answer 3

Signifies freshness and cleanliness, coldness, sadness, calmness

Question 4

green

Answer 4

Signifies, nature and fertility, but also poison and sickness

Question 5

grey

Answer 5

Signifies calmness, wisdom, detachment, and despair

Question 6

purple

Answer 6

Signifies wealth and royalty, but also decadence and greed

Question 7

red

Answer 7

Signifies passion and warmth however also danger and injury

Question 8

Orange

Answer 8

Signifies warmth and energy however also heat and danger

Question 9

white

Answer 9

Signifies purity and innocence however also sterility and blankness

Question 10

Yellow and gold

Answer 10

Signifies warmth and nostalgia however also alarm and brashness

Question 11

Colour effects

Answer 11

Films may be shot in black and white to suggest a period feel such as the artist.
Schindlers list is shot in black and white, apart from when the shot follows the little girl in a red coat being forced from her home.
Multicolour palettes can suggest dreams and fantasy, such as the wizard of oz