Research into colour after opening

The importance of colour within film

Natural colour

The further research done on films, the further the knowledge on the importance of colour expanded and the group quickly came to a conclusion that colour played a significant role in film production and film development. Colours convey emotions usually either subtly or very explicitly. Light and colour go hand in hand, seeing as colours are the components of light. Anything that is a source of light or reflects it has an effect on what it's seen on and on the colours of the scene. We thought about our scenes we were going to film in and the lighting that they were going to be in. After some serious consideration we decided that we would use dull colours like grey or black, very simple colours not many bright colours in the scene. The way we could implement these colours is via props and costuming. Colour is vital as it can divert the way someone thinks or cause certain reactions. Certain colours can even suppress your appetite or raise your blood pressure. Colour can be used as a form of communication as the colour black universally has connotations of death and the unknown.

Colour in costuming

For costuming we found that all black clothing was suitable as we thought it would be best applicable for our genre of horror. Due to the simplicity of the costume, this allowed us to manipulate emotions of the viewer using colour. By only using the colour black in the costuming, we expected a uncanny atmosphere from the scene and a sinister nature of the costuming itself.

Colour in editing

We found that the most effective way to set a mood was actually post-production editing by editing the hue, contrast and saturation of the scene to generate a 'film look'. This film look allowed the film opening to maintain professionalism. Several people were asked about the opening with or without the change in contrast and saturation and they said that they preferred it with the change in both contrast and saturation. Changing the saturation can make the scene more vivid or muted.