Anyone who has seen Sin City can agree that the way the film is colored, with the random introduction of color, is a key factor to the movie in terms of establishing a comic book feeling. Sin City is based off of Frank Miller’s 1991 comic series. The comic had released a number of issues, and was made into a movie, the poster above, in 2005 which was directed by Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller with special guest director Quentin Tarantino. Both the comics and the movie are in black and white, with the exception of some blue, yellow, and red occurring in some parts of the comics and movie. The movie is filmed in a film noir-like style. Film noir is a cinematic term that describes the style of Hollywood crime dramas, more specifically crime dramas that emphasize sexual motivation and moral ambiguity. This is where I think color comes into importance. Lips, shoes, a bra, certain characters, eyes, blood, and a Cadillac are some colored items in the movie. I think that when the certain objects are colored, those objects are important to the scene and the story during that particular moment. Adding the color makes the object ‘pop’ so that attention is drawn to it. I think that it also emphasizes characteristic features to characters. For example, “the yellow bastard”, who is a character in the movie, is completely yellow. The yellow bastard is yellow obviously to show who it is and highlight his characteristics. The black and white gives the movie its comic book style and look, while the addition of color draws attention to important objects and features in the movie.
I agree in every sense that you explain the significance within the movie poster I choose. I agree that the color relates an object’s significance or implies future significance. This is one of my most favorite comic book movies and I’m still anxiously awaiting the two future sequels. I am quite aware of the purpose and atmosphere of the colors used in Sin City. In the opening sequence, Josh Hartnett explains how a woman’s eyes are what he is attracted to then the scene shifts to the woman and she is placed in front of a black and white background and her eyes are strikingly blue and very noticeable. Although the colors used in the movie often have a valid purpose, sometimes the color being used is irrelevant to the movie. For instance, in one scene where it shows Dwight’s whole body and feet, his converse high tops are noticeably red. My favorite use of color used in the movie is so totally awesome. When the Girls of Old Town are killing the mob members from the rooftops, the background of the sky is an intense blood red and implies basically “raining hell” and it relates to the fact they are mowing down mob members with machine guns. Just a totally memorable movie scene for me.
I haven't seen the movie, and I'm unfamiliar with the comic so I'm out of my element here. Sounds like the director of the film is using color very deliberately and in a number of ways to prompt a particular emotional reaction or enhance different effects. Sounds really interesting...
Anyone who has seen Sin City can agree that the way the film is colored, with the random introduction of color, is a key factor to the movie in terms of establishing a comic book feeling. Sin City is based off of Frank Miller’s 1991 comic series. The comic had released a number of issues, and was made into a movie, the poster above, in 2005 which was directed by Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller with special guest director Quentin Tarantino. Both the comics and the movie are in black and white, with the exception of some blue, yellow, and red occurring in some parts of the comics and movie. The movie is filmed in a film noir-like style. Film noir is a cinematic term that describes the style of Hollywood crime dramas, more specifically crime dramas that emphasize sexual motivation and moral ambiguity. This is where I think color comes into importance. Lips, shoes, a bra, certain characters, eyes, blood, and a Cadillac are some colored items in the movie. I think that when the certain objects are colored, those objects are important to the scene and the story during that particular moment. Adding the color makes the object ‘pop’ so that attention is drawn to it. I think that it also emphasizes characteristic features to characters. For example, “the yellow bastard”, who is a character in the movie, is completely yellow. The yellow bastard is yellow obviously to show who it is and highlight his characteristics. The black and white gives the movie its comic book style and look, while the addition of color draws attention to important objects and features in the movie.
ReplyDeleteI agree in every sense that you explain the significance within the movie poster I choose. I agree that the color relates an object’s significance or implies future significance. This is one of my most favorite comic book movies and I’m still anxiously awaiting the two future sequels. I am quite aware of the purpose and atmosphere of the colors used in Sin City. In the opening sequence, Josh Hartnett explains how a woman’s eyes are what he is attracted to then the scene shifts to the woman and she is placed in front of a black and white background and her eyes are strikingly blue and very noticeable. Although the colors used in the movie often have a valid purpose, sometimes the color being used is irrelevant to the movie. For instance, in one scene where it shows Dwight’s whole body and feet, his converse high tops are noticeably red. My favorite use of color used in the movie is so totally awesome. When the Girls of Old Town are killing the mob members from the rooftops, the background of the sky is an intense blood red and implies basically “raining hell” and it relates to the fact they are mowing down mob members with machine guns. Just a totally memorable movie scene for me.
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen the movie, and I'm unfamiliar with the comic so I'm out of my element here. Sounds like the director of the film is using color very deliberately and in a number of ways to prompt a particular emotional reaction or enhance different effects. Sounds really interesting...
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