1999
blockbuster hit ‘The Matrix’, directed by Lana and Andy Wachowski is of
personal and significant artistic relevance to me. The clever usage of
cinematic techniques still impress me to this day while its philosophical
undertones spark an even deeper level of awe in my brain.
In relation
to what I could take from this film to use for my visual project, I would like
to incorporate the films handling of colour. To further explain, the matrix is
set in a dystopian future where machines have taken over and enslaved mankind.
Mankind is now being harvested by these machines and their brains remain active
with the help of The Matrix. A digital version of earth, pre machine take over.
The matrix
and the real world are always very easy to distinguish to the viewer without
need for the directors to spoon feed the audience. This was made possible by
the use of colour.
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| The Real World |
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| The Matrix |
From the very
start of the film, before the concept of the matrix is even introduced to us,
every shot is covered in a green tint. Suddenly, once Neo ventures out of the
matrix for the first time, the green tint is gone and we can see the real world
for the first time, just as Neo has. From then on, the audience can clearly distinguish the two worlds from another
by just a change in colour.
This
specific use of colour is something I would like to include in my visual
project in some way. A colour scheme that instantly tells the viewer something
key about the piece without the use words or any other visualizations. The
notion that colour is not just something that is there to give pure aesthetic
value, it is a plot device that speaks to the viewer and gives them information
on the media they are viewing. This is something I’d like to take from this
film and possibly translate into a 2D media.
With the
idea that my visual project will be either some for of animation or graphic
design work I am thinking of incorporating these colour themes in a form of
visual duality. The colour difference will distinguish possibly between two
contrasting themes in my piece, in a similar way to how The Matrix
distinguishes between its two separate worlds.
In
summary, the main thing I want to take from my research into this film is the
concept that colour is used as more than a aesthetic tool but rather a plot
device.
Reference: Imdb-2013-Imdb.com[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/][Last accessed
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