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Color Palettes From Famous Movies Show How Colors Set The Mood Of A Film

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Christensen) — Thu, 26 May 2016 21:55:00 +0000

Color Palettes From Famous Movies Show How Colors Set The Mood Of A Film

Color sets the tone and mood of a film before any of the actors have even uttered a word. Directors Lilly and Lana Wachowski used a green tint in The Matrix (1999) to create a mood palette that was suggestive of the early monochrome computer monitors. Yellow was used in Kill Bill (2003) to depict Uma Thurman’s character’s madness and instability. Romantic comedies use pastel shades like beige, pink and lilac. Sci-fi and cyborg films use shades of blue, grey and green. Teal and orange seem to be the trend in Hollywood nowadays, especially in movie adaptations of graphic novels and comic books.

Highlighting the significance of color in films, Twitter account @CinemaPalettes shares color palettes derived from memorable scenes from famous movies. So far they’ve compiled more than 250 palettes, and yes, they also take requests. Some of these might even give you color ideas for your next design project. Check them out below.

Aladdin (1992) dir. Ron Clements, John Musker

Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016) dir. James Bobin

American Beauty (1999) dir. Sam Mendes

American Psycho (2000) dir. Mary Harron

Annie Hall (1977) dir. Woody Allen

Birdman (2014) dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu

Corpse Bride (2005) dir. Tim Burton, Mike Johnson

Deadpool (2016) dir. Tim Miller

Django Unchained (2012) dir. Quentin Tarantino

Edward Scissorhands (1990) dir. Tim Burton

Forrest Gump (1994) dir. Robert Zemeckis

Frozen (2013) dir. Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee

Gone Girl (2014) dir. David Fincher

Grease (1978) dir. Randal Kleiser

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) dir. David Yates

Inception (2010) dir. Christopher Nolan

Inglourious Basterds (2009) dir. Quentin Tarantino

Jaws (1975) dir. Steven Spielberg

Jurassic Park (1993) dir. Steven Spielberg

Kill Bill (2003) dir. Quentin Tarantino

Kung Fu Panda (2008) dir. Mark Osborne, John Stevenson

Life of Pi (2012) dir. Ang Lee

Lost in Translation (2003) dir. Sofia Coppola

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) dir. George Miller

Moonrise Kingdom (2012) dir. Wes Anderson

Nightcrawler (2014) dir. Dan Gilroy

Peter Pan (1953) dir. Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske

Pulp Fiction (1994) dir. Quentin Tarantino

Reservoir Dogs (1992) dir. Quentin Tarantino

Romeo + Juliet (1996) dir. Baz Luhrmann

Spirited Away (2001) dir. Hayao Miyazaki

Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980) dir. Irvin Kershner

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) dir. J.J. Abrams

Suicide Squad (2016) dir. David Ayer

Taxi Driver (1976) dir. Martin Scorsese

The Avengers (2012) dir. Joss Whedon

The Dark Knight (2008) dir. Christopher Nolan

The Godfather (1972) dir. Francis Ford Coppola

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015) dir. Francis Lawrence

The Lion King (1994) dir. Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff

The Martian (2015) dir. Ridley Scott

The Revenant (2015) dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu

The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) dir. Wes Anderson

The Shining (1980) dir. Stanley Kubrick

The Silence of the Lambs (1991) dir. Jonathan Demme

The Theory of Everything (2014) dir. James Marsh

The Truman Show (1998) dir. Peter Weir

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) dir. Martin Scorsese

Titanic (1997) dir. James Cameron

Top Gun (1986) dir. Tony Scott

Color Palettes From Famous Movies Show How Colors Set The Mood Of A Film: Color sets the tone and mood of a film before any of the actors have even uttered a word. Directors Lilly and Lana Wachowski used a green tint in The Matrix (1999) to create a mood palette that was suggestive of the early monochrome computer monitors. Yellow was used in Kill Bill (2003) to depict Uma Thurman’s character’s […]

What If Money Was No Object?

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Christensen) — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 19:25:00 +0000

Take me to Tomorrowland

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Christensen) — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 19:20:00 +0000

http://takemetotomorrowland.com/explore/home

Tomorrowland Trailer

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Christensen) — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 19:30:00 +0000

Walt Disney - The Optimist - ARG

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Christensen) — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 04:30:00 +0000

http://optimist.disney.com/

Coming Soon... Saving Mr. Banks TRAILER 1 (2013) - Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson Movie HD

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Christensen) — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 02:11:00 +0000

National Geographic 63 - Walt Disney

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Christensen) — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:49:00 +0000

1963 - National Geographic - The Magic Worlds of Walt Disney

Lloyd Alexander Day

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Christensen) — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:36:00 +0000

Fans of Fantasy & Children's Literature:

Today, May 17th, 2012 marks five years since the passing of Lloyd Alexander, the author & creator of "The Chronicles of Prydain", so it was a natural fit for a celebration of his life and writings.

In an effort to increase awareness of Alexander's books we have sent letters to elementary schools across the United States and invited over 30,000 school children to join in celebrating "Lloyd Alexander Day" with us by reading/starting an Alexander book today.

I am working with Jared Crossley on a Documentary Film that chronicles the life of Lloyd Alexander. To find out more about the project please go here

http://lloydalexanderfilm.blogspot.com/2012/05/lloyd-alexander-day-5-years-ago-today.html

If you feel that you can make a contribution to the film please donate here

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1625183244/lloyd-alexander-a-documentary

Please pass this information along to help us increase awareness. Thanks.

Motion Plus Design: “What is Motion Design?”

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Christensen) — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 01:17:00 +0000

"Motion Design" Center : "What is Motion Design ?" from Motion Plus Design on Vimeo.

Innovations - MS Research OmniTouch

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Christensen) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:53:00 +0000

Inspiration - The Crazy Ones

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Christensen) — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0000

Walt Disney & Salvador Dali

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Christensen) — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 02:32:00 +0000

I have to show off a little.

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Christensen) — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 03:05:00 +0000

SMILE

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Christensen) — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:27:00 +0000

London 1903 - Thomas Edison Film Footage

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Christensen) — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:43:00 +0000

Creating a Hubble Galaxy in Two Minutes

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Christensen) — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:54:00 +0000

The Making of a Neon Coca-Cola Sign

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Christensen) — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:44:00 +0000

It was designed and built for Picadily Circus in 1954. via WankenBlog

Visual Story Telling Map by Jake Parker

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Christensen) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:50:00 +0000

The Known World of Visual Storytelling

The landscape of visual storytelling has always been a vast and evolving frontier. History tells us how stories were told visually through cave paintings, then carvings, followed by etchings on primitive tablets, and eventually masterpieces painted on canvas. Great strides were made with the advent of print technology and it opened the door to the mass consumption of stories being told through pictures. From print it evolved to moving pictures, then television, and now video games. (I know video games are just structured play time, but most tell stories and as such are an outlet for the visual storyteller.)

The visual storyteller; part artist, part writer. Some favor the visual, others favor the word, but all of them convey their story using visual means. For the last 100 years the there has been more opportunities open to the visual storyteller then at any time previous in the history of mankind. Consider the talents who could not illustrate, but mastered photography. Or those who’s written word was lacking, but brilliantly captured their stories on the screen. The geniuses who could combine their own drawings with with their own words in picture books, comic strips, and graphic novels. And the illustrators who spoke volumes with deft strokes of paint. Had they been born in any previous century the world would’ve been denied their visions.

Link to: The Known World of Visual Storytelling

Steven Spielberg’s Curriculum

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Christensen) — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 05:25:00 +0000

This is currently being circulated on Twitter, and comes in via Nate Winslow. He claims that it's a list of 206 movies unofficially referred to as the "Spielberg Curriculum" that all filmmakers must see if they want to work with him. You can check the whole thing out here in a Google Doc if you want.

Movies highlighted in yellow are available to watch on Netflix Instant Streaming