Workshop 3: How does ‘Lighting & Colour’ enhance the story?

Workshop 3: How does Lighting & Colour enhance the story - Coraline Film Study

atmosphere - feel, the energy around

mood - how you feel, emotions

location - where something is happening

Lighting: 

natural - produced in nature, often sun, moon, stars, lightning

artificial - man-made light, usually electrical, light bulbs, LEDs, lamps

warm - yellow, orange, makes you feel warmer 

cold - white/blue tone, makes feel clean, clinical

bright - fills the room, makes feel happy, safe, warm

dull - fills part of a space only, often creepy/murky

colour palate - predominant colours used in the scene

BrainStorm: Color/Lighting

What's happening? 

- Coraline & her parents are having breakfast in the real kitchen.

        - they look depressed, dull, lifeless

Technique - lighting 

- cold

- natural - from cloudy window

- dull

Colour 

- cold 

- dark, washed out, faded, muted

- off-whites, creams & yellows

Effect on viewers - feel/think

- feels boring

- don't want to be there

- boring, dull, lifeless

Director Purpose - set the mood

- real-world is boring & empty

- makes the other world more appealing 

- looks can be deceiving - is not actually a bad place to be

Other Techniques - costume/shots/music/setting

Costume

- real parents in simple plain colours & fabric

- dull fabric

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In the real world kitchen scene, lighting and color are used effectively to show looks can be deceiving. We see this when Coraline and her real parents are eating in the kitchen. The room is naturally lit from the cloudy window making the room feel dull and uninviting. The color in the room is grey and this yellowish-white. It is used effectively in this perspective for Coraline sees this place more as a place to stay instead of a welcoming and loving home. 

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What's Happening?

- Coraline & Other parents having dinner in the Other Kitchen 

- Characters seem vibrant & appealing 

- Good food in an offer!

Technique - lighting 

- artificial - ceiling lightbulb

- warm - yellowish tone

- dull - parts of the room still in shadow

Colour - yellow/oranges/black palette

- warm - makes us feel safe/comfortable

Effect on viewers 

- happy, want to be there

- welcoming, colourful, joyful

Directors purpose - looks can be deceiving 

- looks nice but in reality, it is unsafe 

- makes Coraline feel comfortable 

- huge improvement from the real world

Other Techniques - Costume:

- colourful, cuddly, friendly-looking, lots of blacks

- more fashionable, comfy, warm

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SEXXXY PARAGRAPHS:

 

 In the real world kitchen scene, lighting and color are used effectively to show looks can be deceiving. We see this when Coraline and her real parents are eating in the kitchen. The room is naturally lit from the cloudy window making the room feel dull and uninviting. The color in the room is grey and this yellowish-white. It is used effectively in this perspective for Coraline sees this place more as a place to stay instead of a welcoming and loving home. This makes the audience feel like Coraline doesn't really want to be where she is. The director did this to show how Coraline feels in the real world.

  

In the other world kitchen, lighting and color are used effectively to show looks can be deceiving. We can see this because we see the Other Mother stirring a mixture in the bowl. The room has a warm artificial light coming from the lightbulbs making the room feel safe and comfortable. The colour palette in the room is a oranges, yellows and little tints of pink. In Coraline's perspective, the other kitchen is a place she'd rather be than the real world. This makes the viewers feel that it's a welcoming home and Coraline is going to enjoy it. The director did this to show how Coraline feels in the real world compared to the other world because in the other world the colours have a light and warm tone whereas the real world has a cold and dark tone. 

In Coraline's other world bedroom, the lighting and colour are used effectively to show that looks can be deceiving. We can see this because Coraline is standing in her other world bedroom. The bedroom has a warm light coming from the lamps, this makes the bedroom feel comfortable. This makes the viewers feel that Coraline feels more loved and welcomed in the other world than the real world. The director did this to show that Coraline feels more comfortable to be in the other world bedroom other than her real bedroom.