Color Analysis 2 of 4
Matt Sawyers
Color Analysis
Stills taken from the movie: The Girl Next Door
In this scene one of the main characters (female) runs into an old
boss that she used to work for – the reason for the blue hue in the
lighting. We can see in the first picture, that he, himself, and his
bodyguards are covered in the blue lighting, while she is as well, but
only to an extent. She still has a small amount of red/blonde color to
her hair. I think the reason we have the blue lighting on the “old
boss” is the fact that he doesn’t bring a very good connotation with
him. In this confrontation, the higher color temperature, in fact
makes the audience feel cold toward him or even intimidated, also the
whole lighting aspect of this scene if fairly dark, re-emphasizing the
cold idea of the scene.
In picture two, which takes place within seconds of the first picture,
shows that the front of herself is quite warm, at the same time we can
see that even the back of the man is just as well flooded with the
blue hue lighting. This tells us that she is on a different side, she
has a much cooler temperature of lighting on her and; therefore,
allows the audience to recognize the two sides.
In picture three, she begins to move into the cooler feeling light as
she is slowly being convinced of what he is saying. And finally in
picture four, the main character walks up to her and convinces her to
stay with him. Here he is covered in a much warmer hue (lower color
temperature), as she has also a pinkish hue to her hair.
This entire scene is nearly composed of very dark colors or very dim
colors, which tends to make the audience feel down or depressed, until
the end of the scene when the male main character comes into the scene
(with the warmer colors splashed across his face).
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