Color Use

Final Project Color Schemes

Another blog, welcome back! Today, I will analyze the colors used in our final project and their impact on our movies atmosphere and overall message. If you have been following me for a while, you may have noticed a pattern in our final project mood board. The colors we focused on were chosen to aid in suspense, horror, and mystery, and will be used in just about every element in our film: Costumes, scenery, props, background, etc.

Black

Black is our most heavily-focused color in our film as it can easily signify shadows, danger, and the unseen. This is evidently seen in the antagonist, who will be covered in dark attire to blend with the shadowy forest and its eerie atmosphere. Darkness is widely associated around the world with fear and danger. Almost every kid has grown up with a "fear of the dark" and this is a biological instinct that many humans have because the darkness contains an unknown, eerie mystery of what lies in it. More so, black is commonly associated with death, emphasizing the dangers that the antagonist has. As for the background, the night-time setting will add to this blackness, evoking feelings of danger and isolation. Along with the contents of the film, the black color scheme allows to stress our horror genre with ease.

Green

Our second-most focused color is green. It's main function is to serve as the color of nature, directing the audience's view to the forest environment. This allows us to form this unexplored, natural environment, all the while creating suspense given its isolation from the outside world. The greens will be mainly vivid in the trees, moss, plants, and overall scenery. As a secondary function, green is also used to signify growth and curiosity. This is highly evident in our main protagonist, Edison, who is eager to explore the forest and uncover the hidden features in it, no matter the cost.

How do they work together?

Green and black will work excellently together as they compliment the themes present in our movie. We want to create a suspenseful sequence of events, so the black/green combination does just this. With the dangerous vibe triggered by the darkness of black, the greenery of nature works off of this to imply the dangers in the forest, reinforcing the hazards present in the unknown peripherals. Also, the antagonist's complete black outfit will create a vivid difference from the green environment, showcasing the unease behind his character. All in all, the black really creates the suspense and danger in the horror film, and the green supports this motive by forming the environment and character's personality psychology.