How Color Impacts a Film

How Color Impacts a Film

As we all know that for a film the story to be impacting and strong is not the only important part, but there are various other elements which matter in a film, such as the technical aspects, the art of using your camera to also tell the story, etc. In this particular post I will mention about how color impacts the film, and also the audience as well. The use of color in a film also helps impacting the audience psychologically, and also is the best way to grasp your viewer's attention. It is the best way to built up emotions which will be aroused from the particular scene. A film should look visually very appealing also, and the color can play a role for this enhancing the film look. As we all know that each color has it's own meaning, so it also helps to take the story forward, by the color tone or temperature, and even the costumes as well. Even sometimes without any dialogues, and just action in a particular scene the use of color helps establishing the mood, and ambiance, and even what is happening on screen. But it's also very essential to know that some color also varies with culture, such as black for Western is for death, and white for Indian. Well the common colors used to express moods are the Red which is for anger, aggression, and even power, or the Blue for coldness, and sometimes depressing also. There is Warm colors (yellow, orange) which will make to mood energetic, and also bright. Cool colors (Blue, purple) gives a soothing and calm feeling. In the editing table, the primary and secondary colors can be mixed, and also it can help enhance the look of the film as well through the use of for example, the color wheel. Usually the color temperature usually is set after production that is in the editing stage, but in my point of view the product will come out in a much better way depending upon how was it created. So it's very important to ensure that during the shoot the lighting's, setups and every element is set perfectly in front of the frame. Sometimes you can create the mood and ambiance using the color on set that is live during the shoot itself. Color can help also to draw the focus to significant details in a scene.

Color impacts film in setting the mood, and atmosphere which is needed, expressing an emotion, giving details of the elements which is seen on screen, creating a more appealing film look, and most importantly also helps making the story move forward.