Q10.Red, Blue and Yellow are the three colors used prominently in the film. How these 3-colours are used in the Visual Design of the film and what is the purpose behind them. Quote 3-examples from the film for " Each Color " and purpose they serve .
Red, Blue and Yellow are the representations of the nature of people, they are used most prominently properties around characters like sofa, shower towel etc.
In the cinema, three characters are mainly defined one who is dictator, one who is needy and one unaware about how to react to the situation.
Red, Blue and Yellow are triadic in nature! They are somewhat equidistant from one another on the color palate hence they implied the differences in the characters with respect to their nature.
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By the law of color theory the primary colors are RED,GREEN AND BLUE but in painting(artist color wheel) color theory the primary colors are RED, YELLOW AND BLUE
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Red - In apartment conversation Camille wore red towel it reassemble a arrogance and angry towards Paul
Red- Red color in the movie symbolizes love , affection, attraction and bearing.
Examples-
Red is the color of love, passion, lust and anger which was also the theme of the movie.
Camille:
Earlier in the film, when we first see her, she is shown predominantly in red color signifying her love and passion for Paul, then she first meets Jeremy, she is wearing a blue top underneath her coat and a blue hair band, in the apartment, she briefly wears a red towel and then changes into a yellow dress to go to the Theater and in Capri, we see her mostly wearing Yellow and she does not wear red at all
This signifies her loss of love towards Paul replaced by feelings of insecurity. When she dies in a car crash, she is wearing blue indicating her Isolation and coldness. Her character and moods are depicted through use of these colors.
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Prokosch
• The Color of Prokosch’s Car – tells his character is dominating and anger filled.
• Prokosch mostly wears Red tie and red sweater in the last scene of his accident – Again his character shade.
Francesca
Red T-shirt of Francesca, she takes off her yellow T-shirt and wears Red one ,the place also had Red sofas and couches. Paul and Francesca spend time there , had talk ,shared smiles, which according to Camille they were flirting. She becomes instantly becomes a symbol of the desire for Paul.
Settings: Furniture/ Clothes/ Gen Colours .
(Red/Blue/Yellow) - During the screening of the film, the actress is shown with blue eye foundation standing against a bright yellow wall where as the actor against a Red colored wall. There is an interesting interplay of the these 3 colors in that shot.
*The title of the movie in the starting was in Red (Le Mepris) where as in the end Fin was in Blue. Tells us how it started with some love and affection and ended with a lot of losses.*
# Red stands for passion, love, intensity, anger.
There were many other places where Red was used to symbolize like red bathrobe , red shirt and sweater of Prokosch in the end of the movie in which he asked Camille what she feel about him showed his attraction toward her.
Red - A great example is the swanky car of Jeremy. The color Red justifies the indulgence of the chic car.
Red = Anger
At home when Camille and Paul is fighting and arguing, Color of Camille’s Bath Towel and the color of Couch and Color of Flowers kept is RED - Show there is anger in the moment, the scene.
Red: It is used as a symbol of love, attraction, or desire.
a) Color of furniture in the house of Paul. Red Sofa, Red Chair, etc. Showing how desirable this apartment is.
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Yellow - in Capri Camille wore yellow towel, it gives a resemblance which she is in confusion and thinking mind about leaving from Paul...
The very first scene of Capri wherein Camille is shown with Yellow hair against the lush blue waters. The Yellow coloured Villa against the vast blue ocean also creates that vibrance which is quite prominent.
Yellow - Yellow color in the movie symbolized lack of interest or concerns.
1- Francesca can be seen in yellow most of the times in start when she was wearing yellow t-shirt we can hardly see any connection between Paul and her but as soon as she changes to Red t-shirt , Paul and Camille shared time. I think this is symbolic of the fact that she becomes her presence becomes a problem in the life of the couple.
2- Camille can be seen in yellow bathrobe (even in early montage) in the later when Paul goes to Camille to talk and Camille looked least interested to talk and to give reasons and despised him, later she threw away the robe and swim away.
3- Francesca again can be seen in yellow bathrobe in Capri , so much going around her between Paul and Camille and Paul , she even found out Paul's gun but seemed least interested in anyone of them not becoming the part just doing her job of translator and enjoying.
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Blue color in the movie according to symbolized Fights, Contempt, dislikes and loss.
-Camille's blue dress when she visits projection house and Prokosch's villa, the place and incidences marked the start of Paul and Camille's separation and thoughts of loss and consciousness in Camille who was wearing blue.
2- Projection house sofa was blue in color and inside projection house we witnessed Prokosch disliking the story and breaking all the reels , we saw anger and dislikes .
3-blue sofa, the lamp scene where Paul and Camille talk and sought of confess gives the feeling of loss of love in both of them.
The blue sea of Capri marked the biggest loss, loss of relationship of Paul and Camille and life's of Camille and Prokosch , when Camille was with Prokosch and she is wearing blue again shows her disinterest and gave us an indication of loss and later they had an accident with blue trucks.
There were many other places where the blue color was used like sofa set in capri villa was blue which marked arguments and disagreements,
Nude Camille can be seen on blue furr carpet when Paul says "this spontaneity was completely gone from Camille as well as from me" marked loss.
Blue - The striking blue sofas in the Capri Villa against the blue waters in the background is bright so much so that the color outshines the characters who are mostly wearing dull colored clothes except Vanini who is wearing bright yellow and shines apart.
Blue - The gods in the film are shown against the blue sky and their eyes are also blue. The reason could be to evoke the feeling of trust/faith since the color blue is used for the same. The lips of the male gods were blue but the female god was red. Their robes and props are largely blue but with a pinch of red too.
Blue stands for coldness, calmness, isolation.
Yellow stands for insecurity, Obsessive nature and madness etc.
The film's primary theme deals with the decay of the relationship between Paul and Camille. So, each of these colors in a way, visually communicates the whole theme of the film.
Camille's insecurity and doubting nature towards Paul and her growing insecurity over the fact that Paul is flirting with Francesca and is using her to be in Jeremy's good books and her gradual loss of love is characterized by Blue and Yellow.
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Most of the emotional confessions and climaxes subsequently happen against a blue background in the film, be it the dialogue in their apartment or the Prokosch's villa furniture where Paul could be slowly seen losing his superficial demeanour as he is threatened by his wife's involvement with Prokosch.
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– According to Rasa theory, the three colors creates emotion which are :-
Blue = Disgust
• Blue Sofa in Theatre where screening is done for Prokosh’s film – States that the film is disgusting for Prokosch, his mood becomes bad.
• Paul mostly wears Blue tie and Camille wers Blue outfit, even during accident she is wearing blue top – They both are disgusted with each other.
• Blue sea the end scene where Camille jumps in the sea by saying Paul Farewell – Disgust in the moment .
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Blue color is used in the scene where Fritz Lang appears for the first time. In this scene Jeremy eventually gets angry on Fritz and starts throwing things here and there in the screening room. The tension and drama in the scene is enhanced by the use of blue color.
In the same scene a montage is shown where a Greek man is shown with a red color wall and aiming his arrow towards another person. Because he is going to do something dark(murder) and is shown as the angry one that’s why the wall is red color. Then, a girl is shown is shown against a yellow color wall. I think this is to add to her warm personality and then at last another man is shown with a blue color wall. This is the one that dies because of the arrow shot by the first guy. The blue color wall adds to the drama in the shot.
It seems that in the montage Fritz lang is trying to yell the audience that one guy gets angry because the girl loves the other guy and hence kills him for that reason. The rage of the first guy is shown by red wall. The warm personality of the girl is shown by yellow wall and also her turning her head towards the other guy in her right direction shown her love for him. And the other guy who dies, his death and the darkness of the event is shown by having a dark blue wall.
In another scene which takes place in the Apartment where Camille and Paul arrive, she wearing a red color towel and is slapped by her husband in that scene. Although there is no immediate rage on her face at the time but the red gown perhaps hints towards the rage building inside her at the time. Also, after that slap she slowly puts her legs in between his and the red color adds to the sexual tension in the scene.
The last shot of the film is of the blue ocean. Its faint blue color along with the blue sky brings a feeling of peace and resolve.
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To me, these colors represent 3 different phases starting from red to yellow and then finally blue.
Blue: It is used as a symbol of freedom. Since it is the color of the ocean.
a) The color of the top of the Camile in the end when she ditches Paul is blue. Which indicates she's is feeling free now.
b) The color of the top of the Francesca, in the end, is also blue as she becomes free from his cruel boss.
Yellow: It is used as a symbol of friendliness. Kind of neutral color or transient color. Which isn't extreme color like red & blue.
a) Francesca wears a yellow dress most of the time as she represents a kind of neutral or friendly character. Neither Paul nor Jeremy desires her, but also can't live or function without her.
b) The color of the bathrobe of Camille is yellow after she kisses Jeremy. As she's in the transient state of loving and leaving Paul, kind of neutral. Which then she removes while entering into the sea, which means finally she submits herself to the freedom i.e. to the sea.
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The film looks like a white canvas thrown with colors like Red, Blue and Yellow.
Red is the color of the car of Prokosch, the cycle of Francesca, the couch in Pauls flat, the bathing wrap of Camille etc.
Red sets the tension between Paul and Camille, the sexuality hanging throughout the movie, the anger of Paul towards Camille and the intentions of Prokosch.
Blue is the most prominent color towards the end of the movie. Frames are sometimes filled with blue colored sky and sea. The seats in the theatre with Fritz Lang, the dress of Camille, the eyes of the greek clay models, the wine glass and bottle and in several other props.
Blue is mainly used to enhance the feeling of contempt in Camille. It is the colour of jealousy that led Paul to suspect his wife.
Yellow is the less prominent among the three with several appearances as the dress of Francesca, the bathing warp of Camille, the background wall colour when showing Penelope etc. Yellow with its limited appearance is the colour which is always standing out among the trio. It appears as a resting point for the eyes in the frame. It represents the bright sunlight in the summer days of Rome and Capri.
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yellow and blue 2 colors are opposite side of each other in color wheel. This basically indicate tension that may be internal n external. Red color towel is being worn by Camille while she is bathing this shows her anger n she is upset while white towel is put by Paul which shows that he is trying to make peace but Camille is getting more pissed off of him.
Dominatingly these 2 colors are used in the most part of this 31min long scene to indicate the same. Whether it's color of sofa ,chair or booking she is reading is red . White color is of wall, Paul's shirt towel n whatever.
Yellow color top of Francesca shows her friendly nature or we can say connecting nature as she is working as translators for Paul(Italian) Lang(German) and off course Jeremy(American) Also in a scene where we found Paul is flirting with Francesca sofa color is yellow which is trying to show that they both are trying to connect with each other and later she changes her top from yellow to red which indicate kind of love or attraction.
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Red is the color of fire and blood, so it is associated with energy, war, danger, strength, power, determination as well as passion, desire, and love. It is emotionally intense colour.
Blue is the color of the sky and sea. It means depth and It symbolizes trust, loyalty, faith, truth, and heaven.
White is associated with, goodness, innocence, purity. White means purity and it depicts faith and purity.That’s why there are sometime statues are left bluish and there are so many times to show evil some statues are left red.
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Usually red is the symbol of power, passion and danger.
Maybe, The producer Jeremy Porkosch' s red car, red sofa, red Furniture's, red sweater signifies the power he holds like god, the passion he has for Camille, the danger is he is for Paul and Camille's marriage.
Yellow color is the symbol of joy, happiness and also betrayal, dishonesty.
When Camille finally leaves her husband Paul, She wears Yellow. Maybe her color signifies her inner happiness or her betrayal.
Blue is symbol of isolation or calmness. In the last scene, the red car which was carrying passion stops. The Collision happens between two cars, the red car and the blue truck. And the death signifies the isolation and calmness.
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