Coraline film study - Lighting and Colour

Atmosphere - feel, energy around you in a certain place
Mood - how you feel, emotions
Locations - Where something is happening

Lighting: Natural - Produced in nature, often sun, mood, stars, lightning
               Artificial - Man-made light, usually electrical
             
               Warm - Yellow, makes feel safe, warm
               Cold - White/Blue tone, makes feel clean, clinical

               Bright - Fills room, makes feel happy, safe
               Dull - Fills part of a space only, often creepy/murky

Colour Palette - Predominant colours used in the scene

Picture 1:

Brainstorm - Colour/lighting
What happening - Coraline and her parents having breakfast in the real kitchen
- They look depressed, dull, lifeless
Technique - lighting - Cold
                  - Natural - From cloudy window
                 - Colour - Cold
                               - Dark, washed out, faded, muted.
                               - Off whites, creams and yellow.
Effect on viewer - feels boring, dont want to be there
Fell/think - boring, dull, lifeless
Director purpose - Set the mood that real world is boring and empty
- Makes the other world more appealing
(Theme) - Looks can be deceiving is not actually bad place to be at

Other techniques - Costumes - real parents in simple plain colours and fabrics in dull colours
Costume / shots / music
Setting

Picture 2:

Whats happening - Coraline and other parents having dinner in the other kitchen
Characters seem vibrant and appealing.
Good food on effect
Techniques - Lighting and artificial - ceiling light bulb
Warm - yellowish tone
Dull - parts of room still in shadow
Colour - yellow/oranges / black palette
Warm - makes feel safe / comfortable

Effect on view - Happy want to be there
Feel / think - Welcoming, colourful, joyful

Director purpose - Looks can be deceiving - looks nice but in reality it is unsafe
Theme - Makes Coraline feel comfortable - huge improvement on real world

Other techniques - Costume - colourful friendly looking, lots of black/red more fashionable, comfy, warm.
Costume / shots / music
Setting.