If It's Purple, Someone's Gonna Die
by Patti Bellantoni This enlightening book guides filmmakers toward making the right colour selections for their films, and helps movie buffs understand why they feel the way they do while watching movies that incorporate certain colours.
DescriptionIf it's Purple, Someone's Gonna Die is a must-read book for all film students, film professionals, and others interested in filmmaking. Guided by her twenty-five years of research on the effects of colour on behaviour, Bellantoni has grouped more than 60 films as examples. She explores each film, describing how, why, and where a colour influences emotions, both in the characters on screen and in the audience. Each colour section begins with an illustrated Home Page that includes examples, anecdotes, and tips for using or avoiding that particular colour. Conversations with the author's colleagues -- including award-winning production designers Henry Bumstead (Unforgiven) and Wynn Thomas (Malcom X) and renowned cinematographers Roger Deakins (The Shawshank Redemption) and Edward Lachman (Far From Heaven) -- reveal how colour is often used to communicate what is not said. Bellantoni uses her research and experience to demonstrate how powerful colour can be and to increase readers awareness of the colours around us and how they make us feel, act, and react.
- Learn how your choice of colour can influence an audience's moods, attitudes, reactions, and interpretations of your movie's plot.
- See your favourite films in a new light as the author points out important uses of colour, both instinctive and intentional
- Learn how to make good colour choices, in your film and in your world
AudienceFilmmakers who want to improve their films with a strategic use of colour or who want a better understanding of viewer reaction to colour; film buffs; film students; others in design fields (architecture, interior design, etc.) who would benefit from an understanding of how colour affects moods and attitudes.
Contents- Part I: RED: The Caffeinated Colour
- Chapter 1: Powerful, Lusty and Defiant
- Chapter 2: Anxious, Angry, and Romantic
- Part II: YELLOW: The Contrary Colour
- Chapter 3: Exuberant, Obsessive, and Daring
- Chapter 4: Innocent, Cautionary, and Idyllic
- Part III: BLUE: The Detached Colour
- Chapter 5: Powerless, Cerebral, and Warm
- Chapter 6: Melancholy, Cold, and Passive
- Part IV: ORANGE: The Sweet and Sour Colour
- Chapter 7: Warm, Naïve, and Romantic
- Chapter 8: Exotic, Toxic, and Natural Earth
- Part V: GREEN: The Split Personality Colour
- Chapter 9: Healthy, Ambivalent, and Vital
- Chapter 10: Poisonous, Ominous, and Corrupt
- Part VI: PURPLE: The Beyond-the-Body Colour
- Chapter 11: Asexual, Illusory, and Fantastic
- Chapter 12: Mystical, Ominous, and Ethereal
Price $45.00
Prices in
RED are Canadian Dollars.
Prices in BLUE are US Dollars.
Prices have not been updated and are not applicable.
We ar buiding a new site so please use this as an outdated guide only
Please call or email to check current product prices and stock.
Email: askus@sourceshop.com
Please email us with your equipment and supply needs and we will send you a quote
|
