Colours used in Hail

COLOURS USED IN OUR FILM OPENING

FIRST SCENE

The first scene of our film opening doesn't show many colours, as it is supposed to symbolise a cold, dirty environment. The clothes and makeup of the victim are dull and bland, and this is done on purpose in order to make the scene look darker. Darkness is a convention of the phycological thriller genre, and therefore is the colours are a reflection of this. The only colour and change in natural lighting is when the headlights of the taxi can be seen through the glass windows, and this makes the room appear to be brighter, and the colours become brighter.

SECOND SCENE

The second scene of our film opening shows natural lights on a street. The lamp posts portray a harsh and eerie lighting, with a strong white light, as apposed to soft orange toned lamp posts. The colours used here are foreboding to the audience what is going to later happen.

THIRD SCENE

The third scene is set inside the taxi, and the colours here are harsh oranges, typically associated with features of a London taxi. The outside shows darkness as we filmed at night in order to match the typical conventions of the horror genre. The clothing of the main character is white, and therefore contrasts with the blacks and greys in and around the taxi.

FOURTH SCENE

The scene set in the alley way is filmed in almost complete darkness. The only colours used here are a single lamppost. In comparison to the lamppost in scene 2, the lamppost in this scene is much warmer, and this is kind of as a mark of respect for the dead main character. The black silhouettes here also conform to the conventions of the horror/psychological thriller genre.

FIFTH SCENE

In the fifth and final scene where the murderer is seen to be hanging up the hair, the colours used are again warm oranges and the candle light of the battery tea light is used to look eerie and frighten the audience as it is such a sadistic thing to be clipping up human hair.