Patti Bellantoni - If It's Purple, Someone's Gonna Die: The Power of Color in Visual Storytelling
Patti Bellantoni - If It's Purple, Someone's Gonna Die: The Power of Color in Visual Storytelling
2005 | ISBN: 0240806883 | English | 276 pages | EPUB | 1.6 MB
2005 | ISBN: 0240806883 | English | 276 pages | EPUB | 1.6 MB
If it's Purple, Someone's Gonna Die is a must-read book for all film students, film professionals, and others interested in filmmaking. This enlightening book guides filmmakers toward making the right color selections for their films, and helps movie buffs understand why they feel the way they do while watching movies that incorporate certain colors.
Guided by her twenty-five years of research on the effects of color on behavior, Bellantoni has grouped more than 60 films under the spheres of influence of six major colors, each of which triggers very specific emotional states. For example, the author explains that films with a dominant red influence have themes and characters that are powerful, lusty, defiant, anxious, angry, or romantic and discusses specific films as examples. She explores each film, describing how, why, and where a color influences emotions, both in the characters on screen and in the audience. Each color section begins with an illustrated Home Page that includes examples, anecdotes, and tips for using or avoiding that particular color.