Finding inspiration in film pt. 2

After my previous blog post about my gathering film inspiration I decided to create a second part as after another day of sitting in front of the tv I binged watched more aesthetically pleasing blockbusters.

THE SHINING-1980

Directed by Stanley Kubrick the shining is based around an isolated hotel where a family stays at in the winter. The hotels darks past influences the father of the family into a homicidal mindset and decides to torture his family. titled as "the best horror movie" it is familiar to millions of people but I wonder if any of them paid attention to the aesthetics of the set like I did. What draws me the most about this film is the almost muggy colour tones that contrast very strongly with featured bold colours that appear in some scenes like the red of blood against a pale, boring wallpaper.

Like last time I will insert some of my favourite shots down below:

This scene in particular is one of my favourites, the vibrancy of the red from the blood to the elevator doors is so stunning you almost forget the true goriness of it. The centre shot allows the viewer to take the vibrant colour palette in. Even the white of the walls helps back the colour of the splashes of red to make them stand out even more and make the eyes fixated to the screen.

I love this one for many reasons. First off the angle of the shot is filmography beauty to have this overhead shot gives you a more clear view of the frame and gives you a first person picture of how small the child is. The symmetry is complexity crisp from the barrel patterns on the carpet to the aligned cars to even the ball rolling in a straight line in the middle of the pattern. What I also enjoy about this shot is how all the colours fit together. The 80s carpet could easily clash against the kids clothes in the scene and become to much for the eyes to comprehend but everything about the kids colour scheme even to his hair matches nicely with the set.

I wanted to include this image because I loved how contrasting this scene was for me. I felt like the green presence should of been overwhelming but instead I felt mellowed out instead? The specks of yellow and white weirdly balance out all the green and makes it less in your face.

CAT IN THE HAT-2003

Okay a bit of a contrast to the shining but the cat in the hat probably has the best ever set design ive ever seen in a film. Based from the book of DR. Seuss, Bo welch transformed this weird world into an incredible film. I don't think I'll ever forget the weirdness about this film but thetas what intrigues me so much about it. The colour palette for the film is mainly red, white and green and gives off the cartoon book feel. Heres some of favourite scenes:

ughhhhh is it just me who finds this STUNNING. its so crisp all the colours go so well together I couldn't even fault it. The uncomfortable closeness of the nanny's face allows your to see all the pigmentation in her skin which makes it fit together even more nicely.

The neighbourhood of the film is my absolute favourite. The purple houses and green cars are something I wouldn't even imagine to put together the two but yet they work so well together and give off the cartoon animated aesthetic perfectly. The colour green pops up a lot in the film from the estate office to the interior of the house. Its a colour I wouldn't expect to see in a film especially as often as it does in cat in the hat but yet it gives it its own style and uniqueness.