'The Journey' Ideas/Thoughts 12

   I've been looking into the colour tones I want to use in my film as well as the moods I want to create for the audience to perceive. For the colour tones and moods I want to have within my film, I would like there to be difference with the use of lighting for the duration of the film. The way I’m planning it out is that at the beginning it will be morning, and it will have a slightly dull tone to the colours used up until the main character finishes the phone call and his mood changes to being happy. I have decided to do this to put emphasis on the change of emotion in the character, which will show the audience that it is a happy situation that is happening on screen and it will also make them understand that with out knocking it on the head too much.
   But at the same time I want to make it a really happy scene but not make it cheesy like a musical. So the scenes leading up to the twist at the end will be full of high contrast colours and bright light being shown. This will depend on the weather but even if it is raining it will be possible to still let it give off a good vibe. Also, if it is either overcast weather or raining, it could work in my favour of foreshadowing the bad events to come. It could also be a nice spin if it is nice weather when the twist happens, it could give off an uncomforting feeling towards the audience.
   The colours I will be using will change throughout the film, but they will all blend well together and it will work. I have separated my use of colours into two sections, the first section is for the beginning of the film up to when he meets the person delivering the package. These colours used will be bright and vibrant, to set the mood and show how happy the main character is. But in the scenes where the main character is opening and looking at the package, the colours will be dull and the lighting will not be well lit. This is to convey the darkness of the situation, of how bad the main characters obsession is and that he could possibly have ill intentions. The whole point of this and the entire film is to show how even the nicest people you meet could have a dark secret, and not in fact be the nice innocent person you assumed they were.