Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Sony's 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs' is full of amazing colour work. The colour varies by a huge amount through the duration of the film.The shot above shows soft feeling colours that uses a range of tints and shades to set the mood.

Strong pinks and purples are used to create a feeling of magic and to show that something it's right about what is happening. The bright pinks also make it seem like it's a good thing  that has happened and helps set a happy mood. If another colour was used such as green and grey tints, it would make it seem like it's a bad thing that is taking place. This makes the scene much more visually interesting.

This scene caught my eye because of the very strong and bright orange colours being used in the scene. The complementary colours set the scene very well and give that warm inviting feeling.

While they are inside the jelly you can see that the complementary hue can no longer can be seen and a range of orange tints and shades are used. it reflects the emotion of the characters very well as this was a happy time for them both in the movie. The colours support the mood of the story very well.

Ratatouille

This is a shot from Pixar's 'Ratatouille'. They use a huge amount of broken and neutral colours in the film. The colours seem alot more desaturated compared to say Pixar's 'Toy Story'. There doesn't seem to be any hues or saturated colours in this shot at all. They have kept closer to reality when it comes to the colour scheme of this film as a huge amount of the story is based in the kichen. All the rats have a very slightly different variations of broken and neutral colours so you are able to see the differents between them clearly.

Tangled

This is a shot from Disneys 'Tangled'. You can see how the complementary hues standout between the characters and environment. The green colours from the chair and the purple colours of Rapunzel's dress are more saturated than the background colours. The background consists of mostly shades of colours because of the controlled lighting on the characters. This automatically makes the characters more interesting to look at in the frame and the attention is drawn to them. The neutral colours on Flynn Rider clothing Reflect his rebellion and homeless nature.

Simpsons

This is a piece of colour work from 'The Simpsons'. This shows how identifiable each character is just by showing block hue colours. I certainly wouldn't have thought that I would be able to tell which characters are which just from looking at this. But just from taking a glace i can see that I can name around 5 - 10 characters. The colour proportions are very well thought out for each character and each one has a unique colouring.

Toy Story

Pixar's 'Toy Story' one,two and three uses a very wide range of saturated and vibrant colours. From looking at the poster above you can see the huge differences in colour between each character. Because of the characters being toys you are able to except this. Throughout the whole film Toy Story uses bright and energy filled colours to reflect the story.

This image is a great example of very saturated colours. The scene is set in a childrens pre school so this kind of colour scheme works well.

Rango

Above are Character designs from Industrial Light and Magics (ILM) animated film 'Rango'. The character designs are amazing and they use a wide range of neutral colors. Many are desaturated but fit in with the style and life of the film. It seems they have stuck to keeping the characters colour schemes close to the real life creatures they are designed to be. The characters have similar structure to their real life representations but their traits are very different, even so the look of the film feels very real and believable. The use of broken colours fits well with the dessert environment.

The sky shown in these concepts and in the film tend to be the strongest saturated colour throughout. Bright clear skies are in contrast to the neutral colors of the buildings.

Tarzan

A Disney classic 'Tarzan'! This background artwork from the film shows a huge range of tints and shades of green and makes the forest look rich with colour. The artist has put spots of yellow light to show the light coming through from the tree leafs above. This makes the background much more dynamic and it gives form to the branches. The colours reflect the life of the forest and make it alive.

This image above shows another scene from inside the forest. This scene has a high contrast in colours unlike the first image. The composition and colour work do i very good job on keeping the character as the main focus on such a bright background.