Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Red, Red, Red!

In The Road Home


Whenever I think of symbolism, color pops into my head. I don’t know for sure, but I think it is because I am a media design major! Color can be or not easy to work with in film. You want the color in almost everywhere, but do not want the movie saturated in that color and distracts the viewer. Zhang did a good job in doing that. He could of made the bowl red; however, he did not and I think the reason was to not distract the viewer with the color red that is in so many other objects.

The color red in The Road Home is so important because that one color represents the hard work and the love of Di and the teacher! Red symbolizes the passion, love, joy, happiness, and vitality she has for him and what he has for her. The red also symbolizes in the red banner the celebration of the school and wards off any bad spirits that might come. I also believe that in "The Road Home," red is important to convey the story Zhang, the director, wanted to convey.

 Don’t you love color?!



Danielle

Photo Credit:
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1 comment:

  1. I do love color, and the color red! This is an insightful analysis of color in The Road Home (and I like your colored text). Mimi

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