Blog Assignment #6

            I choose two pictures from the TV show NIKITA season2 episode 4. I choose those two pictures from two different senses, two different environments, and two different genres. I am going to discuss in three points, color, lighting, movement.

            First of all, the first picture is in a warm hue with red and yellow. Those two color are two analogous warm colors that give audience a mood that the environment is safe and hypnotic that making people relax their vigilance. Inversely, the second picture is in a dark hue with dark blue, dark purple and black, which also are analogous colors. Dark blue, dark purple and black give audience a feeling as dangerous and intense. For saturation, the first picture is medium saturated that suit the hypnotic environment. The second picture use a ramp saturated on the curtain. In other part in sense, the second picture also is medium saturated. Related to the hue, first picture’ brightness is bright, and second is dark.

            Moreover, the light in the first picture is bright since the sense is in daytime and the sense has a window. In addition, the bright light gives the audience an emotion that the sense is safe. The light in the second picture is darker because the environment in the second picture is a closed room. The light in the second picture are only from the lamps that give audiences constriction mood. Furthermore, the first picture doesn’t give a clear shape by shadow of the character since the director doesn’t want the audiences paying too much attention on character because of its hypnotic atmosphere. Oppositely, the second picture gives character a clear shape by shadow to show she is the main object in the sense, and there is more shadow on her face to symbolize her evil personality. In addition, the bright light in first picture symbolizes there is peaceful atmosphere in the sense, and the dark light in second picture symbolizes an immoral atmosphere.

            Furthermore, the movement in those two pictures is different. In the first picture, the line of chairs’ back and the border of table constitute parallel movement lines, and in the second picture, the pattern of curtain is parallel movement lines. Moreover, the director doesn’t use overlapping movements in the two senses. In addition, the second picture has more weight than first one because of the dark color usually looks heavier.