The psychological resonance of certain colours is as much a tool to create mood or feel as any camera techniques. In Steven Spielburg's movies, he uses blue light for the colour scheme of a film alot. For example, in A.I. Artificial Intelligence; the director uses blue light to symbolize the robots' emotionless and coldness. Also the science and technology and future significance makes the viewer feel the coolness. This make the audiences feel robots dont have human emotions and love.
Saving Private Ryan
This scene was shot on a beach, from the movie Saving Private Ryan. It describes how the USA troops were landing on the beach to try and ambush the german troops. The colour blue is used here as a main colour not only because of the ocean and sky, but also because it is often used to descirbe calmness. Although the soldiers are actually feeling very frightened, they must calm their emotions down in order to accomplish the dangerous mission at hand. The blue makes the audience feel the cold-heartedness of the war. This is done by not only the soldiers' actions but also the blue background.
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Music
Jaws
John Williams contributed to the fim score. The main "shark" theme, a simple alternating pattern of two notes, E and F, became a classic piece of suspense music, to symbolize the approaching danger. Williams described the theme as having the "effect of grinding away at you, just as a shark would do, instinctual, relentless, unstoppable."
Once Spielberg said that without Williams' score the film would have been only half as successful, and Williams acknowledges that the score jumpstarted his career. He had went on collaborate with Spielberg on almost all of his other films.
The score contains echoes of Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, particularly the opening of "The Adoration of the Earth" and "Auguries of Spring". The music enhances the presence of an unseen terror, in this case the shark.
There are various interpretations on the meaning and effectiveness of the theme. Some have thought the two-note expression is intended to mimic the shark's heartbeat, beginning slow and controlled as the killer hunts and rising to a frenzied, shrieking climax as it approaches its prey. Others have stated that the music at first sounds like the creaking and groaning of a boat, and therefore is inaudible when it begins so that it never seems to start, but simply rises out of the sounds of the film. Futhermore, the audience is conditioned to associate the shark with its theme, since the score is never used as a red herring. It only plays when the real shark appears. This is later exploited when the shark suddenly appears with no musical introduction. Regardless of the meaning behind it, the theme is widely acknowledged as one of the most recognized scores of all time.
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
The original score was composed by John Williams and featured singers Lara Fabian on two songs and Josh Groban on the other.
Steven Spielberg used lots of different types of background music to fit in with the penultimate scene. In this film, one of the most popular songs is "For Always". The ending part is when David's dream finally comes true. He finally meets Monica and they have a perfect day spending their precious time together. The lyrics represent David's feelings perfectly and how he will love Monica "for always". The music is soft and touching, they relate to David's emotions and his feelings. Because Spielberg has left out the lyrics deliberately, it allows the audience to focus all their attention on the characters.
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Saving Private Ryan
One of the sountracks from Saving Private Ryan is the music "Tu Es Partout" by Edith Piaf. This music is used in the background when the main characters and Private Ryan were at the important bridge over the Merderet River in the fictional town of Ramelle. After they have finished setting up a creative defense plan with what little manpower and resources they have left. They were resting after completing the plan, so somebody turned on the radio in order to relax before the battle. This song was the one that was playing when the radio turned on. "Tu Es Partout" is a soft and relaxing song, it is very suitable to the theme; this symbolized the characters were having possibly their last relaxing moments before the serious fight with the germans. Also the song is perfectly matched to the background, the war was around 1944, and the song is old and restores the ancient ways. This gives the audiences some imaginations, and tells the audience about the film's background.
John Williams contributed to the fim score. The main "shark" theme, a simple alternating pattern of two notes, E and F, became a classic piece of suspense music, to symbolize the approaching danger. Williams described the theme as having the "effect of grinding away at you, just as a shark would do, instinctual, relentless, unstoppable."
Once Spielberg said that without Williams' score the film would have been only half as successful, and Williams acknowledges that the score jumpstarted his career. He had went on collaborate with Spielberg on almost all of his other films.
The score contains echoes of Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, particularly the opening of "The Adoration of the Earth" and "Auguries of Spring". The music enhances the presence of an unseen terror, in this case the shark.
There are various interpretations on the meaning and effectiveness of the theme. Some have thought the two-note expression is intended to mimic the shark's heartbeat, beginning slow and controlled as the killer hunts and rising to a frenzied, shrieking climax as it approaches its prey. Others have stated that the music at first sounds like the creaking and groaning of a boat, and therefore is inaudible when it begins so that it never seems to start, but simply rises out of the sounds of the film. Futhermore, the audience is conditioned to associate the shark with its theme, since the score is never used as a red herring. It only plays when the real shark appears. This is later exploited when the shark suddenly appears with no musical introduction. Regardless of the meaning behind it, the theme is widely acknowledged as one of the most recognized scores of all time.
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
The original score was composed by John Williams and featured singers Lara Fabian on two songs and Josh Groban on the other.
Steven Spielberg used lots of different types of background music to fit in with the penultimate scene. In this film, one of the most popular songs is "For Always". The ending part is when David's dream finally comes true. He finally meets Monica and they have a perfect day spending their precious time together. The lyrics represent David's feelings perfectly and how he will love Monica "for always". The music is soft and touching, they relate to David's emotions and his feelings. Because Spielberg has left out the lyrics deliberately, it allows the audience to focus all their attention on the characters.
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Saving Private Ryan
One of the sountracks from Saving Private Ryan is the music "Tu Es Partout" by Edith Piaf. This music is used in the background when the main characters and Private Ryan were at the important bridge over the Merderet River in the fictional town of Ramelle. After they have finished setting up a creative defense plan with what little manpower and resources they have left. They were resting after completing the plan, so somebody turned on the radio in order to relax before the battle. This song was the one that was playing when the radio turned on. "Tu Es Partout" is a soft and relaxing song, it is very suitable to the theme; this symbolized the characters were having possibly their last relaxing moments before the serious fight with the germans. Also the song is perfectly matched to the background, the war was around 1944, and the song is old and restores the ancient ways. This gives the audiences some imaginations, and tells the audience about the film's background.
Camera movement
Saving Private Ryan
The use of slow motion is both a stylistic device and can also control the tempo of the movie. In this scene which shows the final battle when the audience has been shot, the director uses slow motion to show the audiences how the main character feels and what he sees in his eyes. Miller has lost his mind, he can not hear anything, and think anything. He looks through all the other characters, so that the audience can know what the situation is like in that scene. Without background sound and the slow movement, the scene became more serious and oppressive. This makes the audience feels the same way as how the character feels.
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