Slumdog Millionaire - Analyse How Visual Techniques Are Used to Develop Deeper Ideas in a Visual Text You Have Studied.
Analyse how visual techniques are used to develop deeper ideas in a visual text you have studied.
India is a country in central Asia with a population of over 1.22 billion people making it the second most populous country in the world. Its high population is one of the factors that results in India having such a high poverty rate. In India today over 37% of the population live below the poverty line. The reality of such a statistic means that these people live in conditions unimaginable to people of the western world. In the film Slumdog Millionaire by director Danny Boyle deeper ideas associated with this poverty are developed including destiny, loyalty and how poverty frees us. These deeper ideas are developed through visual techniques such as colour, lighting, `cinematographic techniques and editing techniques.
Colour is a visual technique used in films that symbolizes hidden meanings linking to deeper ideas. In the film Slumdog Millionaire the colour yellow is used to develop the deeper idea of destiny. The colour yellow symbolizes positivity and hope. Throughout the film the character of Latika is always seen wearing some element of clothing that is yellow. In the scene where she meets Jamal for the first time it is raining and she is standing in the rain alone. In this scene Latika is wearing a yellow top, symbolising the hope that Jamal will invite her into the safety of the shelter he is sharing with Salim. The yellow also symbolises the positivity in this moment where Jamal and Latika meet for the first time, this is their destiny. Another scene where Latika is wearing yellow is the scene where she is standing on the lower level platform at the train station looking for Jamal. Here Latika’s top is also yellow and although this is a very short scene and the audience only sees her for a brief moment. The colour yellow shows them the hope Latika has in finding Jamal and how she has stayed positive while she waited for him to find her because it is their
India is a country in central Asia with a population of over 1.22 billion people making it the second most populous country in the world. Its high population is one of the factors that results in India having such a high poverty rate. In India today over 37% of the population live below the poverty line. The reality of such a statistic means that these people live in conditions unimaginable to people of the western world. In the film Slumdog Millionaire by director Danny Boyle deeper ideas associated with this poverty are developed including destiny, loyalty and how poverty frees us. These deeper ideas are developed through visual techniques such as colour, lighting, `cinematographic techniques and editing techniques.
Colour is a visual technique used in films that symbolizes hidden meanings linking to deeper ideas. In the film Slumdog Millionaire the colour yellow is used to develop the deeper idea of destiny. The colour yellow symbolizes positivity and hope. Throughout the film the character of Latika is always seen wearing some element of clothing that is yellow. In the scene where she meets Jamal for the first time it is raining and she is standing in the rain alone. In this scene Latika is wearing a yellow top, symbolising the hope that Jamal will invite her into the safety of the shelter he is sharing with Salim. The yellow also symbolises the positivity in this moment where Jamal and Latika meet for the first time, this is their destiny. Another scene where Latika is wearing yellow is the scene where she is standing on the lower level platform at the train station looking for Jamal. Here Latika’s top is also yellow and although this is a very short scene and the audience only sees her for a brief moment. The colour yellow shows them the hope Latika has in finding Jamal and how she has stayed positive while she waited for him to find her because it is their