| Summary: | The article analyses the composition of colour in the mise-en-scène of the zombie-movies
REC,
28 Days Later and
World War Z via a computer based approach.
It first evaluates some of the methodological problems of common
colour-quantisation by using clustering-algorithms in
the context of film studies, then a new developed process is presented which
builds on the theory of colour contrasts by Johannes Itten. A simple
statistical analysis of two contrast ratios for each of the movies demonstrates
that this approach is capable of providing detailed insights into the
composition of colour in movies in general. Furthermore, the analysis of the
three movies reveals that the accentuation of colour contrast relations serves
different functions: colours can support the narrative structure of the movie,
emphasize repeating motifs or establish an autonomous aesthetic space.
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