Everything is Illuminated. Zur Numerischen Analyse von Farbigkeit in Filmen
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 pro...
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-78ee04207efb4e47b45e692577f24bde2023-01-03T01:54:32ZdeuForschungsverbund Marbach Weimar WolfenbüttelZeitschrift für digitale Geisteswissenschaften2510-13582018-09-010310.17175/2018_0031024436837Everything is Illuminated. Zur Numerischen Analyse von Farbigkeit in FilmenJohannes PauseNiels-Oliver Walkowskihttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3043-3010The 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.http://www.zfdg.de/node/254filmwissenschaftfarbmetrikzombie |
| spellingShingle | Johannes Pause Niels-Oliver Walkowski Everything is Illuminated. Zur Numerischen Analyse von Farbigkeit in Filmen Zeitschrift für digitale Geisteswissenschaften filmwissenschaft farbmetrik zombie |
| title | Everything is Illuminated. Zur Numerischen Analyse von
Farbigkeit in Filmen |
| title_full | Everything is Illuminated. Zur Numerischen Analyse von
Farbigkeit in Filmen |
| title_fullStr | Everything is Illuminated. Zur Numerischen Analyse von
Farbigkeit in Filmen |
| title_full_unstemmed | Everything is Illuminated. Zur Numerischen Analyse von
Farbigkeit in Filmen |
| title_short | Everything is Illuminated. Zur Numerischen Analyse von
Farbigkeit in Filmen |
| title_sort | everything is illuminated zur numerischen analyse von farbigkeit in filmen |
| topic | filmwissenschaft farbmetrik zombie |
| url | http://www.zfdg.de/node/254 |
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