From the course: Creating a Short Film: 05 Directing
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Creating a visual style
From the course: Creating a Short Film: 05 Directing
Creating a visual style
- As director, you will be ultimately responsible for the visual style of your film. Of course, you'll have the assistance of your production designer and director of photography, but ultimately, they'll be coming to you when they have questions. This whole thing of style was especially important on a fantasy film like The Assurance. I really wanted to create a fantasy world that hadn't been seen before. So many fantasy films feel like stylized versions of Europe in the Middle Ages, and I love that style, but I wanted to make something new for The Assurance. I wanted this to feel like another world, and I wanted the people to look broken and worn down. To make the world feel unique, I used a color palette of stylized versions of earthy colors. For the common area scene, there are greens and oranges, but I also added blues to the shadows. I really like the color palette. It's natural colors take you to a slightly unnatural place, and that's the style of the film overall, that I was…
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