Color in our Opening Scene

 Color is something my group and I definitely considered when making this film opening. Color has the ability to convey emotions, states of minds, and personality without even using words. That being said, color is a powerful tool in film.  It wasn't the factor my group and I focused most on, but it definitely had an impact on certain choices we had to make.

For example, the blue tones in Betty's room conveys mellow and sad emotions despite nothing very sad actually happening. After all, Betty is simply waking up and getting ready for the day. On top of this, the blinds aren't open, preventing any yellow sunshine to counter these blue/indigo tones. This further enhances the mellow moods created. The purpose of these blue and indigo colors is to convey sadness, more specifically, the sadness of Betty due to her recent breakup. What makes this breakup especially hard is the fact that James cheated on her. Betty is feeling all sorts of negative emotions like betrayal, shock, and misery. Blue is probably the best color to symbolize this, so using this color in the lighting definitely helps enhance these feelings. 

Color also affected the wardrobe choices of each of the characters. To show Betty's delicacy, innocence, and femininity, she wears a pink shirt. I think the color of Betty's shirt reinforces her personality in an accurate way, so I think this wardrobe choice works well. 

With James, he wears a red sweater to emphasize common emotions associated with the color red. Although red can mean anger, I think the emotions we hoped to convey with James sweatshirt are those of love, passion, and a bit of warning (like a stop sign or emergency signal). Love, for the feelings he still has for Betty. Passion, for the affair with August. And Warning, for showing that it is probably a dangerous decision for Betty to get back with James since this could potentially break her heart again.

Color and conveying personality could also be seen with August's wardrobe choice. Not as much as with Betty and James, though. August wears a white tank top with a green dragon. White typically is associated with purity and flawlessness, but it can also be associated with emptiness. August can definitely be perceived as flawless as she is a popular girl who lives a "perfect" life from the outside. However, because she willingly wants James to cheat on Betty with her, she is likely empty on the inside and starving for attention. The green can represent the envy she feels for Betty since James still loves her.