Assignment 6

Here are two still shots from the movie Finding Nemo.

These two images taken from Finding Nemo are very different. They differ very much from one another in the terms of the color and how the artists utilized this characteristic. In the first image, there are a limited number of hues; mostly very deep hues of blue, with some dark hues of orange for Marlin. In the second image, the hues are very vibrant and light, and the artists utilize hues of light blue, bright orange, yellow, green, and purple. The first image is very dark and has little brightness in its color, except on the lone egg, while the second image is completely bright and all the colors used are bright. The first image has much greater saturation in it’s colors and the dark hues are very intense. In the second image there are more des-saturated or “washed out” colors, meaning they are less intense. Both of the images also utilize different characteristics of lighting. There are many shadows in the first image. Half of Marlin’s body is in shadow, and much of the crevice he is looking down into has deep shadows. This represents the dark events that just happened and the devastating aftermath it is having on him. In the image of the fish tank, there are little to no shadows and darkness, representing the happy occasion of meeting new friends. The egg being completely visible and red in the first image symbolizes life and hope amongst the death and despair that Marlin had just suffered in the movie. Despite losing his mate and the rest of the eggs due to a baracuda attack, he has one bright sphere of hope remaining. All of the bright colors of the fish and the environment surrounding them in the second image symbolizes that Nemo is in good hands and is in a happy place, when originally he thought he was in danger when he was taken. Overall the mood of the first image is depressing and almost frightening because of the ominous dark hues and shadows. The second image provokes a much happier mood because the viewer is attracted by the bright hues and light.