Text / Gu Musi
This article will use Wim Wenders' "Paris, Texas" to analyze the color composition in the film. The article will take some classic scenes in the film as representatives to analyze the director's intentions and the use and function of color. Wenders is a famous road film director, and his "Paris, Texas" has left a deep memory on me both in the use of color and the loneliness the film tells. I think it is an awe-inspiring film. Different movie. This is a non-romance film, and I love the desert, the western style, the bondage of the past, the bondage of love, the trauma and the inevitable emotions it portrays. Ry Cooder made a record for the film after losing his sight, and when the ethereal slide guitar strings rumble, the lonely lows of the desert invade you. Wild West Texas, the story is always lonely, treacherous, endless desert roads, thick and gorgeous clouds, motels are always vacant, no one really stays here, only eternal wind and sand. hot sun. Edward said in "Nocturnal Animals", "My favorite is two o'clock in West Texas, no phone, and no people."
Travis (Chávez) is alone on the road from the beginning of the film. He is going to find Paris. It is Paris in Texas, not Paris in France. It is said that it is the place where his parents had sex for the first time. He thinks that His life started there. The most memorable part of the whole film is the red on Travis' hat, followed by the rolling yellow sand dunes and the blue sky. The contrast of the colors makes the red more conspicuous. Travis appears in a dusty, old-fashioned suit, wearing a red peaked cap, white shirt and brown suit jacket with brown tie, the sharp contrast of colors makes him stand out from the whole picture. His taciturn, repressed, serious and conservative character can also be seen from his outfit. The shape of the dunes behind form a visual guide, leading the audience to look at the man who behaved strangely and was alone. He's a man with aphasia, a man whose heart has been broken by love, a man who has been walking aimlessly on the road, like a beggar, maybe like a dog... We don't know where he came from , just feels like he's looking for something.
From the subjective perspective of this picture, I saw the yellow scrapped car on the left at first glance, because the yellow color is particularly bright and eye-catching in the picture, and then through the comparison of the size relationship between the car and the person, as well as the size relationship between the front and rear, the main characters in the picture are highlighted. Location. In addition, for the two cars in the picture, the orientation of the front of the car, including the direction of the discarded iron objects on the ground, has formed a visual guide effect, leading the audience to look at the main character Travis (Chávez) in the center of the picture. Moreover, the blue of the background also has a gradient effect, forming a color dividing line from dark blue to light blue, light blue and the earthy yellow of the earth also forming an obvious color dividing line, and the blue of the back body is different from the blue of the sky, making the It forms a contrast, and there is a touch of green next to it, which can also make people notice the cars and people behind, making the picture less general and more textured. Finally, the abandoned white barricade on the ground forms a "triangle" with the yellow body and the position of the characters, which makes the picture more stable and gives the audience a sense of coordination.
The two main characters in this picture are in the middle of the picture, Voit on the left and Travis on the right. Voit is dressed in a grey shirt, orange suit and tan trousers, which reflects his warm, gentle, cheerful personality and contrasts with Travis's dress and character. The blue of the sky behind and the green of the grass divide the picture into two parts, implying the background of the two main characters. Travis has been wandering all these years, and his life is as melancholy and desolate as blue; Voit has a happy and stable family, and life is full of hope, just like the feeling of greenness and security. The clothes of the characters are in sharp contrast with the color of the background, and this color contrast can be more prominent from the picture. The extension of the railway in the picture and the outline of the ground plane pass through the characters and lead into the distance, implying the unknown and confused future of the characters, and everything is full of variables.
The most prominent character in this picture is the main character Jane. She is wearing a pink open-back sweater and lives on the right side of the picture, giving people a feeling of glamour and a glimpse. Pink symbolizes eroticism, youth and vitality. The background of the characters match, she is working in an erotic bar at this time. On the left side of the picture is a bottle of wine. Its existence makes the left side of the picture not too monotonous, the picture is more harmonious and balanced, and the main characters are highlighted by the contrast in size. The yellow wall at the back and the edge of the picture just form a square frame, which frames the main characters and guides the audience's sight. The pink in the background at the back echoes the color of the clothes of the main characters, and it is also more prominent as a background color, which can make the audience notice this part of the picture at first glance, so as to guide the audience to look at Jane's face, while the yellow of the wall matches the main character. The skin tone and hair echo, making the picture look more harmonious. The purple in the picture not only fits the atmosphere of Jane's workplace, but also makes the atmosphere of the picture more ambiguous and romantic.
The most used in the Travis film is red and green. This is related to his character background and character. He used to be a very sincere and passionate person for his feelings. Later, love blinded him and made him miserable. He began to become crazy, and he gradually realized that the paradox of love is probably love. , so he escaped from life and kept walking on the road. This process can be represented by red and green, red represents his inner desire for love and the trauma that love has brought him, while green represents his choice and his desire for peace. The eye-catching light is the bridge of the real dream, the red is the persistence, the green is the hesitation, and when all the colors are erased, the reality can be seen directly.
In this picture, green is brighter in the picture, compared with the blue, red and black behind, and several large area color blocks are distinguished by a few obvious lines, and the lines cut by these colors just gather together. one point. The small area of red on the right side of the picture is also in the shape of a "one" to form a visual guide, and the black high-rise buildings behind are guiding the audience's sight, as well as the railings, lamp poles and the shadows of the characters in the picture. Visual guidance, guide the audience's vision to look forward, and finally focus on the protagonist. The color of the protagonist's clothes is prominent and not obtrusive under the light and shadow, and it stands out from the black of the tall buildings behind, but the whole picture looks very harmonious. The blue and green light from the windows of the tall buildings behind echoes the large area of green and blue light in the picture.
At the end of the film, Travis chose to leave and continued to walk on the road. He remembered that he had seen online saying "Some people may be destined to be single for a lifetime." Lin's words: "Since childhood, I have been alone, taking care of the stars of all dynasties."
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