How Is Hero An Art Movie?

1. I think Hero can be considered an art movie, because unlike Hollywood movies, it focuses on artistic shots, and the meaning beyond the story. The main story in hero was analyzed 3 different times, with three different end results, which is a property of an art movie since it is something that is studied and has a far deeper meaning than the first story. It also uses colours and artistic shots to set the tone or mood of the scene and story.

2.The director makes this a movie for everybody by including subtitles and universal principals, like conflict, love, revenge and peace. It has dialogue which makes it much easier to follow for those who have difficulty understanding the 'art movie' aspects of this film, giving it a more story oriented background. It is a fascinating movie all around, with a creative story line to keep all viewers entertained.

3.I liked this movie because there was always a plot twist and it was always not as you expected. The only thing I struggled with was the subtitles, mostly because I find them distracting. Other than that this movie kept me on my toes and was very exciting to watch. It was something I am not used to and it was interesting to see something based on the past in another culture. I also loved the creative shots incorporated in this film.

4. I think Zhang Yimou used colour to emphasize his action sequences because colour shows emotion and makes you feel a certain way as you watch the scene. For example, the red colours made it feel as if Nameless was out for blood, he was angry, supporting his country. The blue provided a calmer approach, he was there with good intent, to keep them alive. The library for instance kept changing because the story and the intent kept changing. Something new would happen based on the colours and that would be how you truly understood the separate stories.

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Brainstorming - 3D

Brainstorming – Post-Apocalyptic 3D Imagery

1.     What do you think the end of the world will look like? How do you think this particular disaster will affect the physical world?

I think the end of the world will be due to the earth’s plates shifting too much, resulting in flood, cracking ground, explosion, fire and all sorts of things that a simple unexplained, shift in the earth could cause to add complexity to the end of the world. There would be charred buildings, random items strewn across the land as well as any people in my assignment will wear gas masks due to all the harmful things in the air.

2.     What particular aspect do you want to focus on?

I want to focus on the creativity it would take to rebuild their homes using what is left in the world, as well as people creating business and currency, trades etc.

3.     What 10 things in particular do you want to display survived?

-People

-Parts of structures – barns, homes

-A teddy bear – for a child

-Some canned goods – dented

-Cars

-Oil-drums – fire

-Parts of trees – stumps

-A Child – to show a future

-Boats

-Scraps – wood, metal

4.     What will serve as a symbol of hope?

I want to incorporate a child in the recreated world because that symbolizes hope for a future.

5.     What do you think of T&T’s work? What do you think makes it appealing to people?

I personally think it resembles animation and I love the concept but the style isn’t really my thing. I prefer more range in colour. I think it is appealing to people because it is simplistic and shows perspective. People are very into minimalism these days (myself included) and this really displays a minimalist depiction of a post-apocalyptic world.

3D Colour Schemes

Magenta, Cyan, Yellow on White

Blue, Green, Red on Black

Blue, White, Red on Black

Light Painting

Low-Key

Photography

no explanation to why the one turned sepia