Brainstorm:
What Happened- The two are running and arguing. When the seeds from the sacred tree settle across Jakes’s body.
Camera Angles/Shot/focus/movement:
-close up – faces & seeds, forces focus, shows intricate details.
-over the shoulder -places us in the argument.
-tilt -following down the seeds
-high angle -as seeds drift towards them.
-tracking shot -as a character as they run
Lighting: natural to them, artificial to us -bioluminescent, fluorescent
cold-tones-blue/white, bright when interacted or dull otherwise.
Interactive, mystical, psychedelics, ethereal
Colour: -pallet -neon, blue, purple, pink, green cyan, magenta, white
-show its otherwordly, it’s natural but not earthly.
Sound/Music: non-diegetic (where we can hear but they can´t)
Mellow music, stings, tempo-slow, dynamics-starts quiet, gets louder to build intensity, tone-minor but not sad, more harmonic, subtle.
Plan: Lighting/Colour
In the scene ´Seeds from the scared tree; lighting and colour are used to create an otherworldly feel. This is demonstrated through the vibrant, neon and biolumescent colours of the Na´vi world. The colours included cyan, magenta, greens, blues, pinks and purples which appear natural to this environment, but foreign to ours. This makes the audience feel like they are on another planet, one that is mystical, fantastical and ethereal. The purpose of this was to show the extreme changes that Jake, a paraplegic human, experienced as he adjusts to a new body and world. Combined with the use of extravagant colours, is that of lighting to show life. When a living object is touched it generates a bright cold light that sents them in the light direction. This reminds the viewer of bioluminescent organisms such as algae and jellyfish that produce their own glowing light. If creatures like these actually exist on earth, it makes the idea of a planet populated by them more realistic to the viewer.