LAUAN601 CHAPTER STRUCTURE

CHAPTER STRUCTURE 

Chapter One- Introduction (400)

• Outline the topic- Colour vs Black and White 
• State the specific sub-questions that guide the project 
• Methodology:
•  What type of research is being undertaken (why is it important) 
•  Collecting the data 
• Individual topic (aesthetic)

Chapter Two- Main Body 1: Context and Themes (2000)

• Colour visual vs Black and White story-telling:

• Film Theory and Psychology of Colour
• Camera shots and Camera Angles 
• Mise-En-Scene and Lighting
• Portal Animations:

                               - Wizard of Oz 

                               - Back to the Future 

                               - Alice in Wonderland 

• Films that include black and white and colour and why?

Conclusion:

                  

                       - What case studies I will be studying? 

                      - Is colour more effective than black and white visual story-telling?

Chapter Three- Main Body Two: Case Studies of Practice (1500) 

‘If it’s purple someone is going to die’ by Patti Bellantoni:

• Patti Bellantoni’s investigation of colour 
• Colour schemes: Red, Yellow, Blue, Green, Orange and Purple 
• What each colour represents 
• The influence of colour on human emotions, choices, and opinions
• Is colour more effective than black and white visual story-telling? 

                            

‘The Art of Watching Films’ by Joe Boggs and Dennis Petrie:

• An unbiased opinion on colour vs black and white visual story-telling. 

• Black and white keeps the audience focused on the storyline and the characters. 
• Colour causes the movie to become less artistic.
• Colour allows the director to be able to communicate with the audience. 
• How humans visualise colour    
• Is black and white more effective than colour visual story-telling?                                                      

Conclusion:

•                      What these case studies have made me question.
•                      How will I put these theories into test? (secondary research) 

Chapter Four- Main Body Three: Reflective Practice (700) 

• Storyboard artists 
• The storyline of the scene chosen from the storyboard and why?
• Colour script created for the storyboard 
• What colour themes I chose and why 

Chapter Five- Conclusion (400) 

• Fluid explanation about what I learned in each chapter 
• Reflection on my own practice
• Successful/unsuccessful parts of my research 
• Answer the question by summarising what I learned during this process