Colour : English

What type of colours are used in each world?

Real world.

-dark, grey, blues and greens

- nocturnal light

Other world

- Colours orange, artificial lighting, warm, welcoming, reds, greys

How do the different colour palettes change the feel of the story?

Real World

feel - sad. lonely, depressed, miserable, dusty, dull, old, dirtied, crowded

Other World

happy, bright, exciting, alluring, relaxed, clean, tidy and spacious, 

Real World

Director 

- gives us a sense about how Coraline feels- bored, sad 

- shows the dad is exhausted and overworked

Other World

Director

- make it look like the kind of place Coraline would like to live in

- shows the other father is active and awake. this father has much more time to talk to Coraline.

Themes - Big ideas

Looks can be deceiving

Courage and bravery

Statement

Example

eXplain- how audience feel?

eXplain- why the director did this to show?

eXplain- How it works with something else?

Your Link- question, theme, another moment in the story

Juxtaposed

- the complete opposite

What if the colour palettes were reversed?

Color is important in creating the two worlds and showing the theme. ' look can be deceiving' This is shown when comparing the studys in the real and other worlds. The real world study is dull, dowdy and cold with a grey and blue color palette. This makes the audience feel like the space is miserable and unpleasant to be in. The director did this to show that Coraline is upset the father is too busy to spend time with her. Juxtaposed to this is the study in the other world. Artificial oranges and reds make the other feel warm, welcoming and enticing. Selick does this to show the audience that this is the kind of world Coraline would to live in. Color is used to make the other world feel like a safe place but it is actually a trap to lure in Coraline and allure her soul.