Abstract

Since the first appearance of color film in the late nineteenth Century, the amount of information carried by color films has been increasing day by day, and color has gradually become part of the basic concept of the film. Numerous film researchers and psychologists have added a variety of definitions of colors which have become an indispensable expression of the film. When watching movies, viewers will be affected by changes in lightness and chroma of color in different scenarios. The right use of color can arouse various associations of human life experiences, and certain colors have certain symbolic meanings. The purpose of this thesis is to understand the symbolism and character of color in the film and its relevance to the plot. And to study the implication of colors in human senses and the effect in the film arts. In this connection, the thesis analyzes the symbolic meaning of color in film, and scenarios directed by David Lynch as the research object, analyzes the effect of various colors’lightness and chroma on colors’symbolic value and the correlation between the performance of the color and the relevance of the story. Through these analyses, it can be found that, in David Lynchs films, lightness and chroma are closely related to the plot of the movie Therefore, we can see that the color is indeed symbolic and has an impact on the film plot.

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