Saturday, February 4, 2012
Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas
I watched "Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas" for the first time today. What attracted me the most were the colors and lighting in the film. The color schemes functioned as a parallel to the high and low peaks in action. There were many dark blues and reds in the casino shots filled by psychedelic ventures and extreme turbulence. Yet, the next minute was a shot of the endless dessert with a light blue sky and infinite shades of beige. This caused a constant shift in image color which accentuated the roller coaster of feelings for the viewer.
The lighting was really interesting. In some cenes, there was blue and cold lighting which overall felt really dark. This highlighted a frightening tone to the movie. There was also use of artificial lighting coming from hotels and outdoors that showed the illusory experience of Las Vegas.
Another technique the film used was distorting and creating imaginary things as if to put the viewer into the protagonist's point of view. The mess in the hotel rooms and the visual clutter made the spectator experiences the surreal ventures of the characters.
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I think this is a great film to talk about. I admit I have only seen portions of it, however the overlaying of images is very successful to the mood in certain scenes.
ReplyDeleteFor those who don't know, there are scenes when the characters are drugged and thus under the influence. The following scenes are from the point of view of the character in their current state of mind. The use of overlaying color images as well as distorting the forms successfully achieves this mood.