Research theme - cinematography

On Color

The research paper deals with the basic principles of color cinematography and its theoretical and technical aspects.

The transition from black & white cinematography to color implied a radical change in artistic perception. In the black & white period, cinematographers forced themselves to see the world tonally, to translate the volume, color and perspective into a black & white play of light and shadow — they built their style on it. The introduction of color forced them to solve not only new technical problems, but to rearrange their perceptions and to find ways to use color as a means of expression.

The paper investigates basic color principles and the stylistically relevant dimensions of color. The analytical content of the article: Basic concepts. On the inter-influence of the colors. What is color? Color sense. Three-chromatic theory of sight. Color temperature. Color adaptation. Speeding up the stock. Relation between lighting and saturation. Interval. What the color depends on. Film in color. Color harmony. Color pallet. Prime colors. Secondary colors. The close colors effect. Three-color harmony. Four-color harmony. Color and its background. Simultaneous effects. Color stereoscopic illusion. Expressive impact of the quantitative variation of colors. The conclusion.

Nikola Tanhofer