Another great share. The beginning of ‘The Wizard of Oz’, the B&W bit is beautifully like woodcuts of fairytales. Little fore-telling tableaux, with Dorothy pacing about as a kind of character study and the location, Kansas being its own benign character in preemptive contrast to the plasticky Oz.
Plasticky colour in a totally different, grungey way is used so horribly well in The Shining. The 70s hues and big surface patterns really enhance the screechy violence at work through the whole film. Also love how space is used in this film, the claustrophobic apartment at the start and the vast yet suffocating heavy expanses of space at the hotel. Hopper gone super dark?
In an interview I saw, David Hockney talked about being super inspired by the movies he saw as a child in the UK - old B&W films featuring scenes of things like roads in California with long shadows of trees. He grew up in dark Northern England and was captivated by the idea that in California the light was so different. He talked about this being a big reason he flew to America as soon as he could in his late teens/early twenties.
Compositional Inspo is everywhere. Thanks for this great reminder to keep my eyes peeled for it!
I remember my figure drawing teacher in college showing me stills from Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom for composition inspo. Cut to me binging all of his movies at the time. Movies are so inspiring! Love this newsletter – thanks for sharing Lindsay. So informative ❤️
Oh my goodness: YESSS to this!
Another great share. The beginning of ‘The Wizard of Oz’, the B&W bit is beautifully like woodcuts of fairytales. Little fore-telling tableaux, with Dorothy pacing about as a kind of character study and the location, Kansas being its own benign character in preemptive contrast to the plasticky Oz.
Plasticky colour in a totally different, grungey way is used so horribly well in The Shining. The 70s hues and big surface patterns really enhance the screechy violence at work through the whole film. Also love how space is used in this film, the claustrophobic apartment at the start and the vast yet suffocating heavy expanses of space at the hotel. Hopper gone super dark?
In an interview I saw, David Hockney talked about being super inspired by the movies he saw as a child in the UK - old B&W films featuring scenes of things like roads in California with long shadows of trees. He grew up in dark Northern England and was captivated by the idea that in California the light was so different. He talked about this being a big reason he flew to America as soon as he could in his late teens/early twenties.
Compositional Inspo is everywhere. Thanks for this great reminder to keep my eyes peeled for it!
I remember my figure drawing teacher in college showing me stills from Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom for composition inspo. Cut to me binging all of his movies at the time. Movies are so inspiring! Love this newsletter – thanks for sharing Lindsay. So informative ❤️