Having recently watched the film Cabaret, colour is used to symbolise many different things. There is a wide range of colours that show the viewer what the general emotion of the scene is, how a character is feeling and even certain colours worn by a character symbolise certains traits they hold. In some cases, colours also tell the audience what will happen later in the movie.
The first colours that appeared in the film, to me were quite dull, mostly because of Brians very prim and proper clothing that mostly consisted of muted browns, greys and blues. This was very reflective of his initial very understated and quiet personality.
However, another colour noticed predominately in the opening scenes of the film was the colour red. As Brian is arriving in Berlin, there are many examples of the colour red, people around him are wearing different shades of red clothing, or there are objects that are coloured red surrounding him. In some cases red stands for danger, which may apply to Brian as he is going to live in a completely knew and strange place, different from the sheltered life he was living before. However, some people also say red stands for love and romance, maybe this is telling us as viewers that this is the city where Brian is going to find love with Sally Bowles. Sally Bowles also wears red lipstick a lot, suggesting again that Brian is going to experience something new and exciting with Sally.
The first colours that appeared in the film, to me were quite dull, mostly because of Brians very prim and proper clothing that mostly consisted of muted browns, greys and blues. This was very reflective of his initial very understated and quiet personality.
However, another colour noticed predominately in the opening scenes of the film was the colour red. As Brian is arriving in Berlin, there are many examples of the colour red, people around him are wearing different shades of red clothing, or there are objects that are coloured red surrounding him. In some cases red stands for danger, which may apply to Brian as he is going to live in a completely knew and strange place, different from the sheltered life he was living before. However, some people also say red stands for love and romance, maybe this is telling us as viewers that this is the city where Brian is going to find love with Sally Bowles. Sally Bowles also wears red lipstick a lot, suggesting again that Brian is going to experience something new and exciting with Sally.
Image Credit: List of Shame - Continuing Series: Cabaret (1972) | Public Transportation Snob. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.ptsnob.com/2012/10/list-of-shame-marathon-continuing.html. [Accessed 10 October 2014].
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