Why I used different colour palettes in The Raptus

The real reason was that despite this being a non chronologically arranged trailer, in context of the story, which has a lot of nightmare scenes in it, I wanted to distinguish dream from reality. In context of the trailer (which has no real flowing narrative) it serves to make certain visuals more memorable and helps keep the trailer less formulaic and unpredictable with it's visuals. With a dream (black and white) and reality (technicolour) pattern set up, the inclusion of a red visual at the end adds something unknown to the table, adding an extra layer to the atmosphere of the trailer and ending on an ambiguous note where the viewer is lost (red also connotes danger). So we have reality, the nightmares and the unknown all from this colour palette and considering in a first trailer you shouldn't be told too much about the film, unknown is the best way to go.


TECHNICOLOUR:

BLACK AND WHITE:
RED:

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