Focal Point –
All of these images portray closeups of main characters. Using blur effects and color the images help pull the main character or personal/thing of importance into view making it the focal point of the image. In one image the character is in brighter clothing and all other humans in the shot are moving away in dark colours. Having them face away from us brings the intensity and focal point directly into the main character.
Colour –
Dark and drab with hues of blues and yellows to bring sickly and dark feelings to the scenes. It helps evoke an almost sinister feeling to all of the photos. You can almost feel the suffering for the characters in the images. The use of a dark palette also reflects the mindset of the characters. They aren’t happy and bright even if at times they try to portray that they are, so with the use of colour it brings you into the dark places that these characters inhabit.
The use of color also helps pull the characters into view and out of the background which is mainly dark and/or blurred.
Texture –
There is a wide variety of texture throughout all the images. City streets, metal buses, a table with broken dishware, mist/smoke, jagged handrails framing the human form, crazy eyed characters. It all adds to the feeling of brokenness in the dark scene around. In many of the images there are additional lines in the surrounding elements helping draw the eye to what is important in the shot.
Symmetry/Asymmetry –
There’s a strong use of both symmetry and asymmetry in the shots. Depending on the scene the close-up shots of the face help to connect the viewer to the character, wondering what they are looking into. Same as the Kuleshov Effect there could be a multitude of views on the other side. Given the surroundings you can infer what might be going on but the bland look on the face doesn’t give away what’s actually going on and helps to draw the eye. Each of the movie images chosen use both methods depending on the mood they want to depict.