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Affinity & Contrast

Affinity & Contrast. Pretty much what it sounds like. affinity : visual elements look the same, similar, or analogous contrast : visual elements look different, etc. More vague explanations:. contrast = greater intensity, more drama, implied conflict

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Affinity & Contrast

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  1. Affinity & Contrast

  2. Pretty much what it sounds like. • affinity: visual elements look the same, similar, or analogous • contrast: visual elements look different, etc.

  3. More vague explanations: • contrast = greater intensity, more drama, implied conflict • affinity = lower intensity, less drama, implied harmony Try to manipulate contrasts and affinities to communicate information to your audience.

  4. Contrived example: One of creatures below is a ‘malooma’ and the other is a ‘taketa’. Which one is which?

  5. Real example: Dune (Frank Herbert, 1965) Plot revolves around conflict between House Atreides and House Harkonnen. Based on no other information -- who are the good guys and who are the bad guys?

  6. Film clip: About a Boy - expository opening sequence • What do the contrasts between their environments say about their apparent circumstances? • What affinities are there which might suggest deeper things that the characters have in common?

  7. Contrasts and affinities between settings: • cool apartment, but sterile • the character seems cool, but really has no close friends or relationships • organic home, but pretty crummy • the character is an all-natural dork and outcast

  8. Contrasts and affinities between pets: • cool fish, nice to look at • clean, ‘hands-off’ • invisible cage • hamster on a wheel -- just like high school • dirty, ‘hands-on’ • cage is obvious

  9. Film clip: Revenge of the Sith - climactic lightsaber duels • What do the contrasts between the duels say about them thematically? • What do the contrasts/affinities between the duelists (and their environments) say about them psychologically?

  10. Contrast between settings: • environment is poorly lit, low contrast, hazy, dirty • suggests moral ambiguity, psychological ambivalence • environment is well lit, high contrast, sharp, clean • suggests that the underlying conflict is clear cut, black and white

  11. Contrasts and affinities between duelists: • pasty old man vs. little green muppet • red and green lightsabers • suggests that they’re polar opposites with no qualms about killing each other • two handsome young men • both have blue lightsabers • tells you that it’s “brother against brother”

  12. Contrast between fighting styles: • brutal, occasionally hand-to-hand and dirty • suggests inner turmoil -- messy feelings mirrored by messy fighting • relatively clean, ‘hands-off’ • suggests lack of inner turmoil; the Emperor seems to be having a good time

  13. Affinities between settings and themes: • takes place inside the senate chamber • this duel determines the fate of the Republic • takes place on the shores of hell • this duel determines the fate of Anakin’s soul

  14. Summary: • think about how your characters and situations are thematically similar, then express that with visual affinities • think about how your characters and situations are thematically opposed, then express that with visual contrasts

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