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- Title
Coloured Lighting and the Aura of Hollywood in Damien Chazelle’s La La Land.
- Authors
MORELLO, NICOLE
- Abstract
Looking at Damien Chazelle’s La La Land (2016), I explore the visual experience of coloured lighting prioritized throughout the film. While these moments of coloured lighting may initially appear to create mood for aesthetic purposes, I would like to contend that Chazelle is doing more by purposefully choosing to fully saturate certain scenes that highlight stark moments of reality that his characters Mia (Emma Stone) and Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) endure throughout the film. In doing so, Chazelle creates a dichotomy between the fantastical and unrealistic elements of Hollywood and the grounding, everyday realities of life that may be influenced by the former, but ultimately remain outside of both Mia and Sebastian’s grasp. Chazelle’s intentional introduction of colour in La La Land personifies this sentiment as it proves that the aesthetic use of colour is a warning that is doomed to fail because it represents a fantasy, something controlled and unreal.
- Subjects
CHAZELLE, Damien, 1985-; LA La Land (Film); LIGHTING; FANTASY (Psychology); EVERYDAY life
- Publication
Mise-en-Scène, 2021, Vol 6, Issue 2, p48
- ISSN
2560-7065
- Publication type
Article