This study is an attempt to investigate the ability of different colors used in cinematic lighting designs to affect audience’s impressions towards the appearance and mood of film characters. The study critically appraised existing cinematic lighting techniques and identified the two basic color groups (i.e., warm and cold colors) that should be examined in order to answer the research questions and formulate its conclusions. To provide the needed empirical evidence for this research work, some experiments with a representative sample of viewers were conducted. These experiments confirmed the existence of direct relationships between various colors of lighting and the perceived appearance and mood of film characters. Moreover, specific color hues of lighting appeared to be more effective than others in altering the perceived appearance and mood of film characters. The study concluded that audience’s perception of appearances and moods within cinematic images is linked, even in part, to different colors of lighting.

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胶片照明色调的影响——一项探索性研究

本研究试图调查电影灯光设计中使用的不同颜色对观众对电影角色外观和情绪的印象的能力。该研究批判性地评估了现有的电影照明技术，并确定了应该检查的两个基本颜色组（即暖色和冷色），以便回答研究问题并得出其结论。为了为这项研究工作提供所需的经验证据，我们对具有代表性的观众样本进行了一些实验。这些实验证实了各种灯光颜色与电影角色的感知外观和情绪之间存在直接关系。而且，在改变电影角色的感知外观和情绪方面，特定的灯光色调似乎比其他灯光更有效。该研究得出的结论是，观众对电影图像中的外观和情绪的感知与不同颜色的灯光有关，甚至部分与不同的灯光颜色有关。