The Fake
Three months ago, Yeon Sangho’s zombie thriller Train to Busan was all the rage in Asia, as it received both critical acclaims and audience’s love. Even then in May, amongst the line-up of melodramas and arthouses from auteurs all around the world, it stood out as an entertaining and commercial thriller, though this is just the first take on live-action from the 39-year-old South Korean director who packed on his back only several animated movies, most notably The King of Pigs and the topic of this article - The Fake.
Though these two, Yeon demonstrates a routine of establishing controversial civil issues, which are deeply rooted under the flashy surface of this East Asian country, into his works, and sometimes the harsh, naked truth is laid bare in an uncivilized manner, leaving viewers with doubts whether Yeon just exaggerates the problems to achieve his desired artistic impacts. While The King of Pigs speaks up on classism and its direct consequence to the matter of school …show more content…
The representation of dreary and countryside landscape, together with buildings and costumes, is illustrated through two main colorations: teal and a range of yellow. These two make up an almost complementary color scheme (with two of them being opposite on the color wheel) and the usage could be seen in several previous Hollywood movies like Fight Club or Drive. In The Fake, teal is used mostly in the evening on the heavy fogs and night sky, and yellow appears by daylight, of coursed toned to a much more depressing vibe. The Fake’s animation on human activities is executed quite well regarding its low budget, with an old school art style that can be noticed by the clear separation between less detailed background and more well-inked animated objects (humans,
Three months ago, Yeon Sangho’s zombie thriller Train to Busan was all the rage in Asia, as it received both critical acclaims and audience’s love. Even then in May, amongst the line-up of melodramas and arthouses from auteurs all around the world, it stood out as an entertaining and commercial thriller, though this is just the first take on live-action from the 39-year-old South Korean director who packed on his back only several animated movies, most notably The King of Pigs and the topic of this article - The Fake.
Though these two, Yeon demonstrates a routine of establishing controversial civil issues, which are deeply rooted under the flashy surface of this East Asian country, into his works, and sometimes the harsh, naked truth is laid bare in an uncivilized manner, leaving viewers with doubts whether Yeon just exaggerates the problems to achieve his desired artistic impacts. While The King of Pigs speaks up on classism and its direct consequence to the matter of school …show more content…
The representation of dreary and countryside landscape, together with buildings and costumes, is illustrated through two main colorations: teal and a range of yellow. These two make up an almost complementary color scheme (with two of them being opposite on the color wheel) and the usage could be seen in several previous Hollywood movies like Fight Club or Drive. In The Fake, teal is used mostly in the evening on the heavy fogs and night sky, and yellow appears by daylight, of coursed toned to a much more depressing vibe. The Fake’s animation on human activities is executed quite well regarding its low budget, with an old school art style that can be noticed by the clear separation between less detailed background and more well-inked animated objects (humans,