Color As Depicted In Film

Kate, ineffectual, trapped, and frightened, is finally forced into submission. She finds herself inadequate, unwilling to sacrifice everything for her beliefs, and thus proving her powerlessness to affect any meaningful change. With a gun to her head, Kate is coerced into falsely supporting the very men who subjugated her. In this moment, she is fraudulently re-gifted with her own agency. In order to survive she must relax, take it, and know that it will be over soon. Ultimately, Kate is not strong enough to fight back against the masculine dominant patriarchy. Her failure to do anything is Alejandro’s final exertion of force. The patriarchal system fully dominates the woman who attempted to overcome this traditional system. Macer, a successful tactful agent, becomes useless and insignificant when men negotiate her clout to their advantage, appearing superior after achieving the objectives of their mission. …show more content…
The use of color destabilizes moral and immoral paradigms, blurring the lines between right and wrong. However, most often than not, the realities of the world are frequent issues of black and white. Color reinforces what is happening behaviorally onscreen. The director illustrates this dichotomy in the bank scene when Kate defies her male superior to impose lawful justice after capturing Diaz’s points of contact. As Kate enters the bank, viewers see her through a black and white camera. This artistic decision reaffirms the notion that realities of the world are frequent issues of black and white, or right (lawful) and wrong