Tarzan
Disney’s Tarzan has been around since the year 1999 but before that, there has been forty-seven different Tarzan films ever since the novel’s publication in 1914. Whether or not all forty-seven of those films were good or bad, they all were unable to capture the same vision Edgar Rice Burroughs had of the Wildman. The Walt Disney Studios managed to achieve this through a different screen technique: animation. The three points of aesthetics that are very striking are: how some characters are more stylised than others; how colours play a big role; and how evil characters are drawn.
Firstly, one of the main things is how certain characters are drawn such as Archimedes Q. Porter and Tantor the Elephant. They are both stylised further than …show more content…
The major colours that play roles are: blue, green, purple, and red. On a side note, Clayton’s shirt is similar to that of Sabor’s fur depicting a significant relationship between the two antagonists.
The blue colour shows calmness, tranquillity, melancholy and sincerity. A good example of this is used in the transition between the scenes of young Tarzan being told he will never be part of the gorilla family by Kerchak. Another eminent example is Porter’s bowtie. It is blue to signify that he is a sincere character. Jane has a similar colour but on a closer shade to purple.
Green reflects growth, harmony, freshness and fertility. It is the most restful colour and is used throughout the entirety of the film. Seeing a lot of the green flora keeps the viewer serene during the particular scene.
Red expresses war, danger, power and violence. The hue was heavily used in the scene where Clayton and his crew assaulted the gorilla camp to imply an emotion of danger for the audience. Clayton’s ascot around his neck is red, opposed to Porter’s bowtie, which strongly suggests leadership and power in the character’s
Disney’s Tarzan has been around since the year 1999 but before that, there has been forty-seven different Tarzan films ever since the novel’s publication in 1914. Whether or not all forty-seven of those films were good or bad, they all were unable to capture the same vision Edgar Rice Burroughs had of the Wildman. The Walt Disney Studios managed to achieve this through a different screen technique: animation. The three points of aesthetics that are very striking are: how some characters are more stylised than others; how colours play a big role; and how evil characters are drawn.
Firstly, one of the main things is how certain characters are drawn such as Archimedes Q. Porter and Tantor the Elephant. They are both stylised further than …show more content…
The major colours that play roles are: blue, green, purple, and red. On a side note, Clayton’s shirt is similar to that of Sabor’s fur depicting a significant relationship between the two antagonists.
The blue colour shows calmness, tranquillity, melancholy and sincerity. A good example of this is used in the transition between the scenes of young Tarzan being told he will never be part of the gorilla family by Kerchak. Another eminent example is Porter’s bowtie. It is blue to signify that he is a sincere character. Jane has a similar colour but on a closer shade to purple.
Green reflects growth, harmony, freshness and fertility. It is the most restful colour and is used throughout the entirety of the film. Seeing a lot of the green flora keeps the viewer serene during the particular scene.
Red expresses war, danger, power and violence. The hue was heavily used in the scene where Clayton and his crew assaulted the gorilla camp to imply an emotion of danger for the audience. Clayton’s ascot around his neck is red, opposed to Porter’s bowtie, which strongly suggests leadership and power in the character’s