Red Roses Psychology

There is a fascinating use of the red color and red roses throughout this film. Red color might refer to many things including; love, caring, passion, revenge, life force, and many other. Red roses in the American culture are a symbol of love, caring, compassion, life and death. Roses also symbolize beauty; perhaps that is why they selected the title to be American Beauty.
At the second opening scene of the film, we see Burnham’s house with the neighbor’s homes. The bright, artificial colors of Burnham’s home are totally distinctive comparing to the Fitt’s home, which is very bland and well organized. The Fitt’s home is completely empty of plant life and aesthetics that are usually associated with homes. They have limited décor and furniture that is plain, straight lined dark and wooden. The lighting of the home itself is dim and the predominant color throughout is white.
Colors in this film are not only used to show differences in the neighborhood, but also to introduce the characters as well. Throughout the film, the essence of each …show more content…
He occupies a tiny part of the frame making him look rather small. Also, this shot is a high angle, which makes Lester look even smaller. We notice that he is in the middle of an almost empty room making him totally exposed. His body language when sitting on the chair, and his legs spread which gives off an aura of weakness and surrender, and his facial expression shows his exasperation and frustration. He cannot even keep his tie straight. He looks powerless and vulnerable.
The next shot, we see his boss, Brad Dubree, in a point-of-view shot, as if we are looking at Lester from Brad’s position, but this downward angle is very exaggerated. Rather than looking at Lester strictly from Brad’s physical point of view, it seems to be as looking at him from Brad’s emotional point of view. It is more as looking at a small and unimportant