After looking at the short films and other extracts from films, I decided to research the setting for dystopian films varying from the Glade in 'The Maze Runner' to the Earth in 'The Day the Earth Stood Still'. I decided that I wanted to make the world in my dystopia look ruined and abandoned (I already have a location in mind) and wanted to look at ruined sets. I took photos off the internet from films I had heard of or had watched over the years:
Cloud Atlas | The Day the Earth Stood Still | The Maze Runner
The Road | The Scorch Trials | The 100
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This image is of the Glade in 'The Maze Runner'. Here, unlike in the images above there is a theme of peace and contentment. There are light themes such as the light greens, creating a warm feeling and sense of safety. This is juxtaposed by the image below from the sequel to 'The Maze Runner' called 'The Scorch Trials'. Here the world has turned from calm and peaceful to ruined, dusty and full of wrecked items.
As you can probably tell 'The Maze Runner' trilogy is a huge part of my inspiration
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I then started to look at the TV show 'The 100'. The image above had a themes of yellow and green and I love how it has been set in a forest. This is effective because forests are often seen as calm places of peace and safety. This is contradicted by the image of the grounders with Clarke.
Alike to 'The Maze Runner' trilogy, 'The 100' has been a huge source
of inspiration for me
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In these pictures there are examples of the futuristic world in 'Cloud Atlas'. In the picture above the idea of a forest based home is repeated and it gives a sense of rogue independence because the world is not industrial anymore. The image below has themes of ruin but in a different way to the rest. Here the ivy and moss have almost completely concealed a bridge and I really like the idea of the base or first set being overgrown.
Cloud Atlas | The Day the Earth Stood Still | The Maze Runner
The Road | The Scorch Trials | The 100
This first image from the film 'The Day the Earth Stood Still'. Here you can see a lot of grey and dusty colours which effect the theme of ruin and despair. This can also be seen in the picture below from the film 'The Road' which has clear themes of blues, grey and black emphasizing despair and solitude.
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As you can probably tell 'The Maze Runner' trilogy is a huge part of my inspiration
I then started to look at the TV show 'The 100'. The image above had a themes of yellow and green and I love how it has been set in a forest. This is effective because forests are often seen as calm places of peace and safety. This is contradicted by the image of the grounders with Clarke.
After that I looked at these two images (above and below). The one above shows a vague industrial theme and has a lot of blues, browns and dusty colours - again suggesting a theme of ruin, solitude but also power due to the vague hints of black. Below this we have a picture of a grounder village with Clarke and Lexa. In this I like how the tent to the right has red scraps of fabric suggesting danger. Also the village looks unkempt or barren due to the lack of vegetation apart from the long grass on the dirt path.
Alike to 'The Maze Runner' trilogy, 'The 100' has been a huge source
of inspiration for me
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In these pictures there are examples of the futuristic world in 'Cloud Atlas'. In the picture above the idea of a forest based home is repeated and it gives a sense of rogue independence because the world is not industrial anymore. The image below has themes of ruin but in a different way to the rest. Here the ivy and moss have almost completely concealed a bridge and I really like the idea of the base or first set being overgrown.
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