Color Mosaics

Situation

Colors are always fascinating. One color in different cultures might have different meanings. In order to uncover this fascinating veil, we watched four films. We chose two out of them and selected one scene each. Next, we made our mosaics to represent the colors that filmmakers used in those films. In my part, I chose Stranger Than Fiction and Kill Bill as the focus of my mosaics.

My Scenes

In Kill Bill, a woman was on an airplane to her destination. It was at dusk and the sun was going down, and it gave me the idea to represent flying to another country. In Stranger Than Fiction, I saw the main character walking back home from his office. There was no one in the streets, and he lived by himself. With the sight of condos and trees, it gave me the idea of living alone.

Solution

In my first mosaic, I first used the color of blue and cut it into a shape of Earth. In order to make it earth-like, I used the color of green and cut it into the shape of continents. I wanted it to look like the continents that people live in the world. Finally, I made a red airplane to symbolize traveling. I chose red not only because it was at dusk, but also because red means “Good luck” (meaning have a safe trip) in my culture. In my second mosaic, I used the color of reddish brown, made a few condos with many windows, and then made some trees. The trees were made in green, like green leaves and green grass. I wanted it to look like a place in a city. At last, I put a figure of a person in the middle of the square, to make people feel that the person is lonely.

Reflection

The two mosaics come from not only my experiences but also my emotional responses to the scenes that I saw in the films. In my first mosaic, I remember the
time when I watched a movie at a science museum. It was about the birth of the earth. From the space, the earth has few colors: mainly sky blue and green grass. The airplane made me think about the time when I was flying to America. Besides, blue makes me think about water, and continents green trees. Shortly after I saw the scene, I decided to make a mosaic like this. In my second mosaic, I thought about the time when I was living in a big city. It is a big city with a population of almost two millions. Every time when I walked out in the streets, people passed me and I passed people. I went to the place I wanted to go. I got my things. I met a lot people. Though I had seen some of them quite so often, I could never tell who they were. That’s why I used a lot dark colors. I hope to create a depressing feeling.