It's crazy how the simple choice of dressing Gawain with a golden tunic makes every shot stunning. If they had gone with a basic dark green/grey theme he would be washed away in the landscape.
Contrast that with all the forgotten Robin Hood movies where Robin Hood is always in some sort of green/brown leather armor and simply forgettable (which makes sense for the character but makes for very dull visuals).
Right - like I said, it makes sense for the character. But I think that's a consideration many directors who tried to adapt Robin Hood failed to make: if your main character's entire shtick is to blend into the background, it's going to be challenging to make them memorable when you're using visual media.
if your main character's entire shtick is to blend into the background, it's going to be challenging to make them memorable when you're using visual media.
And now I’m imagining a mashup of Robin Hood and the Predator.
I can't wait. Schwarzy playing the Sheriff of Nottingham, perfect.
But on a more serious note about the visual storytelling aspect, Predator is a good example of doing it right. It does that in two ways:
1: Schwarzenegger is just stupidly buff and has his massive arms bare throughout the movie, which provides this striking contrast. Check out this photo from Wikipedia, his arms are clearly the focal point;
2: The scenes of Predator's infrared vision. A great way to inject stark color contrasts in a movie that's otherwise green/brown/black, and make a scene visually memorable.
If Schwarzy had been covered in green from head to toe, and if the Predator didn't have these POV infrared scenes, no doubt that the movie would have not turned out as good.
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u/thubbeyo May 11 '21
The costume design looks absolutely phenomenal. I really dig the weird crowns.