Artist Media Ltd

A City In Colour from Artist Media Ltd on Vimeo.

Tom Henshaw

Going Against the Grain - Colour Grading Test from Tom Henshaw on Vimeo.

Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali has done the exact same thing in the way of his use of colours to create an unsettling feel within his artwork. The dark tones create a sense of mystery, even some of the brighter colours that are usually presented as nicer colours have been used in a way that still gives quite an unsettling sense within the paintings. The emotions that are conveyed through all of these paintings leave the audience as an unease. 

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Jean-Michel Basquiat has such an interesting take on showing emotion through his work. I like how the colours and the textures within the painting really grasps an understanding of how your meant to be feeling. These painting are quite unsettling, and I feel this is done by the thick dark lines shown in all three of these paintings. Bright blues and reds really come through these paintings but again its not very calming but adds to the unsettling feeling you get when you look at them. 

I find these paintings very inspiring when looking at how to use colours to express emotion through my own work. Because even using bright colours but done in a certain way can see make the audience at an unease. 

Jackson Pollock

I wanted to research into other artists ideas and ways of how they show emotion within their art. I thought of Jackson Pollock because I feel that there is so much depth in these paintings and I feel that so much emotion is shown through them too. I like how it feels just so messy and the colours he uses too to create the painting adds to this effect. 

This first painting Pollock has only used blacks whites and browns. This gives me the impression that its quite an angry painting and dark. I like how the white contrasts well with the black. Showing that black doesn't always get the high end, that white and purity can shine through all the dark times. 

This next painting Pollock has created is very colourful. I like the use of yellow and red in there. It feels to be quite a mixed feeling. The touch of blue shows the sadness and the red shows anger and warning, whereas the yellow and white and pink make the painting to seem happier. However, you have to take into consideration the act of movement within the painting. There's so much going on you can really concentrate on one part for too long without looking at the next. I feel that this has something to do with the use of colours and how they all interlink together with certain emotions. 

This particular painting represents fire. I like how the chaos really comes through in this painting. You have the red and white which represents the fire and the black which represents darkness. This portrays well at how terrible a fire can be and can cause so many problems within the situation. I feel that Pollock has used colours in a professional and mature was, understanding what the tension of the situation really is in reality. 

Jon Harris & Danny Boyle

Jon Harris has also inspired me with the way he used film to create tension and longing. There are many films that are inspiring but one if particular again is 127 hours. He has used his editing techniques in an interesting way. He has managed to build tension and helped the audience relate to the pain and desperation the character within the movie was actually happening at the time. 

I feel that it was a lot harder to try and relate the storyline considering that it was based on a true story. And with the directing skills of Danny Boyle and the use of adding in scenes to show his insanity starting to kick in from the lack of water, sleep and food, starts to brush on the depth of the desperation his must have been actually feeling. 

With the use of these ideas to set the mood of feeling his desperation, Harris adds in short clips of the main character which help along the movement of the audience starting to understand and feel themselves his desperation. I like the use of short clips from adverts and events that happened the year of the accident and using that to convey his desperation. Such as old coke adverts all coming together to show his depression of water and showing close up clips of his water bottle where it allows you to see his dehydration. Also the quick changes between shots again shows his desperation to get out of there.

Jean-Clément Soret

Jean-Clément Soret works for a company called MPC Advertising. Soret is their Global Creative Director of Colour Grading and has received numerous outstanding industry accolades. He is a five-time winner of Best Colourist at the British Arrow Craft Awards, and was voted Best UK Colourist four years in a row and Best UK VFX artist by Televisual Magazine. He also received a Fellowship award at the British Arrow Craft Awards in November 2013. 

Jean-Clément works with internationally acclaimed Director and DP's across both commercials and film. What I find most inspiring about his work is how he can create an atmosphere that suits the video just through using colour on film. I found a short video where he worked on the colour gradient within it. I feel that without the lighting textures within each individual video it wouldn't make the ideas and concepts of the video shown to be portrayed in the right way. 

L'ODYSSÉE DE CARTIER from Digital District™ VFX Post-Pro on Vimeo.




John Lewis 150 years  | Never standing still from Jean-Clément Soret on Vimeo.


Jean-Clément Soret also worked on a film that I found absolutely fascinating called 127 hours. I feel that the way he has used colour within the film gives the footage a rich feel to it and completely contrasts with the storyline and whats happening around him. 

Through the use of colour within a film I feel can completely change ash set a mood for the film. There are many aspects within a movie that all adds together to create an effective movie and I feel the a digital colourist is vital in the setting of your mood.