When you create a color code... only to break it later.
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This video essay explores how Denis Villeneuve utilizes color theory in his adaptation of "Dune." Villeneuve's masterful use of color brings the harsh desert landscapes of Arrakis to life while symbolizing cultural richness and thematic depth. Through a nuanced palette of earth tones and vibrant accents, Villeneuve enhances visual storytelling and immerses audiences in the world of Dune. This analysis delves into the thematic significance of color choices, highlighting their impact on character development and narrative themes, ultimately elevating Dune into a visually stunning cinematic experience.
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Another detail that hammers home paul’s transformation- his scarf turns to a distinct black after he drinks the water of life- and its genius how subtle it is- you don’t even notice it till you see him scream “adaam reshi a zanta” covered in blackness
You mean at 2:01? That's a nice detail.
Paul didn't have that black cloak until after the Water of Life- I like to think Jessica wrapped him in it as he was in his coma and that it came from her Reverend Mother costume
Or as I like to call it. The Goofy Juice.
This is something George Lucas did in the Trilogy and Prequels. Luke starts wearing White and ends up wearing all black. Same with Anakin, who eventually becomes Dark armour Vader. I am willing to get both Denis and George took this from the original DUNE source material.
@@EntertainingRunner-vd3bn paul wearing black wasn't ever mentioned in the book, i recently re-read it
"My Grandma used to say every house is a world." Amazing connection.
Grandma was a G for that
Yeah, I had to pause the video and think about this line. Very good one!
My Grandma always told me " Don't get old". What's the alternative Grandma?
@Flint-Dibble-the-Don Spice flowed into your Veins to stop aging...
Or take interest in Korean skincare
@@Flint-Dibble-the-Don I think she meant it in a sense of "stay young at heart" even when you're older.
If you're an adult now, remember the little kid version of you and the fun you used to have. Then go have some fun, but as adults we have to do it responsibly.
Hope this helped a bit. 💜
Also, his metamorphosis in the tent is literally a rebirth, and the red helps heavily imply in utero imagery : the red membrane with fluid pipes looks like amniotic sac and blood vessels around them.
And as a bonus, this established visual language probably also serves as a setup for the whole plot about his unborn sister.
Woah, never thought of that... the amount of thought that went into the visuals is wild
and what's the first thing he sees when goes outside the tent? The mouse: Muad'Dib.
Plans within plans within plans within plans
I seriously cannot fathom how Denis nails every last part of filmmaking. Visual design, colour theory, cinematic storytelling, the whole lot. Dune is one of my favourite franchises ever, the books seriously hit like nothing else, I'm so glad it has a director who can do it justice. And you've summarised it so well. Subscribed
I have to point out that it isn't and can't be, just Denis that is doing all of this. He obviously supervises all of this, but I'd commend him about putting together an amazing team that can consistently make films of this quality.
@@Myke_thehuman yh but thats part of being a good director is putting together the right team to help execute your vision
He's Canadian, like myself. Need I say more? I think not!
He's from Quebec, so yeah add that@@squamish4244
I would argue he’s thoughtful and skilled at ALL the technical parts, but maybe less so on the story parts. (I have issues with some of the writing choices.)
I know this is a video on color but thanks for pointing out how the music that accompanies Paul after he drinks the Water of Life becomes more Harkonnen: farther from the Atreides bagpipes, closer to the jagged, trumpet-like sounds in the arena, with similar accompanying chanting. We see and hear when Paul changes.
Even more so at the end of the film when Paul takes the throne. It plays his theme but uses instruments of the Atreides, Harkonnen, and Fremen themes whiled adding in the Bene Gesserit chanting, signifying he is the ultimate combination of each as the Kwisatz Haderach.
Because Paul is a Harkonnen
that is why
i still don't understand how she didn't know she was harkonen and how if she was the daughter of the fat bald harkonen dude, which would make her royal blood, how she ended up on atretes planet as the kings wife? i guess maybe she used her bene gesserit powers to manipulate the king into liking her? but if he knew she was a witch you'd think he'd know better? i mean she's pretty hot so i can't blame him but still, seems awfully coincidental.
and by the time they find out does it really change anything, especially being nobody even knows but them. seems like a kind of pointless thing to throw in there. or if it's just that it makes paul half harkonen half atretes so that can be used as a future plot device?
@@XX-121 from what I remember, Bene Gesserit (BG) sisters like Jessica who were born or adopted into the sisterhood are not made aware of their origins. Only high-ranking sisters who have a hand in their breeding program would have knowledge of the bloodlines.
Duke Leto was looking for an assistant/secretary and Jessica was selected for this role. The BG knew Jessica would be a good match for Leto and had planned for her concubinage later to produce a daughter.
As for Paul being half-Harkonnen, in my opinion it shows
1) how deep and how long BG influence is on the various houses,
2) that Paul and his house, no matter how benevolent they are, are still part of a massive, oppressive system.
What I love about the colourless world of the Harkonnen is that such an effect is not without physical explanation. The star emits only a specific wavelength of light, and Villeneueve represented this by *filming in infrared*.
That's why the people's skin in those scenes seems almost translucent. Long wavelengths penetrate deeper into the surface.
Interestingly, this has the opposite effect of old black and white film photography, where the short wavelengths emphasise surface detail, and give skin a distinctly textured, almost cracked appearance.
Even among the amazing things about this movie this is spectacular.
I've only ever seen "Black and White worlds" in No Man's Sky where some planets can have that effect, but it's never explained because they can be in a star system with regularly colored planets.
I like how Dune handled it though, or at least how the director of the new movies did.
@@TheFirstCurse1 I thought of No Man's Sky immediately with this comment! I have a planet whose surface is this strange purplish grey, and all light on the surface is simply white. No other colors. It's so cool to come across like-minded people in these comments.
@@Roguechan Yeah that game is amazing.
When the fremen ride the sandworms into battle against the sardaukar, the atredies standard they hold is red, the only time we see the eagle of atredies not in its normal green. Super interesting video btw!
Yes, I noticed this detail too. I thought about it as Paul evolution. I think it's interesting
It’s also red when they leave Arrakis at the end, for the same reason I imagine
Its not only red, it has Fremen iconography above and below the Atreides eagle. Showing how they became servants of Paul :0
Red is also traditionally the symbol of rebellion, which might have a connection to his rebellion against the emperor
@@JediJMoney indeed, I guess they adopted the banner simply as the Messiah's personal symbol, probably taking it from a pin or some other minor metal emblem, thus disregarding its original color and all of its symbolic heritage with it. They took it as something he owns, and filled it with what they perceive of him.
Paul cutting you off with the line “THAT’S NOT HOPE!” is genius.
Dune book and movie is boring. It's about top 1% aristocratic people, atreides vs harkonnen vs imperials... The Fremen poor millions just want safety, wealth, and large families, and that's what most want. But these aristocratic people direct them away from happiness to not a half victory they would love to a holy war that will grind them up. . . . Is evil... Paul resisted but in end he wanted a dramatic win at any cost not a medium victory. He was a user. The Atreides used hope that was their #1 skill.. . . Paul in books kept going for more power thinking power plus magic powers would lead to magically good solution to universe, but he dragged the Fremen along this harder path in the end.... Fremen would've preferred aid and water from other planets, Paul gave them nothing but job of conquering resistors... Paul was total ahole, but with handsome face seeming virtuous we forgive him.... To be fair to idiot Fremen, Paul did do miracles like a god and see into their minds and predict the future so they truly can be forgiven for thinking Paul=God so we must obey. What kind of ahole leads by pretending to be God. Paul delivered blood not hope... Or I could be wrong. Ha
@@mostlyguesses8385 Yes. The Atreides, Paul, and the Imperium are not the good guys in Dune. Frank Herbert and Denis Villeneuve know that.
Villaneuve mostly hides P decision to be violent and greedy and instead Paul stumbles into deciding yes he's gonna do it. Paul chose revenge, chose using tricks and lies to make believers of millions of Fremen ignorant yokels.. these yokels wanted bread and water and chance to have families and a little pride, P a near god does NOT give them this in end... And never shown is that Paul's rule will be better than Emperor's for most planets. And we all know from books and hinted in last minute or movie 2 is the Fremen go viking/fanatics and kill all groups in galaxy who won't yell Paul is god and also take over/steal as war booty all the good factories and ships and stuff of empire. If these were slimy green aliens it would be tragedy, but Villeneuve plays it as mostly victory. I could accept this, if Harkonnens were average of all leaders across galaxy, but we have the atreides nice planet and all the Landsraad who I assume show on avg the galaxy is ok...... Ok the Fremen on Arrakis for thousand years were massacred a lot to keep spice flowing, does that make them getting angry and tough and then massacring 1 million planets a GOOD OUTCOME, it seems any outcome would be better. Are they Hamas, those who are hurt get right to hurt next groups???. View the options and Paul knowingly to win ignored the costs, and that is definition of bad ruler. A hero Paul would have compromised, said to Emperor I don't want to rile up Fremen more so just give us a bit of aid and water and maybe 10 empty planets to have happy lives and families on. Evil bastards tend to do quickest funnest things, and saying I'm the Emperor and destroy any resistors is that....... Dune was about a twisted future in million years and not about morality, these characters were not good and moral, , and V used pretty actors to make it seem all fine....... But it'a a great movie, just it wimps out on showing Paul was ahole and millions of women and children are gonna die within year from Fremen conquests and looting, to skip that is deceptive movie making, , , I admire the deception. . . Imagine if for Paul used a ugly and creepy actor like Marilyn Manson and imagine him sending Fremen out and boy that would strike viewers stronger that this is bad outcome, , , or imagine the Emperor was a Empress who seemed to be trying though did do some trickery and then idea of these Fremen sexist abusive yokels replacing her on million planets also would seem bad, , in the books the Emperor was young and pretty too and not a old man and not with grumpy Sardaukar, , , when you see the options you can see V chose to hide P didn't get good outcome for anyone but himself, , , , , , I'm overstating it. ... PS. As ok analogy imagine if a ancient roman aristocrat had his family wiped out so he fled to Germania and told locals he was Thor and used tricks to seem supernatural and with power to grant paradise, and then these Germans invaded and sacked all 40 Roman provinces
Have you actually read dune ? Lol, Paul is NOT the good guy @@mostlyguesses8385
@@mostlyguesses8385 Wow you sure talk alot about a movie and book you find so boring why do you bother writing so much just go read or watch something you actually enjoy complaining about it doesn't do shit. We don't care i'm not gonna read that bs. It's all personal opinion. And that's yours, which is fine. But obviously alot of people disagree because both movies made over half a billion dollars at the theater.
Another interesting take on the scarcity of blue in the film's color pallet is because blue is a color normally associated with water. The only water on Arrakis that is above ground exists only in the water of life AND people who carry the water inside their bodies. In the films water is a symbol for life, while the warm tones symbolise death. So Chani wearing a blue band on her arm foreshadows that she will choosing the path of life at the end rather than following Paul in creating a path that leads to so much death and destruction.
Blue ribbon in fremen culture means the woman is pregnant.
Villeneuve is a master at communicating through what you see more than what is said. Phenomenally talented.
He always uses the right amount of exposition. Dune has such a deep lore that some exposition through spoken lines was necessary for newbies but most of it was through visuals. That's why I love him as a director. He speaks fluently in the language of cinematography.
no way this channel hasn't blown up yet, the quality of this video was insane?!
thanks bro
Except its pretty clear you plagiarised this from somewhere.
The grammatical flow is off like you've rejigged sentences to hide it, and you consistently miss-pronounce certain words. The worst example barely 1:40 in and you say "frey-man" followed by "free-men" in the next sentence.
Make your own conclusions next time instead of trying to pass off someone elses as your own...
@@anthonyhovens7488 I'm curious how mispronouncing words is evidence of plagiarism? Are you accusing the author of being an AI voice?
@@GeorgeThoughts no, I'm not claiming an AI voice here.
The mispronunciations demonstrate the plagiarist is unfamiliar with the subject, likely only having passing knowledge from having hastly copied the original work. If they were familiar, they would've stuck with a single pronunciation, even if it was wrong. Mispronunciation alone was not the red flag, it was multiple DIFFERENT mispronunciations of the same word in rapid succesion. Particularly a word so important to the subject matter.
Maybe because it isn't that unique?
1:33 ah yes Hanz Simmer my favourite composer
Editing at work has its consequences 😶🌫
well simmer is what he does in the desert
House Simmer is not amused by this slander 😂
Also "Atraides" 0:12
You nailed this analysis. I could only think of one other reason on why red was chosen for Paul's transformation was a subtle hint to him being a Harkonnen in blood. He exclaims that in order to win, he needed to be both a Harkonnen and an Atreides. Red could also signify the brutality of his bloodline, how he killed the Baron while he was basically helpless and was already dying in the Emperor's ship
Just to ramble.. im not sure Dune is a great story. It's too weird for us modern people to understand. Only medieval people living brutal lives could dream of a holy war and then join it. We are not medieval people. The Dune book was amazing for being so foreign, it was not famous for making is feel or even think. Herbert lived among the Washington coast Indians in 50s when they were lost and dispirited and they too were not modern thinkers. Us moderns will never feel half of what the Fremen feel, as they sign up to spend decades fighting in space so Paul can keep declaring he not old emperor is boss. Even the Other Planets are super weird, with families legally stuck on same job for centuries, they are not western they are more oriental or Indian. Paul really should be called "Rajiv Muhammed" and then we can easily see these are dumb peoples going on a dumb war cuz they're dumb. Or a stodgy name, like "Winchester VonSigmmund" " .. not a friendly name like "Paul"... Paul as a character is more Genghis Khan than a Paul... Would you sign up for a war even if it would succeed to set up the Pope over Asia and Africa, or realize that's a dumb waste of your life. And by book 2 we are shown the Fremen are idiots, Paul's son is worst tyrant. Again it's a foreign story not meant to make us feel. If you feel strong emotions you are NOT understanding the truth of this story, ,. ,, these cultures are beyond weird they are like aliens , , , would you watch a movie about aliens arguing about religion and feel a lot? I'm just speculating for fun.
The algorithm brought me here, and I’m very glad it did!
You made a killer parallel with your quote “my grandma used to say, every house is a world.”
This channel is TWO months old and you’re putting out video essays of true insight. I’m shocked I never noticed the connections between Paul and his parents in the formal aspects of the film. Subscribed!!
That cover shot of Irulan is so intense and beautiful. The greens and the deep bokeh. Just how it enhances out her skin tones and sculpts her face.
Yeah it really is. Women really are the best subjects for photography and art.
I'm gonna start a jihad if Dune 2 isn't winning Best Cinematography next year.
Show us the way, enlightened one
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Lead us to Paradise, Mahdi. 🥺🙏🏼
I reported the OP post to TH-cam.
@@ormand3000 Relax. It’s a joke, mostly in reference to the movie/book. No need to take this seriously.
Something cool about the post-water of life is how Paul is cosplaying Tetsuo from Akira and how when he explains the narrow path we see 1 sec of a knife stab, he is spoiling because is the same frame after the fight with Feyd
I don"t know, if anyone noted that already, but the artist of the soundtrack (on screen in 1:36) is called Hans Zimmer, the "S" and "Z" are swapped ^^ .
I'm loving the amount of colour analysis on film youtube recently!! It's amazing to learn how movies influence you subliminally with colours
Amount of work put in this video is amazing, loved the analysis.
thanks brother
Golly this is an excellent analysis of color, and even more so because Dune uses it so subtly. It's not as evident as, say, Baby Driver, but it's used very intelligently in regards to outfits and setting. Really curious about BR2049's use of color now.
You got a subscriber
Thank you bro!
@@lancelloti. Can you do a colour analysis of BR2049 please??
I love colour analysis. It's so interesting how the story and characters are being told through the colours too
This is an amazing analysis. I didn't even realize the depth of symbolism dune had with colors.
3:49 Made me think of the Doppler effect, but the colour shift is red for spaced out or moving away from and blue compressing light for moving towards.
I LOVE looking at color theory in films. I've watched all your videos as of now and I can't wait to see where you'll go next. Lovely analysis.
You just started your channel this month and you’re already making an analysis better than all I’ve ever seen??
You just started this youtube channel? The explanation, attention to detail, the edit, the script...was astonishing, you earned a subscriber extremely easily and by how it looks, some subscribers.
KEEP IT UP, AMAZING WORK!
I've watched a lot of Dune stuff the last week and your video was genuinely interesting and wholly original. Ill have a new way of look at the movies next time I watch them.
wow i never even thought to look at dune like this but it makes so much sense
No way this is a new channel. The writing and the editing is amazing, one of the best I have seen .
A new channel? A welcome channel. You are well spoken, the observations are crystal clear and enlightening, and your subject material is engaging. I wish you well and thank you for the work you have demonstrated so far. We don't need to see you, we see you in your work. Well done, sir.
When I think I've discovered every behind-the-scenes detail of the Dune films and Villeneuve's brilliance has been exhausted, I stumble upon a video like yours. Fantastic stuff, man. Immediately subscribed.
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Thanks you so much!
I discovered your channel a few days ago, and your reviews are AMAZING. The deep analysis makes the show/film 10x better
Thank you
Fantastic. I really love how you just jumped into the topic. no boring preamble.
I listen to your videos while working on Maya for my VFX studies and man it's incredible, the quality of analysis and and also your voice is so relaxing, Im enjoying this at 100 % !! Good job, can't wait to see more analysis of you !!!
thank you for pointing out how paul's mention of the harkonnens relates to his arrival scene, it's something I hadn't picked up, makes me enjoy it even more
Wonderful analysis! I've seen Part 1 probably a dozen times by now, but I didn't consciously notice the palette changes you talked about here. I also hadn't noticed how abrupbtly Paul starts taking the lead in his scenes with Jessica. This movie is so deep, it's incredible.
This video is amazing. I'm impressed by the quality of your storytelling, the editing, the animations and visuals you added. Great work !
genuinely such a good video. very high quality and to the point. Some people on here wouldve taken an hour to explain the same points you made, love it !
Fantastic video. I like the shots of you added in with the movie projected behind you. Nice work.
nice work! Love your breakdown of the colours, their significance and all the amazingly clever observations that generally slips past general audiences!
one of the best videos ive seen it a while. you used simple language that everyone can understand and kept everything short and concise which made it all very easy to follow with little effort, also the video is less than 10 minutes (hooray its not too long that i dont feel like watching it).
other than that i think you did amazing analysis and it really impressed me. it also made me fall in love with dune even more :)
PHENOMENAL video, this also made me notice so much detail in the movie that otherwise goes over my head, and great way of explaining it all!
Fantastic video! I never consciously noticed the color shifts and it's cool to see some of the details spelled out.
yess, i would like for you to talk about and review YOUR favourite movie
You just started this channel??? Well done! This was a high quality media essay. I love the ones that talk about story but this reminded me of college; tell me more about colour and how directors use it. Also light and shadow, sound...fuck it, say mise en scene.
Great breakdown of Dune's color theory. I think it's also really cool that red and green are opposites on the color wheel and what they represent in the film are opposites as well. Past and Future.
holy shit, what a great breakdown! such an incredible eye for details about things I would've NEVER noticed in 2 movies I love so much. well done! instantly subscribed
you only just begun and you are already amongst my favoruite film analysing channels like every frame a painting, Thomas Flight, Listening in, now you see it or schnee. Awesome! Keep it up!
I'm particularly interessted in Sound Design and its undertone meanings for world building and interconnection to the soundtrack.
This is the best Dune analysis I've seen
I watched these movies repeatedly and yet still you brought something out I hadn’t really noticed before, even in the first 3 minutes. Awesome video dude!
A new channel? Your analysis is perfect and your video editing is top notch. Well done!
So well narrated and informative. You make me want to rewatch the movies to spot the colour changes you identified.
Great job. The analysis was very interesting, very well put, and edited perfectly. And if this is your starting point, I can’t wait to see your progress and evolvement.
Great editing on the video, keep up the great work!
Wow this was seriously amazing! Im gonna have to rewatch the movies now with this all in mind. Very insightful and eye opening. Great stuff!
You are becoming one of my favorite filmmaking learning channel
Incredible video for your first month. Looking forward to your future videos
For having just started, good work my friend! We will watch your career with great interest :)
Absolutely loved this essay! Keep it up!!
at last, that English teacher is correct now. 'What the blue sky implies in that movie?"
You gotta stop calling the fremen the “freemen”
Ong
And Hans Zimmer “Hanz Simmer” 1:33
Yeah they literally pronounce it properly everywhere else.
And quit calling semen, "seamen."
The Fremen spill their semen freely upon the seamen who are freemen.
good video mate, I enjoy listening to you so much, that the video felt almost rushed at times. Also, I would love to have more full screen still images or loops, where you go even more in detail, it is for us a lot to process in a short time. But anyway, great video, looking forward for your next things
Forgot how Denis burns every viewers eyes when out on the sands.
Great analysis. Brought to attention many things I hadn't noticed. Subscribed!
More Videos on disecting and examining color theory would be awesome! I'd love to see you analyze The Fountain.
The quality of this is amazing, keep it up, you're doing great!!
thank you bro
Already subscribed, really liked your work this channel has huge potential but just keep doing what you love!
This is really high quality man, awesome!
This is one of the best analysis videos I've ever seen
Excellent analytical knowledge on display from you. Brilliant work.
Keep up the good work bro and you'll have many, maaaany more subs in the near future. Your videos are amazing!
This is a truly gem, thank you so much for this video!
What a quality man. I just discovered your channel and I am quiet impressed
Thanks bro!
This is an incredible video, made me want to watch Dune again. Keep your work, this is great !
Dude this is lovely work, great video!
I love dune, but you've revealed sooo many new cinematographic nuances to me now... thank you!
Excellently done. And you are a young channel? I wouldn't have believed it. Don't change the way you do things. ⭐⭐⭐⭐🌟
It even shows in the movie posters. The first one is in green shades, the second is red.
My man, your video is beautiful. Thank you.
Polite suggestion: The mic you're holding is a side-address mic and you're speaking into the end of it. Either speak into the side or get an end address mic. It's going to make your video look that much more professional. 🙂
Heck yeah! Best video essay on Dune I’ve seen yet!!
This is a fantastic visual essay, and very well made video... and I didn't think I could learn any more about Dune lol
Dude great video! I find dune fascinating the more I look into it
I had not noticed or heard anything of these insights. Thank you for this.
Congrat that you start this at a month !
Is a great content, thanks !
Greetings from Argentina
Started this channel in a month and this level of analysis is crazy, you have my comment, like, and sub
Awesome video man! I love the analysis
Villeneuve nails telling a story on every level, he’s a master at it
So here's where you'd been, glad to see you keep with the great analysis dude.
A month and 43k, congrats, the video quality is great
Amazing content. It's awesome to see something I enjoyed so thoroughly and found so fascinating explained by an artist who sees what I felt.
Great work man, best of luck to you with this channel.
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This is an excellent analysis, good job man. ❤🔥
the Arrival scene and the scene afterwards where he talks to the fremen is my favourite scene in both films
Great Analysis! Keep it up man!
This channel gives me hope for more quality content 💙
Beautiful analysis and a very well made video, 11/10.
Brilliant analysis and description 👏