Cruz-Diez Foundation (2019) What is a Physiocromie? | Carlos Cruz-Diez. 29th March Available at:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIMnBoQcsbo (Accessed:26 Jan 2022).
Carlos Cruz-Diez - Colour Inspiration
Diez makes dynamic representations of complimentary colours which shift as the viewer moves around the room:
"Carlos Cruz-Diez’s Physichromies play with our perception of colour. The term “Physichromie” was coined by Cruz-Diez by combining the words “physical” and “chromaticism.” Chromaticism is a musical technique in which pitches, or sounds, are combined. The Physichromies are visual manifestations of the idea of chromaticism; they combine colours instead of musical notes."
Constellations.artinterp.org. 2022. Changing Colors: Carlos Cruz-Diez’s Physichromie | Constellations. [online] Available at: <http://constellations.artinterp.org/education/lesson-plan-carlos-cruz-diezs-physichromie/#:~:text=The%20term%20%E2%80%9CPhysichromie%E2%80%9D%20was%20coined,colors%20instead%20of%20musical%20notes.> [Accessed 26 January 2022].
These 'Physicromies' have been inspirational in my thinking process for how to present the colour (and sounds) in BIG SMOKE. It is interesting that he coined the term as a mixture of chromaticism and physical. Chromaticism is a term used in music for notes, pitches and other elements of music being blended.
I hope to bring the element of sound in this term back into fruition. Maybe by adding the bars of colour to the motion of music in the film, the mixture of colours and motions created would make the sounds more dynamic (rather than using a glow or block colours. Using this technique feels right as Cruz-Diez derived his concept from a principle of sound.
I will be mimicking this by creating audiovisual effects with these ideas. Different colour crossovers could have different connotations and represent character dynamics. As I have established that my characters will be represented by different colours and connotations, this aesthetic could work very well
Physicromie Experiment
Below is the trailer and a clip from a BFI film, Beats. Reflective of the death of the Acid house scene in the 90's, Beats represents similar antiestablishment themes to Big Smoke, treating authorities as enemies and parties as protests. There is imagery within this film, such as the industrial and modernist aesthetic in the film. applying this visual could be a nod to the climate of the 90's, which is somewhat reflective of the political climate I reflect in my film.
However, I am mainly commenting on its use of colour. The film is black and white for its entirety until the end. At a euphoric moment in the film (shown below) colours pop into the screen. At first subtle, they begin to takeover in a truly climactic way. I hope to achieve similar effects within my film; being minimalistic with the colour until it is needed for dramatic effect. Keeping the way colour is used in mind will make all the difference in the resonance of the film. A detail this simple can make a massive difference (as it did in Beats).
I was wondering how I'd animate sound in a synesthesic way. Through this research, I am beginning to have ideas of how to execute these. I have a plan for some test animations.
gh0s1(2020) UK Beats 2019 Trip Scene. 3rd July. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwfuCp04xQ0 (Accessed: 26 January 26)
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