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Lady's home. Tramp's home.
Lady lives in a grand Queen Anne style Victorian home.
Tramp lives under the railroad water tower.
A thread about contrast in design:
Lady lives in a grand Queen Anne style Victorian home.
Tramp lives under the railroad water tower.
A thread about contrast in design:
First, here are the full widescreen shots because Twitter doesn't always crop what I wanted you to see first.
Behold these beautiful backgrounds:
Behold these beautiful backgrounds:
Notice how Lady's home is presented straight on with a flat perspective, symbolic of the orderly structure of her life.
Tramp's home is presented at an angle with many intersecting shapes, symbolic of the disorder and uncertainty that's his life.
Tramp's home is presented at an angle with many intersecting shapes, symbolic of the disorder and uncertainty that's his life.
Color:
Lady lives in a lush world of outdoor greenery with clean white architecture accented by reds that compliment the foliage.
A limited palette represents a limited life experience.
Lady lives in a lush world of outdoor greenery with clean white architecture accented by reds that compliment the foliage.
A limited palette represents a limited life experience.
Tramp's world has a wider palette but colors are more subdued with higher contrast lighting.
Less bright represents a rougher lifestyle.
But a broader palette equals more life experience.
Higher contrast represents more extreme ups and downs.
Less bright represents a rougher lifestyle.
But a broader palette equals more life experience.
Higher contrast represents more extreme ups and downs.
Architecture:
Lady's world is architecturally ornate with a variety of manufactured patterns and textures. Even the greenery is there for aesthetics.
The architecture of Tramp's world is utilitarian and basic, devoid of ornamentation, yet rich with natural textures.
Lady's world is architecturally ornate with a variety of manufactured patterns and textures. Even the greenery is there for aesthetics.
The architecture of Tramp's world is utilitarian and basic, devoid of ornamentation, yet rich with natural textures.
Obviously these locations are a contrast in:
Class
Lifestyle
Experience
What else?
They set the stage for the story when these two worlds collide via the characters.
Class
Lifestyle
Experience
What else?
They set the stage for the story when these two worlds collide via the characters.
And a bonus note on composition:
Notice how Lady's house is framed by the two dark foreground trees, guiding the viewer to the house on the right instead of the other.
Even the dark stone block below guides the eye to where Lady and Jock enter the scene. See them?
Notice how Lady's house is framed by the two dark foreground trees, guiding the viewer to the house on the right instead of the other.
Even the dark stone block below guides the eye to where Lady and Jock enter the scene. See them?
Here’s another excellent observation from @captoring:
“I also feel like these trees enhance a sense of a sheltered lifestyle, almost like walls. Tramp’s background has a lot more openness to it. You can barely see the sky in hers!”
Her sheltered life contrasts his open freedom.
“I also feel like these trees enhance a sense of a sheltered lifestyle, almost like walls. Tramp’s background has a lot more openness to it. You can barely see the sky in hers!”
Her sheltered life contrasts his open freedom.
Another from @CatFinnie:
"The locations are also contrasted by gender. Lady's high decorative, domesticated environment, versus the industrialized machinery and masculine environment of Tramp's world. This perhaps dates it a bit, but still very beautiful and interesting design."
"The locations are also contrasted by gender. Lady's high decorative, domesticated environment, versus the industrialized machinery and masculine environment of Tramp's world. This perhaps dates it a bit, but still very beautiful and interesting design."
