Atonement

Director: Joe Wright
Writers: Ian McEwan (novel)
Christopher Hampton (screenplay)
Realease Date: 7th September 2007 Uk
Genre: Drama, fantasy, mystery, romance, war.




The use of red in this film is very important and it is a great example of how colours can represent feelings and emotions. For example in the scene with the red roses red is used to represent love and how his love for her is being trampled.
The colour is then consistent throughout the film and is used alot which shows that love is an underlying theme of the film.

The scene in the cinema is good for showing how events within the scene can show themes, issues and emotions. For example, when Robbie (James McAvoy) is stood infornt of the cinema screen he appears to be a small character infront of this huge love story. This shows how he is inferior in the story and that he is totally overcome by his love for Cecilia and that he can not control his emotions and love for her.

The buildings and surroundings are very good for showing the characters class and the time period(1920's ). For example, Robbie is wearing a suit which makes the audience assume he is innocent as this is very upper class attire for men of that era.
The buildings also have very elegant and wealthy looking design which shows the two characters' social class. It also show the time period as architecture of this sort was very typical of that time period.