The lighting in this scene is very effective as it goes well along with the music. The lighting in the part where the the buildings and garbage are shown are dull and sepia. The reason why the dull lighting is being used is because it is shaping the viewers emotional response, the feeling of sadness and emptiness. Dull lighting goes well along with the hopeful music. It is really making the viewers feel that the scene is hopeful yet sad and lonely.
The color sepia is being used also as it brings in the idea of the setting having it in a different time (the 60's). It is relevant to the whole movie as the opening scene(the beginnning of the movie)shows the earth in the past.
In the near end of the movie when people are starting to plant things... the color sepia has been changed to full colors.
It means that in the beginning of the movie, sepia has been used to display Earth having no life... but it is changed when a tree has been planted, a symbol for a new beginning, Life.
Good description of the sepia tone at the beginning and why it was used to set a mood and time. Can you explain more about the lighting-- why is it dull? how does it fit with the music? Are there any aspects of the introduction scene that contrast with this dull, sepia tone? Why or why not? What is the audience expectation from an animated film? How does this film subvert or conform to this expectation?
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