Wall.e is set in the future where the human race had affected the Earth so much that it became inhabitable. The post apocalyptic world forced them to move to space where they lived in a technological paradise known as the Axiom spaceship. With the evolution of technology and science, life aboard the Axiom almost seems like heaven for the human race. Their life catered to by robots, fed and entertained by machines, forever. No care or worries as everything they ever needed to care about, has been taken from them. Watching the film, the human race had digressed into an overweight and mindless way of living. Although they seemed happy, to us as the viewer is relatively distressing to see, as it opens our eyes to the potential of our future. As the film progresses, humans and robots alike work together to discover that the Earth can finally inhabit life, from that of a small green root, flourishing in the perished soil. Indicating to the humans in space, that their real home is now stable to return.
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This movie makes me feel both very happy but sad at the same time. Firstly sad, to see this perception of our future on Earth as unlivable. Damaged by our own hands so badly, that we resorted to an alien life, brain washed and lost. Although we have everything, so it appears in the movie, we don't 'really' have what's important. In this film, 'Earth' is important. It's our true home and we destroyed it. Our differences, our war, our greed and our nievity caused our home to die. The one thing that's nurtured our very existence, perished by our own devilish hands. The moment I became overwhelmed with warmth, is when the humans return home, fixed their wrongs and began caring for the Earth, rebuilding and restarting. Just like the beginning of time. Most importantly, putting aside differences, working as a loving community to rebuild and protect what they know they destroyed. A second chance.
However, once the film finished, I then reflected on how our current situation is and then I became sad in thought. Realistically, our world is full of suffering, although their is a lot of good in it to, there is also a lot of bad. Our Earth is in trouble and we still cannot put aside our differences, abolish the hate, the greed and the pride to fix it. Maybe our future can get better? or maybe it's too late?
Wall.e really opens my eyes to the possibilites of our future and how we as humans need to open our eyes to what's happening around us. I actually believe the events in Wall.e could indeed happen, it is very relatable to our current situation even though it's set in a fictional and futuristic world.
The theme of Wall.e is relatable to my previous post in how a futuristic concept is used in 'good' ways. Light, colour and texture are used beautifully in all environmental designs, taking into account not JUST the generalized theme, but also to portray the message in the narrative. What first caught my attention is the use of basic shapes, bold colours and bright/ambient lights. Everything in Wall.e looks so clean, so precise and direct. Colours are used minimally but when so, they're solid and rarely vary in tone. In the film, colour is used to associated the theme of the Axiom, in this case, blue. Various types of lighting such as spotlights and ambiance emit blue glows. Areas of interest a patterned in blue and even the passengers dress in blue to match the theme of the environment. Aside from those areas of colour, everything else is a wash of pure, brilliant white. Textures are also minimal to further express the 'clean' and sharp environment. Wall.e uses a lot of tile or grate type textures as the most common, as well as shiny and reflective surfacing. The textures and colours work together to reflect light between each other to generate that clean, bold and futuristic feel. There is also little use of typography, apart from advertisements on the screens aboard the ship. Areas of importance are identified through logos or emblems that are simple shapes and singular colours. Light is the only asset among these that is used in many different ways. It connects the textures, colours and themes by illuminating them according to the atmosphere being conveyed in the narrative.
From this study, It is interesting to see how Wall.e visualizes our future. The basic use of colours and textures is so stunningly simple, yet so powerful and 'real'. It's also interesting to see how light is used to express the different types of environment in the film, without altering the texture or colour themes. Like I stated in my BA7 research document, for my BA8 practical study I wanted to create an environment that only used light to express my negative and positive variants. My reasoning was because I didn't believe colour or textures were needed in order to emphasis different emotions, it's LIGHT that is the real magic tool. Wall.e backs up my thoughts entirely by utilizing light to connect texture and colour in different ways. Manipulating them depending on the atmosphere or theme of a scene through light, not actually altering colours or textures. The minimalistic use of text has also inspired me for when I come to make my own environments. I am really starting to feel excited about making my scene now that I can make important connections to existing and successful examples.
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