Conrad Barber
V for Vendetta
I hate to use a promotional picture from the movie, but this picture helps to demonstrate the shadow and darkness which I am discussing.
The artwork in V for Vendetta is very dark. Many frames are largely if not almost entirely black, with a small amount of action or narration. What is the significance of this? Why would Moore Lloyd want to have this story take place in such a dark setting? The character V operates almost exclusively during the night, and dresses in all black with a black cloak, almost as if he himself is a shadow.
So then what is the significance of placing the story in such a dark setting? What does this relative shadow represent? Probably the biggest reason for using the darkness is to represent the political atmosphere of this alternate 1997 England. The general public is greatly oppressed by the government and they are only allowed to see and hear what the government wants them to. This is the sort of shadow they live in.
The dark atmosphere of V for Vendetta was something that I also found very important to the story. The colorization and haze of it all was my favorite part of the work. It was like that dark haze was the oppression that the citizens were being dealt. What if the book had been done in blacks, whites, and grey tones? How would that if at all have effected the story being told?
ReplyDeletewhile a lot of the darkness inthe story is probably setting up an atmosphere of oppression, i agree that some of it is to represent the clandestine nature of V's operation. he is a shadow. i can dig.
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