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Figure 64. Simplified and embellished realism.
Another version of embellishment is the use of saturated colour or spot-colour in imagery
to create added visual interest, an approach often used in film to support narrative and char-
acter development.
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Amelie
(2001) features digitally enhanced colour to create focus and
support narrative and character development.
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Similarly, director Warren Beatty used a
limited colour palette in
Dick Tracy
(1990). Eight saturated colours (red, yellow, orange,
blue, green, fuschia, purple and cyan plus B&W) were chosen because they reflected the
colours of mid 20
th
century American comic topics.
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