shinee analysis thread

by a person who knows their shit because I know y’all tired of me saying Performance & Film student

first. lemme repost the damn teaser because this shit is SEXY AS FUCK thank you concept & design team & art director

BEFORE I start lemme just thank the art director, art team, concept director, concept team who are in shinee division y’all are doing amazing and ily

THREAD START ——

As we can see; the concept is probably (definitely, I hope) inspired by film noir.

But, I’m not sure which version of film noir it is. Based off first glance, it definitely is sorta film noir, but probably because it’s in black and white.

Film noirs, are normally known as —

Very stylised crime dramas. Here are a few examples:

And NOW, my take on it.

Film noir, yes, but according to these pictures tells me it’s not gonna be your average stylised, sexually motivated iconic film noir traits.

No. It’s gonna be sumn much more, which I shall explain in the next tweet

If you’re familiar with sci-fi thrillers, horror and horror noir you will be agreeing (or not hehe) w me on these.

They give off the classic Hitchcock vibes. Especially, The Birds.

#ONEW in the teaser (it feels weird to not say Jinki) and a teaser / still from the classic

UNRELATED but if you are an avid fan of Twin Peaks and The X-Files like me you’ll also be crying because yes ufo yes omg b&w omg old age wtf who is MULDER WHO IS SCULLY quote w ur opinions woooo

Another new image. Let me just...

The above image is giving me sexy noir vibes. Like these:

The lighting, the angle, the framing

Also, @Ieetm said it gives body snatchers vibes and I totally agree. I also think Lynch movies had a big contribution to the concept as well

If y’all aren’t familiar with Lynch, he’s a mastermind. Often seen as the master of “neo noir”, if there’s a certain style now, it’s often seen as “Lynch Noir”. Here are a few examples:

So, I think #SHINee are going for a Neo Noir concept. Because it’s very very similar, and also a very Hitchcock sort of vibe as well.

Will update when teaser comes out !!!!

FUCK YEAH LETS GO

Very. Very. VERY Edward Hopper vibes.

Also, I love to call this vibe the Hopper Scissorhands vibe. Have you seen the colour palette ? It’s pretty similar.

Everything looks idyllic, yet, there’s a sense of underlying “strangeness” and danger, it’s a feeling you can’t shake off.

Look:

This is definitely

Neo Noir with a Dash of Idyllic Horror.

I love it. Also, similar vibes to The Truman Show.

In film, we’re always taught that details matter, no matter how small. Here’s my interpretation, quote w yours !!

My view: a perfect illusion about to burn down in flames, destroyed by reality. Everything is so serene, yet there’s a fire.

Also, keyhole + ominous, Giallo sort of colouring ? Mysterious. This must be Area 07. Are we being watched ? Or are we watching them ?

AS USUAL, COLOUR IS VERY IMPORTANT.

Think. This is a BRIGHT MUTE palette. Everything fits. Nothing is out of place. It’s perfect. An ideal.

Example of why I said the mood sampler resembles a Giallo film

* Giallo is a type of Italian horror, one of its most well known films is Suspiria, by Dario Argento. Colour is VERY important in these films.

just an important tweet by jiejie https://twitter.com/taem_casso/status/1358801157657792512

If we take into account

— idyllic mute bright colour palette
— influences from neo noir, Giallo & Hopper

we can KINDA say that it’s an idyllic isolation with underlying horrors sort of vibes.

— VIVARIUM
— Scissorhands

I will also have probably anf in depth discussion about the significance of lighting w my buddy @sophistray so stay tuned lmowjsjsjs

Adding this to the thread because I missed it !! Thank u unkle https://twitter.com/realunkle1932/status/1358805797346549761

NOW LETS TALK ABOUT LIGHTING.

HERE WILL BE A START OF A LIGHTING ANALYSIS WITH MY FILM CREW AND SOME FILM FRIENDS. PLEASE STAY TUNED !

LIGHTING 101 :

Let’s talk about lighting !!!! #SHINee has a VERY Lynch inspired lighting here, (watch any Twin Peaks ep and you’ll see why)

So, 3 point lighting is the basic and standard, but, I believe the teaser uses 4 point lighting

It’s able to make light seem much more natural, yet alien.

I love lighting. It is very important to any medium, be it traditional art, photography, digital art, or even films.

The way you light things makes it complete.

#SHINee ’s mood director and production team and lighting crew did such a great job, lets give them applause !!

HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF THE LIGHTING THAT IS SIMILAR TO THE MOOD SAMPLE

THE SIMILAR IMAGES WILL BE BELOW THIS TWEET

Hard Lighting, natural artificial 4 point lighting

- LOVE WITCH
- TWIN PEAKS
- VIVARIUM
- TEXAS CHAINSAW

Now that you’ve got the gist, which, amazing of you btw !!! Thanks for reading

Let’s look @ the teaser, shall we ?

So. The key point is that it CHANGES during Kibu’s part.

It was warm. But then when the “sky” changed (aka overhead LED lighting, possibly RGB spotlights!!) the colour palette became colder

The significance of warm tone lighting to cold tone lighting is very apparent here. If we saw in the teaser, only Onho glitched, but TaeKey didn’t.

TaeKey are always surrounded by colder colours, making them seem much more natural in the hard lighting environment

Meanwhile, OnHo have VERY bright muted colours and Hard Lighting

Meanwhile they have 3 point soft lighting on TaeKey. This is a significant detail, look out for it, Shawols !!

( sm hire me I know my shit )

HERE IS WHY IM !!!! WHEN I SAW THE LIGHTING SWITCH

Cold lighting is normally presented for cold hearted or sad characters, colours as well.

While warm lighting is to represent happiness and development.

BUT THEYRE SWITCHED

ok shawols lighting might be too :( for you so imma have to stop here rn.

we’ll meet again when character teaser drops !!!