Opening Scene: The Kettle

This is a very important scene as it's the first time you glimpse the witch as she comes into frame from the right, pours the tea, and leaves the frame to the left. I also want to animate the steam in a really abstract way and I want to use colour as a way to signal to the audience that although it seems like a normal morning where someone seems to be just making a cup of tea, it isn't quite what it seems.

Kettle test 1

As you can see from the palette on the right of this image, I want to try and stick to these certain colours throughout. They're muted colours, nice and natural, and I can get lots of different variations out of them. This variation is my favourite because I really like the way the pink steam contrasts with the pale background. I also added a wooden texture for the table as well as the overlay texture over the whole shot.

Kettle test 2

As you can see, this is just a slight variation of the original colours, yet it looks completely different and shifts the whole mood of the shot. The green steam removes the softness from the shot and instead almost looks ominous.

Kettle test 3

I like this variation of the colours as I think that the duck egg background is very appealing and soft and goes well with the cornflower blue steam.

I think that this is one of the most natural variations of the colour palette due to the white steam, however, I wanted the table to be pink as if I made it brown it would look far too boring. In all of my shots I want to have an element of something not being quite right but you just can't put your finger on it - I think that using interesting colours is a brilliant way to achieve this.

I decided to use this colour palette for the final shot as it's definitely my favourite, I just love the soft pink steam. If I had to change it, however, I would perhaps look at making the background consistent with the clock and plant room shot by keeping it the same rich dark colour. As well as this, although I love the hypnotic quality of the steam I might try and recreate it with a softer and smoother brush as it's a little bit harsh at times. Despite this, I really enjoy its abstract quality.