The Visual Color Language Framework in Seasonal Storytelling of La La Land

LI Jingru

Abstract

This paper examines the dynamic visual color language in La La Land (2016) through a seasonal narrative framework. Combining color psychology and film semiotics, it analyzes how shifting color systems—particularly blue, red, yellow, purple, and green—externalize the protagonists’ psychological evolution and relational transformations across five seasonal chapters. The study reveals that color transcends decorative symbolism to become an active narrative force, where recurring hues acquire layered meanings. This ‘same color, different meaning’ mechanism deepens the film’s exploration of artistic dreams and reality.

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