CASE FILE Art Direction §1/7

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STYLE FRAME
Classification EYES ONLY
Subject area GALLERY
Document date ██████████
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Artefact · The Question

Look at one frame from a film you love. What exact choices of colour, light, and texture make it feel the way it does — and could you reproduce that look on purpose?

Lock your look.

  • Name a film or game whose look you’d recognise instantly. What gives it away?
  • What does the colour of a scene tell you before anyone speaks?
  • When does a picture feel 'cheap' vs 'expensive' to you?
  • What's your guess for the levers a designer actually controls?
  • Describe the look you’d want for your own film in three words.
  • Where do you already see deliberate style in your everyday life?