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Analysis 1: Introduction

From the very first scene, Cinderella shows how it uses color  to support story. The scene begins with Cinderella and her father outside on a bright, sunny day with her step-family inside. The film then fades from a rainy window to Cinderella and her step-family inside together sans her father in a darkly lit scene.

The rainy window shot supports the established color rules of the scene: Fading warm light outside representing Cinderella’s past, cold blue and purple inside representing her new, tragic servitude.

Analysis 2: Contrast and Shared Language

In the scene where Cinderella is punished by her step-mother, the two are separated by color so the audience can clearly read who is in the moral right for this argument.