The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Art Director: Jason Kelly

Set Design: Dustin Brodhead

Director of Photography: Ben Banks

Costume Design: Parker Clark

Art Director:

 Stefano Maria Ortolani, Marco Trentini and Eugenio Ulissi.

Figure/Ground Relationship: In this clip the figures in the sub are in a very confined area. this is comical and you notice that the sub that was on the deck of the boat would no way fit 13 people. there is even a sign on the dash of the sub that reads no more then 6 people.

Gestalt Principles:

Law of Similarity, and Law of Proximity: The similarity of the crew uniform; the red cap, the blue shirt, and blue speedo. Also, the confinement of the sub; however, the red hat stands out to the eye. 

Law of Continuity: 

Law of Closure: We are looking through the front window of the sub and the actors are looking past us (the camera) this leads us to believe there is a world outside the windows of the sub. 

Design:

Texture: the texture of the sub outside looks like metal with rivets. the inside of the sub looks old and worn. If the actors where not sitting down you would see the old tatter seats, also they are all different styles of chairs.  

Line and Form: The lines complete the appearance of a round sub, for example, the pattern of the lines on the roof of the sub imply that the sub is round. this gives it form. The shot from out of the front window shows the curved lines and gives the sub a 3-D look. 

Color: The red hue is a eye grabber. the value of outside of the sub lends closure to the vast darkness of the ocean. The light inside the sub has a very bright intensity. the mix of cool (blue) and warm (red) color is a unusual, this whole movie is a little unusual. 

Space: This particular frame is full of positive space. The shots outside the sub there is tons of negative space. this works for underwater shots because it gives us a feeling of how large the ocean is. 

The clip:

*movie was dedicated to Jacques Cousteau