Forbidden Planet, 1956 Director: Fred M. Wilcox Cinematographer: George J. Folsey Production Designer: Irving Block, Mentor Huebner Costume Designer: Helen Rose, Walter Plunkett Edito: Ferris Webster Forbidden Planet is one of my favorite movies that my older brother introduced me to when I was a teenager, and it was one of the films that made me want to move to Hollywood and get a job in the film industry. One of the things I noticed about this movie as a kid was the color design. I pulled a variety of stills to illustrate the consistency of color used thru the movie from the title card all the way to the end. The deep red of the planet and the monster, the blue and purple technological crackle, the avocado green lived again in production design of The Matrix.
I've decided that I'm going to make a weekly post of film stills from iconic movies I love, and give a quick artistic breakdown of what I see and like from the perspective of a working professional film makers. I'll either post the short video essays on YouTube or TikTok and ofc here on Tumblr. FYI – I direct mostly tv commercials, but I have made one super short film you can watch for FREE on YouTube here.
