Zodiac: The Hidden Meaning of Yellow

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2 жыл бұрын

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In this video I explore David Fincher's 2007 film Zodiac, and how yellow is secretly used to help tell the story.
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@griffin4243 2 жыл бұрын

the absolute ego boost of seeing a video essay on a film detail that i had also noticed..... i am a genius

@EntertainTheElk 2 жыл бұрын

Haha. I know the feeling!

@jamesearlcash7725 2 жыл бұрын

Teach me the way

@AlexanderLeister 2 жыл бұрын

Zodiac is one of my favourite films of all time and although I watched it at least 20 times, I consciously recognized the yellow accents not until I watched Zodiac with my brother some months back. Fincher is so good creating an artistic vision that slowly creeps into the back of your mind, this is why his films are so watchable.

@EntertainTheElk 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah his films absolutely need multiple viewings.

@punkrachmaninoff 2 жыл бұрын

Can you do a video essay about the hidden meaning of Marie's purple issues on 'Breaking Bad' next?

@EntertainTheElk 2 жыл бұрын

Ooooh. Oh oh oh. That's very cool.

@SuperNuclearUnicorn 2 жыл бұрын

@@EntertainTheElk my favourite comment ever

@SuperNuclearUnicorn 2 жыл бұрын

It's been a long while since I've watched BrBa (basically since I binge watched it with my dad who hadn't seen it before lol) but weren't there also heavy colour themes with all the characters? I swear I remember Skylar in particular changing colours as the series progressed and she became more and more angry and fed up and cold. You could do an hour long study on colour in Breaking Bad and still miss half the details. I watched Breaking Bad as it aired and after that watched The Sopranos and The Wire and now I can't watch TV at all because nothing quite compares. How do you expect me to watch Riverdale or something after being exposed to the brilliance of BrBa? It's like having sex with the hottest, freakiest girl ever and then having to go back to an average looking, vanilla girl. Sure it's still pretty good, but you know how incredible it could be

@jayfolk 2 жыл бұрын

colors have different meanings from different cultures, and films can make their own meaning for colors. yellow can mean bravery in japanese culture, its and energetic color that travels almost as far as red: danger and passion, yellow in the west can be fear or happiness. The fact that you can make colors with both positive and negative meaning proves you can do what you will with a color.

@jayfolk 2 жыл бұрын

cyan and blue: calm or depression green: nature or greed orange: adventure or imprisonment magenta and purple: royalty or conceit

@EntertainTheElk 2 жыл бұрын

This is very cool.

@TheTastyPancake 2 жыл бұрын

This is one of my all-time favourite crime thrillers. However, I had never noticed the use of colours as you explained. This was immensely interesting!

@EntertainTheElk 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad you enjoyed it.

@astynwebb 2 жыл бұрын

Just rewatched this film yesterday! A fantastic film of a fascinatingly morbid case.

@EntertainTheElk 2 жыл бұрын

Cool coincidence!

@engliCH9ball Ай бұрын

Yellow is also heavily used in old detective novels. Giallo movies are Italian for "yellow" which was a reference to the color of mystery novel covers

@mrsmaggiekoch 2 жыл бұрын

Ah! That quick clip of the Yellow Man in Sin City used as an example. I LOVE it. I remember the FIRST time I watched that movie when that character was first revealed I LITERALLY thought I was going crazy for a second because it was SO jarring.

@griffinb893 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome stuff I haven’t really thought about before, love it!

@EntertainTheElk 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@virginiavanni8061 2 жыл бұрын

Ooooh an essay about one of my favourite movies yessss

@EntertainTheElk 2 жыл бұрын

:) Hope you enjoy it!

@JR_Taylor 2 жыл бұрын

Well spotted

@EntertainTheElk 2 жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoyed the vid.

@JR_Taylor 2 жыл бұрын

@@EntertainTheElk loved it, you totally convinced me

@chronic_johnson_a.r.a.b 2 жыл бұрын

The last time I watched this movie I remember thinking "wow, they really accented the yellow of that taxi". Can't believe I didn't notice the heavy use of yellow in all the other scenes. Great video.

@EntertainTheElk 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much.

@SeanMacadelic 2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t realize this video came out, but it’s exactly what I was looking for. Thank you Elk!

@EntertainTheElk 2 жыл бұрын

I aim to please. Now click that bell so you’ll know when future videos come out! :)

@SuperPao 2 жыл бұрын

My roommate didn't want to be home alone for weeks after we watched Zodiac together. We were certainly too creeped out to notice any color themes!

@EntertainTheElk 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely a creepy and uneasy movie.

@robertdochter277 2 жыл бұрын

Another great murder mystery that utilizes the color yellow is the first season of True Detective.

@EntertainTheElk 2 жыл бұрын

The Yellow King right? Forgot about that

@amoscaul3264 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, a modern video on Zodiac!

@uptown3636 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Amuse the Moose! Love the video.

@joeball1177 2 жыл бұрын

Incredible video thank you

@EntertainTheElk 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you dug it.

@georgeabrahams4076 2 жыл бұрын

So, this came out two weeks ago... And the news of the Zodiac killer came out today and now is when KZfaq recomend this to me. Fascinating

@mildsteven77 2 жыл бұрын

I was more interested in the Orange Mk1 Golf/Rabbit.. the yellow stuff is interesting though. Cool video 👍

@EntertainTheElk 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@EruenGameplays 2 жыл бұрын

great study

@EntertainTheElk 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@GIRISHKUMAR-rf3ef 2 жыл бұрын

Can't believe I watched it for free..

@selfaware7617 2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t even notice, I was too busy staring down Jake.

@EntertainTheElk 2 жыл бұрын

Understandable.

@elbarto6668 2 жыл бұрын

Nice

@SUMMONER917 2 жыл бұрын

just watched it for film club and this is a fun coincidence!

@EntertainTheElk 2 жыл бұрын

I love it when timing works like that.

@TeslaChad Жыл бұрын

My favorite movie of all time 💙

@otisw.8687 2 жыл бұрын

Uh oh. Now I can see yellow EVERYWHERE. Awesome essay, Elk. Subscribed, liked, belled up. Excited for more.

@EntertainTheElk 2 жыл бұрын

I salute you, good sir.

@IanJGregory 2 жыл бұрын

I know I'm a little behind on catching up on your videos, but it's wild you happened to do something on Zodiac considering they just *allegedly* figured out who the zodiac killer was, and since he lived until 2018 there's every reason to believe that he watched this movie. Crazy!

@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812 2 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking that

@kathykline7202 Жыл бұрын

He died 6/5/22, same day as two of his victims.

@ziademad4707 2 жыл бұрын

Why did you delete your last video before this one ? , It was one of my favourites

@EntertainTheElk 2 жыл бұрын

I decided to submit it to a few film festivals as a short doc. While it's in consideration, I took it down momentarily. I'll put it back up once that's done. The link is still live if you can find my twitter post.

@classicpinball9873 2 жыл бұрын

It symbolizes when I was about to pee during the basement scene

@EntertainTheElk 2 жыл бұрын

Damn straight.

@DevonRichardsCreates 2 жыл бұрын

Yellow is used in a similar fashion in the first "Mission:Impossible". Any time yellow or a yellow object shows up, it means impending danger or betrayal.

@EntertainTheElk 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t recall that. A good excuse to go back and watch it again.

@filipneminarz2782 11 ай бұрын

Yellow is also used in Blade Runner, when the main character learns some new information, there is color yellow somewhere. The same usage of yellow goes in film Ad Astra, if i remember it correctly.

@avit.3561 2 жыл бұрын

I see Zodiac, I click….

@EntertainTheElk 2 жыл бұрын

As any sane person would do.

@timpage9424 2 жыл бұрын

I've seen this movie so many times and I'm wondering how I didn't know this. 😆

@Descro382 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder how those people who bitched about English teachers emphasizing the use of color in Gatsby would feel about this video essay.. good video 👍 The use of color in Hero is pretty damn great too

@danielkjm 2 жыл бұрын

*Great video, I would love to see an "The Day Misfits Die"*

@EntertainTheElk 2 жыл бұрын

Cool idea!

@Eyass66 2 жыл бұрын

Now I have to see the movie for the third time.. actually thank LOL

@EntertainTheElk 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@SuperNuclearUnicorn 2 жыл бұрын

It's interesting, I was born in the late 90s and yet when I think of the 60s and 70s all I can think of is pee yellow and poop brown. They're colours that nobody but the Hawthorn Hawks would use these days and yet my grandma's house is still covered in mission brown and it seems almost all the fashionable clothes from that era had yellow in it

@pussywran 2 жыл бұрын

"' you dont often see yellow in film" someone hasnt seen dredd

@EntertainTheElk 2 жыл бұрын

@pdzombie1906 2 жыл бұрын

And still, no Oscar for the most underappreciated director working in Hollywood today (besides James Grey)(and probably won't win one until he gets an honorary, like Hitchcock, since he's a white man). Great video, as usual!!! Thanx!! Also, the real mystery is why so few comments and suscribers!!!

@EntertainTheElk 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!