To begin, the Star Trek crew, even though Admiral Dougherty is an exception, are appeared to be out together and very clean cut. What I mean by this is that all the members on the ship are matching in dark and light blue suits. This clearly helped distinguish their group Tom the hometown of the people the Ba'Ku. The crew also appeared in a bright, non shadowed light at all times; this gave the appearance of goodness and kindness instead of evil and vengeance. Another aspect to their being was that they were always well kept looking. Besides their clothes always looking as pristine as possible, they had makeup done so they had flawless skin and their hair was always well manicured.
Data, originally an enemy but then an ally has magically glittering skin that sets him apart from the rest of the crew. He is dressed like the crew in a blue suit and is also in we'll lit lighting, but his eyes seem to jump off the screen. They are not a normal shade of blue or green, instead they are bright yellow and look infected almost. These different characteristics make it easy for us to identify that he is special to this crew, but is still to be treated with respect since he is in human form rather than if he was a robot.
On the total opposite side of the spectrum were the Son'a. They were distorted and clearly unhealthy in every way. Their skin had to be stapled on and stretched almost everyday and would tear if they became stressed or showed too much expression (something that would happen to Jone Rivers.) They also were continuously shown in dark settings except when they were on the NCC 1701-D, but they still appeared darker than every other person and character on the ship. The Son'a also wore dark clothing that looked more like drapes and rags than a uniform. This made them appear to look unorganized and made them appear homeless.
The costumes and make up throughout the movie have helped us visually to separate the characters and their roles. The evil vs the good was visually easy to distinguish between the two.
On the total opposite side of the spectrum were the Son'a. They were distorted and clearly unhealthy in every way. Their skin had to be stapled on and stretched almost everyday and would tear if they became stressed or showed too much expression (something that would happen to Jone Rivers.) They also were continuously shown in dark settings except when they were on the NCC 1701-D, but they still appeared darker than every other person and character on the ship. The Son'a also wore dark clothing that looked more like drapes and rags than a uniform. This made them appear to look unorganized and made them appear homeless.
The costumes and make up throughout the movie have helped us visually to separate the characters and their roles. The evil vs the good was visually easy to distinguish between the two.
I like how you talked about how the costume, make-up and lighting distinguished Ba’Ku from the crew from NCC 1701-D. I noticed that the humans in Ba’Ku were dressed in a pure fashion and bright clothing to represent the fountain of youth, since they never age. Data, too, looked scary to me, yet maybe the costume and make-up is supposed to look that way. I believe it represents how scary technology is since Data is in fact a robot. When it comes to the lighting, the ship is illuminated when the crew members are set out to help Ba’Ku, when in contrast, the crew members of Son’a are cast by dark shadows to give the appearance of villainous.
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