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** INDIVIDUAL INDEPENDENT STUDY PLAN ** **Proposed IS Title: The meaning of different colors used by different directors from different countries, how they influenced each other. And how it hinted on different culture influences. **      **Summary of IS: The purpose of my project is to study how films contributed to the use of colors and observe the different meanings that the directors try to pass on to the audiences. And how different cultures influenced on different directors, and how they influenced between each other. **        **The 4 Key Films I will focus on are:**
 * 1) Blue - Krzysztof Kieslowski [France/Poland - January 1993]
 * 2) White - Krzysztof Kieslowski [France/Poland - January 1994]
 * 3) Red - Krzysztof Kieslowski [France/Poland - May 1994]
 * 4) Hero - Yimou Zhang [China - 2002]

**Summary of each film and Explanation of how each film will support my thesis:**        **Further 8 films for additional study and evidence:** **The 12 Key Sources I will use for research are [academic websites/journals/books]:**
 * 1)  Sin City - Frank Miller [US - 2005]
 * 2)  The Handmaid's Tale - Volker Schlöndorff [US - 1990]
 * 3) The Color of Paradise - Majid Majidi [Iran - 1999]
 * 4) Yellow Earth - Yimou Zhang [China - 1984]
 * 5) Red Sorghum - Yimou Zhang [China - 1987]
 * 6) Ju Dou - Yimou Zhang [China - 1990]
 * 7) Raise The Red Lantern - Yimou Zhang [China - 1991]
 * 8) Shanghai Triad - Yimou Zhang [China - 1995]
 * 9) Curse of the Golden Flower - Yimou Zhang [China - 2006]
 * 1) Sin City [ http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_do_the_colours_in_Sin_City_represent ]
 * 2) The Handmaid's Tle [ http://www.tianya.cn/publicforum/content/filmtv/1/252982.shtml ]
 * 3) http://rpsun.cn/rpbbs/thread-592-1-1.html
 * 4) http://www.sznews.com/zbjd/content/2009-07/16/content_3914029.htm
 * 5) http://group.mtime.com/12119/discussion/996220/
 * 6) http://www.360doc.com/content/10/0108/22/712393_13030923.shtml
 * 7) http://wuxuekun.blog.163.com/blog/static/972832502008111013137613/
 * 8) http://www.docin.com/p-46421686.html
 * 9) http://wenku.baidu.com/view/a7726e66f5335a8102d22058.html
 * 10) http://www.qikan.com.cn/Article/dywx/dywx200819/dywx20081935.html
 * 11) http://www.cctv.com/program/zwsj/20060727/101264.shtml
 * 12) http://www.yyets.net/thread-290733-1-1.html

Include here a selection of the Screen Shots or film images that you will use for your appendix. Your final IS will need a minimum of 20 images: