How Color and Material in GARDEN STATE express emotionality--or the lack thereof.

How Night of the Hunter creates dread through thoughtful use of staging and composition.

How the subtle color design of Sideways reveals the progression of character and relationship.

How value and texture in ALIEN are used as a visual motif to subvert audience expectation in the creation of sheer terror.

How Jojo Rabbit uses a very simple visual motif to subvert expectation in delivering an emotionally devastating gut punch.