The Road Home was a traditional Chinese film by Zhang Yimou. It was a mixture of a black and white picture with color. The film starts off black and white to show that it is the present time but also gives a depressing feel to go with the death of the main characters father/husband. However, unlike every other movie where the present is shot in color and flashbacks in black and white Yimou did the opposite. Yimou made the setting during the winter time to give the film a harsh and cold deposition. Yet placed the flashbacks in the spring usually to give a warmer loving feel and to use tree leaves changing colors for a beautiful background that gives a sunny deposition on the film. Yimou also gives a hint to a hero's journey in which the son has to follow his mothers request for the body of her husband to be carried back to the village. Yimou emphasise on colors in the clothes people wear and the color of the environment.
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