How the Geometry of Movies Can Change the Way We Think

Circles . Triangles . Squares . Those are n’t the thing you ask to see in a picture but motion picture have been using form to subtly regulate emotion for a prospicient meter . Circles are lovable , triangle are evil , and square are ho-hum . Now You See Ithighlights the geometry used in shot to show you how movies use flesh to manipulate your feelings .

A villain is normally limn with sharper features to represent their harshness — think Maleficent or Darth Vader . The good guys are softer and rounder to make them appear more lovable and huggable — think Mickey Mouse or Baloo from The Jungle Book . And squares are used for tiresome and older - fashioned character reference like Carl Fredricksen from Up , because foursquare are squares ( duh ) .

This use of geometry is most pronounced in animation moving-picture show because the filmmakers can literally drag the character to make them represent a sure shape . But geometry is used in all sorts of moving picture , you could notice line that direct our eyes in a sure counseling in The polishing or lines that make a character look trapped in Catch Me If you could .