Color plays a vast part of the psychology of filmmaking as it helps the audience get a sense of the characters mood as well as the overall scene.
In the Realm we used color as best we could to convey these things. If you haven’t noticed by now James wears an awful lot of Blue unbuttoned shirts, as a matter of fact, he virtually wears nothing else. That is because blue is a calming color and James needed to be that for Sorcha. James conveys his feeling via his t-shirts. In the first season he will wear Black when he is at odds with Sorcha and Grey when he is not. In season two he will shift from grey to white as he gets closer to her and closer to his own truths about himself.
Sorcha, we were trying to give her all earth tones for the first season, she had an earthy vibe but at the same time tried to give her a slight fantasy look and since she was getting her clothes via James and the local thrift store, we dubbed this look the “thrift store fantasy”. She is also devoid of makeup and jewelry as she has no real identity of her own. This will change in the second season as she will wear makeup, jewelry and acquire a fashion sense, thanks to her friend Cassie.
Dustin was introduced as a kind of sleaze bag friend so we dressed him in reds. It is revealed in the last episode of season one that he was in fact, Teagan, Kyan’s brother, the red worked as well since the Selene use red and black as their colors.
As for the Helios and Selene as mentioned above, the Selene get Red and Black as they are of the belief that magic should be used for personal gain. The Helios believe magic is for healing and wisdom they wear blues and whites.
The sets were also encoded with a color scheme in particular James’s apartment. The walls are blue and the furniture green trying to reflect the sky and grass where Sorcha comes from as well as make it a safe place for her.
Finally the magic colors. Maedoc with the red to match his Selene colors and Melvina gets green like the earth. Tegan got a shallow red, almost pink tone, as his place in season two will be in between the Selene and Helios and he has some choices to make.
The Harbinger colors will fluctuate depending on where Sorcha is mentally when she turns. Sorcha’s natural magic color is green but the Harbinger is fiery red so depending on the magic she uses when turned. This tells you how much of it is Sorcha and how much is just plain and nasty Harbinger.
Keep an eye out in season two for theses color clues and some new ones and please, enjoy The Realm.
