Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Tron" in Portuguese language version.
The color schemes of TRON could have been influenced by Star Wars in a particular way. In early production of TRON, the circuits on the armor of the good guys was going to be orange or red, and the bad guys were to glow blue. However, Star Wars used classic symbolism with the colors of the lightsabers. Obi-Wan Kenobi wielded a blue lightsaber while Darth Vader fought with a red blade. Red evokes a feeling of danger and violence while blue is more calming like water. The makers of TRON probably realized their audience would be quite familiar with Star Wars films and this motif. They switched colors to make the good guys blue and the bad guys red. But some of the early colors still worked their way into the film's release like Flynn's first program, CLU, who dons an orange/yellow scheme and in the above-mentioned lightcycle duel, the bike colors were opposite the character base colors. Some promotional materials showed Tron in red. In the movie itself Flynn goes undercover to infiltrate the enemy troops by taking the red color of a program he knocked out (oh, and Luke and Han disguised themselves as stormtroopers to sneak into the Imperial detention center... see? the similarities keep coming!)
The test reel features Frisbee champion Sam Schatz as a program who breaks out of prison and defeats a guard, who is actually wearing a repainted costume from Disney’s 1979 sci-fi movie The Black Hole.
The Tron arcade cabinet was a huge success, earning over $45 million in its first year.
The color schemes of TRON could have been influenced by Star Wars in a particular way. In early production of TRON, the circuits on the armor of the good guys was going to be orange or red, and the bad guys were to glow blue. However, Star Wars used classic symbolism with the colors of the lightsabers. Obi-Wan Kenobi wielded a blue lightsaber while Darth Vader fought with a red blade. Red evokes a feeling of danger and violence while blue is more calming like water. The makers of TRON probably realized their audience would be quite familiar with Star Wars films and this motif. They switched colors to make the good guys blue and the bad guys red. But some of the early colors still worked their way into the film's release like Flynn's first program, CLU, who dons an orange/yellow scheme and in the above-mentioned lightcycle duel, the bike colors were opposite the character base colors. Some promotional materials showed Tron in red. In the movie itself Flynn goes undercover to infiltrate the enemy troops by taking the red color of a program he knocked out (oh, and Luke and Han disguised themselves as stormtroopers to sneak into the Imperial detention center... see? the similarities keep coming!)
Original live action shot on 65mm black and white motion picture film. The individual frames were then projected onto special film cells made by Kodak. The cells went through a film developer to create Hi-con positives and negatives. Hi-con meaning the black was totally opaque and the white areas become totally clear film. The cells were then hand painted to isolate the individual elements (basic body color, the glowing circuits, the whites of the eyes and teeth, the facial skin color, . Each isolated element was photographed as a separate exposure. The cells were back-lit by a light box and photographed frame per frame with an animation camera. By using Color gels and special lens filters and by animating the exposures of the camera for each element we could create the electric glowing look of the characters in the electronic world.
The test reel features Frisbee champion Sam Schatz as a program who breaks out of prison and defeats a guard, who is actually wearing a repainted costume from Disney’s 1979 sci-fi movie The Black Hole.
Original live action shot on 65mm black and white motion picture film. The individual frames were then projected onto special film cells made by Kodak. The cells went through a film developer to create Hi-con positives and negatives. Hi-con meaning the black was totally opaque and the white areas become totally clear film. The cells were then hand painted to isolate the individual elements (basic body color, the glowing circuits, the whites of the eyes and teeth, the facial skin color, . Each isolated element was photographed as a separate exposure. The cells were back-lit by a light box and photographed frame per frame with an animation camera. By using Color gels and special lens filters and by animating the exposures of the camera for each element we could create the electric glowing look of the characters in the electronic world.
The Tron arcade cabinet was a huge success, earning over $45 million in its first year.
