n impression that she doesnt belongs to the dismal, gloomy house, she doesnt belong to the working peasant lifestyle. However, she is wearing a pair of old leather shoes which covered by dirt, dry mud and dust, that hide under her pretty dress. It means even thought she is not belong to there, or she think she is not belong to there, but her birth place, her root is Tara, the place with mud, dust, and peasant in the field. There are also a contrast in the film clip of Northerns and Southerns. The costume of the Union deserter is full of dust and dirt, his military uniform is not well-dressed, his lopsided cap, his dishevelled hair and his distorted face is covered with dust and half hidden under the beard. All of it suggested he is not just a deserter, but a outragerous, arrogant boorish fellow. The image of a soldier is a well disciplinarian, but the deserter looks similar as a robber, an intruder. When compared with Scarlet and Melanie, who representing the Southerns, the deserter who representing the Northerns are more like a devil. Despite the history, Northerns are created as devil and bad guys in this film clip. Costumes created the typical and classical characterisation of the Hollywood film strong contrast of strong and weak, good and bad.The classical Hollywood lighting style is presented in this film clip three point lighting is projected on every characters, even while they are moving down the stairs or moving upward. The another important point is the way of using lighting to descibe the strong contrast between Melanie and Scarlet. At the beginning of the film clip, Scarlet enters the house under the shadow of the stairs, and then Melanie walks into the frame from the stairs under the light. As comparison, Melanie looks more angelic then Scarlet, as the colour concept in peoples mind, psycologically, audience gained impression of Melanie as angelic, pleasant, warm and a dependent woman, because she walks into the frame fr...
