② Children’s Play And Playground
In the playground, children enjoy bright adventures. This is because imagination makes the world a wonderful place.
‘The Florida Project’ is a film based on childhood, dealing with the notion and its issues that manifest themselves in children and adults alike. According to the film, children view the whole world from that reckless framework of innocence that is reserved only for them; they can find happiness even in the swamp, in the dump. The world may not care, the consequences of their actions may not mean anything to them, but that reckless innocence deserves to be preserved in childhood.
The children’s endless pranks in the movie are quite dangerous. All spaces in slums without playgrounds, such as receiving coins from visitors at Disney World Ticket Office buying ice cream and setting fire to abandoned buildings, become children’s playgrounds. Children are beings with a purity that maintains brightness even in bad conditions. Helping children keep their innocence is a lifelong task given to adults living in the present.
I made a colour palette based on my playground research and films from ‘The Florida Project’.
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