Set Design: Hero

This movie took place in various areas of China.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDagtOmhkGo&feature=related

• The forest scene in Hero is a favourite, because it showcases a beautiful season, autumn. The lighting and shots of the leaves and trees work well together, the characters have also been dressed in red outfits to coordinate with the season.
• The colours shown are vibrant.
• The location of this fight scene has been thought through, it takes place in the deep forest where these two are alone and are free to expose their feelings towards one another. Nature itself wants you to be free, so placing these characters in there helps tell the viewer that some action is about to occur in this liberal setting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGq6FXcpxtY&feature=related-

• This lake scene is another breathtaking view in this movie. The injured soldier and his mistress are laying in the middle of the river while mountains and beautiful vegetation surrounds them. 
• Just as seen above, the outfits these characters are wearing emphasise the scenery around them.

The director has thought it through how these characters move in their environment, and definitely wants the viewer to enjoy the movie's storyline but also its scenes with these amazing locations used. Different shots of the blue lake scene helps show more of its features, such as the amazing reflection of the mountains in the river, also how clean the area these character inhabit is. This helps to emphasise the time period in which this story is set in, in the old periods, people in Asia were closer to nature and used its resources correctly, always putting back in what they took out.