Analyzing Graphics of Into the Spider-Verse

Into the Spider-Verse has managed to wow billions of people soon after its debut in movie theaters  on December 14th, 2018. This animated movie introduced groundbreaking art that included multiple details that honestly, I missed. The two main things I noticed were reoccurring color motifs that were tied to different characters as well as foreshadowing to the second movie in multiple scenes. (Side note- if you haven’t watched the movie and don’t want spoilers, maybe read another blog for this one)

Okay let’s start with one of the foreshadowing details.


 In this scene, Miles fails to live up to the standards of the previous Spider-Man. He breaks the chip given to him as the key to save the world, he doesn’t know how his powers work, and he feel guilty for Peter’s death. He feels like a fraud, and, he is one. The movie constantly hints at the fact that miles was never supposed to be spider-man, like in this frame. The lore behind this is that the spider that bit Miles was from another multi-verse, world 42, where the miles in that universe was supposed to be beaten. Regardless, due to multiple coincidences, that spider ended up biting the miles shown here, from earth 1610. Miles is surrounded by constant reminders of what could have been and expectations, which is also a reoccurring motif in the movie.

Another motif in this movie are colors associated with certain characters that establish character development and also help foreshadow without having to say anything.

 

Green and purple are colors associated with the villain, prowler, who in this universe is Mile’s uncle. Mile was originally destined to be his predecessor, but soon, his fate was changed after being bit and he became destined to be spider-man’s predecessor.                                         

 

In the second movie, we see Miles conflicted identity resonating through his color hue.


Miles is now aware of what his destiny could have been and how it has impacted other    multiverses. He feels as though he was born to be Spider-Man, yet he knows he was born to be Spider-Man’s enemy. Spiderman’s colors, blue and red, conflict with prowler’s main color-purple. This accentuates how Miles’ destinies conflict each others and the reason his story is so complicated.

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  1. AnonymousDecember 10, 2023 at 2:06 PM

    I like how you talk about blue and red and how that conflicts with purple. I also liked how you used color as a motif.
    -Sarah Naga

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  2. AnonymousDecember 10, 2023 at 5:08 PM

    I love how you discussed motifs and imagery and how that continues through the differnt movies

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