Color and lighting are used to depict the narrative of a film despite other elements of cinematic style. Color attracts attention and creates the mood of a film affecting audience perception (Boggs & Petrie, 2004, p. 204). Meanwhile, lighting, which is essential for making a film, helps create different meanings presented by a scene. Memories of Matsuko (Tetsuya Nakashima, 2006) uses a rich color palette and different lighting characteristics throughout the film to depict different stages of Matsuko's life. A particular scene is chosen to study the fantastic diegesis created. This is a scene after Matsuko becomes Okano's mistress and follows him to his house. She is satisfied after meeting Okano's wife, imagining that Okano will divorce his wife for her. Another film selected for comparison is Taiwanese-Chinese film Starry Starry Night (Tom Shu-Yu Lin, 2011), based on a picture book by Jimmy Liao. The scene chosen in this film takes place when Mei and Jay are on the train going to Mei's grandfather's cabin on the outskirts of town to witness the splendid starry night. The two scenes form a fantastic diegesis as a representation of desire, innocence, happiness and the pursuit of dreams. They reflect the imagination of the characters. However, the color effects and lighting used are different in these two scenes. Throughout the chosen scene in Memories of Matsuko, an extremely rich color palette is applied. From the flowers planted in front of Okano's house, to the flowers and birds imagined along the road and finally the path leading to "the moon", a palette of warm colors is used predominantly. It is defined as a surrealist use of color because this scene has "a strangely dreamlike or unreal appearance...... middle of paper...... the music is played as hypnotizing music in the silence and beauty of the night. Likewise, these two scenes use the same cinematic style to film unreality. Long shots and extremely long shots are commonly used, allowing the audience to get a bird's eye view of the fantasy and indulge in the imaginary world. The simplest but most appropriate costumes and makeup are applied to reflect the pure intentions insisted by the characters and their true expressions in their fantasy. The two selected films have different or similar filming techniques to describe the fantastic world of the characters, but they have the same sense of creating the fantastic diegesis: that is to say the representation of desire, happiness, innocence and the pursuit of the dream. J.M., Petrie, D.W. (2004). The Art of Watching Movies (6 ͭ ͪ ed.). New York, New York: McGraw-Hill.