Research: Mise en scene: lighting and colour

Lighting 

Lighting helps convey the mood and atmosphere in a scene or film. There are many different types of lighting, lighting which is one of the few micro element  are split up into many different categories due to what they are used for, or how they look etc. Lighting is an important convention because its sometimes used to guide and draw the audiences attention to an object, a character emotion/reaction or gesture for example when someone is looking up at something then top lighting may be used etc. To create this light could mean the use of daylight or artificial light such as a lamp/torch etc.


angles of lighting...


under lighting
Under lighting is light which comes from below the person this creates a distinguishing effect on the character. However this is also seen to sometimes show someones shadow behind them while standing next to a wall or this is also seen in films where someone is telling a scary story. its mainly used on antagonists to produce sharp shadows to make them seem more scary and make the audience feel uncomfortable 







top lighting
Top lighting comes from above someones face highlighting the key features of a character however this can be natural daylight or artificial light unlike under lighting. This used to signify something such as something scary or interesting in the sky or it could just be a sunny day with a clear sky. it could also be used for a victim making it clear to the audience that they're trapped somewhere, the fact that light is coming from above.






back lighting
back lighting is light source which is behind the person its can either be artificial or natural light (typically sunset or sunrise) when too much light is used silihouttes are created this as it get the audience to focus on something specific such as body language rather than facial expression





Here is another example but because the camera is close to the person, you still capture detail of the face but the girl in the back is almost a silihoutte the gold sunlight colour represents power because bright gold is a rich colour showing the audience that he's a character with high power



Types of  lighting...


Low key lighting

Low key lighting in thrillers is used to increase the sense of fear, in addition the lighting i s dark with small areas of light, which also creates shadows They are also used to convey different atmospheres and moods within scenes and shots.
















 




High key lighting

High key lighting is appearing more natural as it portray a more upbeat mood in a scene such as a sunny day. However it can be used during daylight or at night to show contrast between characters through shadows and brighter areas. For example to emphasize who is the victim a high key lighting will be shown on her and also that she is possibly the main character in the scene


  


Natural lighting

Natural lighting is when no lighting lighting has been added, it is what you expect to see so daylight is the only lighting used.





All the types of lighting are conventional for thriller for example high key lighting would be placed on a protagonist or a victim to reveal their identity as they're innocent and also they have nothing to hide. For low key lighting it is used for an antagonist because to keep their identity hidden to make it seem as if they're isolated from everyone else.




Colour in a scene...

Colour in a scene have different connotations to them and can give different interpretations of the scene. 

 Red lighting 
Red lighting creates a sense of fear and makes the audience feel terrified. The fact that the red light is directly behind him shows shows what he represents which is danger, anger, fear and also the fact that his sweater is red, its another piece of evidence to back the fact that he represents the colour red. 






orange lighting
orange lighting can be used to refer to seasonal periods of the year which is mainly autumn. In this scene he seems to be creeping down the corridor and the colour orange in this scene represents danger and activity.



Blue light
Blue is the colour most commonly associated with harmony, faithfulness, and confidence and possibly sadness. In this scene he appears to be walking and there is blue light, it represent that he's calm and composed plus he has one hand in his pocket and the other to show that he's comfortable. This also makes the audience feel comfortable because of the blue light as they expect nothing hectic to occur. 





scene analysis

The back lighting went well in the scene because it didn't reveal the characters identity. creating silihouttes which then creates fear and leave the audience unsure about the characters facial detail as they only see there body language. Low key lighting is also used to keep the antagonists identity hidden this creates mystery and suspense also the audience is left anticipated. in this scene we see a few glimpse of red light and automatically we no know that danger, pain and negative activity will occur in the scene keeping the audience left on the edge of their seats.