Research:Mis es scene:Lighting and Colour

Mis es scene: Lighting and colour


Lighting:

In a film scene, lighting helps to convey the mood and atmosphere. Also, light can guide the audience's attention to a particular object, person or emotion. In addition, lighting can be used to cast tension that is taking place, shadows and suspense. Most importantly, there are different angles and types of lighting. This partly Influences the response given by the audience.  The changing of lighting style can have a Influence in changing a film genre.


Angle of lighting:
Like I said before, there are different types of lighting and it depend on what angle the light is being used from.

Under Lighting: This when the angle of lighting comes from below the character this tends to have a distorting effect. Under lighting can be used to forecast the danger of a character. This will Influence the audience to give a chilling response. 


Top Lighting: This occurs when lighting comes from above the character, highlighting his or her features. Often, this gives the character a glamourous Image. However, this type of lighting can usually highlight the victim of a thriller causing anxiety amongst the audience.

Back Lighting: This is when the light is being used behind the character. Silhouettes are created if there is little or no light used behind the character this could cause suspense among the audience.

Types of Lighting:

Low-key lighting: This type of lighting Is very conventional in thrillers. It is when lighting is dark meaning there are small areas of light, which creates shadows.

High key Lighting: This occurs when the light appears natural than ever but clearly brighter.

Natural Lighting: This is what the audience expects to view, no lighting is added. This is used to Influence the film to be more realistic.

Scene analysis of lighting:
The lighting that is used in this scene of silence of the lambs is low-key lighting. The low-key lighting is being shown on the antagonist Hannibal Lecter. This is obviously used to make the antagonist more intimidating to the audience as the low-key lighting is collaborating with the actions of the antagonist in the scene. This creates a response of fear and tension amongst the audience, as they will probably fear that something else drastic will occur and the lighting that is used will influence the audience's assumption that the antagonist in the scene is the cause of it.


Colour In Scenes: Colour representation

In Film scenes, the use of colours is vitally Important. Colours are used to make different Interpretations of the scene. In other words, colours make connotations of a character or action. For Instance,  dark colours like red and black will be colours that connote: danger, death, warning etc. Meanwhile colours like white will connote: Innocence, vulnerability, weakness. Colour representation would eventually make the audience highlight the victims, protagonists and antagonists. When a character weras bright colours It connotes their unawareness of a crucial situation, which could lead to their fate.

Colour representations can make the audience understand the personality and motives of a character. A perfect example of where this is proven is the film Misery which stars Kathy Bates.

In the film Misery, Annie Wilkes (played by Kathy Bates) is torturing a famous author who she adores. Colour representation is shown in the famous hobbling scene. Paul Sheldon (played by James Caan) is wearing a white Jumper as he is strapped to his bed. This connotes vulnerability and weakness to the audience. The audience is shown that this character is destined to be victimized with death or torture for he Is shown to be the victim. Anne Wilkes is clearly the anatagonist in the film, for she wears dark colours that connotes her dark and evil motives for the victim/protagonist. The colour represenatation of Anne Wilkes Influences her Image to look Intimidating and superior to the audience. As for Paul Sheldon, his wearing of bright colours and white influences his character to be weak and inferior to the audience. Since the character of Paul Sheldon is wearing bright colours, It Influences his unawareness of the consequence and torture he is going to receive, which could cause more tension and upset amongst the audience.

I now know the significane of colours in film scenes a they are used to connote someone's motives whether good or bad. This is what I need to apply to my thriller. Also, I have learned the significance of lighting, as It's main use is to collabarate with the action and dialogue that takes place. This is another element I will apply to my thriller.