Careful thought and consideration is put into every shot of a film to create a mise en scene made up of small details from costume, prop proximics to the types of lighting used to build up a certain atmosphere and feeling.
Lighting is a very effective way to highlight a specific tone for a film, the way in which the themes of the narrative are illusrtaed depend highly upon the types of lighting used.
The Decent, directed by Neil Marshall in 2005 is a caustraphobic british horror film about a caving expedition that goes drasticly wrong. It's an excellent example of how lighting is used successfully to get across a desired feeling and atmosphere.
The low key lighting creates dense shadows to highlight the cave location and signify the growing sense of caustraphobia and eerie threat, forshadowing doom.The use of night vision for the camera distorts the images, creating a contrast of vivid white skin against a stark black background - this becomes particulary effective when the audience first witnesses the 'creature' as it's an eerie, frightening image filmed for shock value and is also unexpected.
The contrast of colour filters is also effective, the light from the glowstick casts a frightening green cover over the rocks, creating an effective texture and forshadows an 'alien' presence.
The use of harsh red glow contrasts boldly against the green lighting and signifies bloodshed and death. The Lighting used in the descent is a classic convention for films under the horror genre to create suspense.
Sin City, 2005 is a film directed by Robert Rodriguez based on Frank Miller's graphic novel.
It incorporated the graphic novels stylish animated apperence through the use of colour and lighting. Using the green screen effect to create a gritty black and white appearence which compliments the films adult, sophisitcated narrative.
The flashes of colour such as red and yellow are kept to a minimal which is very effective, coinciding with the graphic novels theme which sets the film up as unconventional, gritty and abstract.
The low key lighting creates dense shadows to highlight the cave location and signify the growing sense of caustraphobia and eerie threat, forshadowing doom.
The contrast of colour filters is also effective, the light from the glowstick casts a frightening green cover over the rocks, creating an effective texture and forshadows an 'alien' presence.
The use of harsh red glow contrasts boldly against the green lighting and signifies bloodshed and death. The Lighting used in the descent is a classic convention for films under the horror genre to create suspense.
Sin City
Sin City, 2005 is a film directed by Robert Rodriguez based on Frank Miller's graphic novel. The flashes of colour such as red and yellow are kept to a minimal which is very effective, coinciding with the graphic novels theme which sets the film up as unconventional, gritty and abstract.
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