Lighting plays an especial part effect in movies in order to connect with the audiences. It can be used in many ways in order to create different style of scenes from romantic to horror movie scenes. For this blog discussion of lighting I chose Halloween (1978) movie. This movie is a horror movie that uses a low-key lighting effect. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5ke9IPTIJQ What are the benefits of the style of lighting used? The benefit of the low-key lighting is that it makes the Halloween movie scenes more intense, dark and it provides a mysterious shadow atmosphere. The several scenes in this movie that has a low-key lighting is very important in order to make its viewers scare and scream. For example, the below picture shows the
In the movie Edward Scissorhands, a lot of different cinematic techniques are used. This movie mostly focuses on lighting, usually using darker low-key lighting throughout most of the film to create a darker, creepy tone. Low-key lighting is used mostly in scenes with Edward scissorhands in them, not as much with the girl. A good example of these low-key lighting scenes are the beginning ones, when the girl first enters Edward’s castle. The atmosphere inside is dark and creepy, adding to the already mysterious and dark tone of the movie. Another example of a scene with low-key lighting is the very beginning of the credits screen. The words are displayed in white with the rest of the background as a dark and evil setting. This already gives
mise-en-scene in any film, everything we see has a meaning. But the thing about lighting is we see it,
One way the filmmakers did this is with the on location shots of rubble in many scenes. The characters in these shots are carefully placed to make the rubble stand out behind them. Lighting is carefully placed to illuminate the rubble and make it stand out. However, the carefully planned cinematography also plays into the overall meaning of the film and not just how it looks. The lighting, for example, influences our feelings for certain characters. Susan Wallner is always filmed in light. This is a drastic difference from how we see Hans Mertens. Hans is usually filmed with low light and is very dim. This helps show that Susan is optimistic, while Hans is pessimistic. Another way lighting is used in this film is to create shadows. Shadows are very prevalent in the last sequence of the film. Hans has confronted Bruckner and as the camera cuts back and forth to each of them we see Hans shadow keeps growing bigger and bigger behind Bruckner. We can interpret that as the shadowing is growing bigger so his Bruckner’s fear, because the dialogue coming from Bruckner is getting faster and we can also hear the fear. There are many times in the film where close ups are used to make the storyline more dramatic. One scene that comes to mind that makes use of quick cuts and close ups is in the end of the film: Susan ran in, stopping Hans from killing Bruckner. At this point we
If the lighting is happy light then it may convey a more laid back scene, but if the lighting dark and shadowy it might mean the scene is scary or tense. Lighting also lets the viewer know what time of day it is by being morning or night. Another thing that plays into the film is how it is color corrected. In “Hugo” the color correction is made up of blues and grays. Color correction helps give the tone of film and mood as well. In “Hugo” the color correction is light and colorful, but the blues help convey there is a sadness to the story.
The beginning scene was actively engrossed with low-key lighting or "dark look" that gave off an overcast to understand the power Don Corleone possessed over the individuals he was speaking with. According to David Konow (2014) "As Willis recalled in the book Masters of Light,That technique or that approach to the movie visually just came out of a thought process. And the process, in my mind, was based on evil; it was based on the soul of the picture. The wedding outside had a very sunny, almost Kodachromey, 1942 kind of feel to it. Then when we cut inside the house with Brando, it was very down and very ominous…so it was a very simple philosophy. However, the overall look of The Godfather was a kind of forties New York grit." The lighting used in The Godfather helped to implore the nostalgic feel of the movie. Although it was made in the 80 's Willis ' use of his new techniques changed the lighting in movies to come and placed the viewer in the midst of the 1940 's mafia
First and foremost, film noir refers to the visual style of a picture. The imagery of film noir was influenced by early 20th century German expressionism, featuring distorted, sinister shapes and shadows. These precursors to film noir used abstract figures and looming shadows for bizarre, emotionally stirring results. Techniques such as chiaroscuro were used to give a dark and minimalistic feeling. In many cases lighting is limited to a single harsh light source, which obscures the image, and even throws shadows across actors’ faces. These elements ensure that an audience regards the actors and the setting with equal importance. Oblique angled shots permeate many film noirs, naturally provoking anxiousness and apprehension in the viewer. In Sun...
Once the boy has reached the top of the stairs he turns into another room and collects the mask to change his identity when doing the murder. Ironically, earlier on this same mask is used by the boyfriend to amuse his girl friend with. Like in the rest of Halloween there is low key lighting like shadows and darkness to build suspense for the audience. Whilst this is going on in the back ground you can hear Michael's sister humming quietly which symbolizes her innocence and purity of heart .Michael
cinematic elements. Whether it’s the lighting of a scene or the objects placed in the scene, they
This type of shot composition gives viewers an idea of what is going but does not allow them to see what is happening on screen clearly. The Use of lighting by the Coen Brothers not only enhances the mood, but it also show the personalities of the characters. During the film, Moss is often only half lit, to show that he is a conflicted and morally complex character.
The setting gives the reader a sense that terror awaits. This story shows this by talking about the lighting
It hints of danger when Peg sees a man standing in a dark corner of the room looking like it was a bad guy, so Peg got scared when she first saw him standing there. It also made the audience have a scary feeling. Tim also uses low-key lighting in the movie Bettlejuice, there was a moment when Adam and Barbra made this secret door inside their attic and it had a low-key lighting effect, so it made it look like it was dangerous because it was a mysterious door. Now I have listed some examples when Tim Burton uses low-key lighting in his
The lighting in this movie is very effective. It helps to establish the characters very well. The audience is helping in distinguishing the bad and the good characters through the lighting. The movie overall is very stylized. There are some other strange lighting patterns brought out by Hype Williams, but by far the most effective lighting patterns are ones that help to characterize the main players in the film.
The lighting played a major role in setting the tone for both the theatre performance and the movie. In both the film and play, the lighting was dimmed and the non-important elements, such as background elements, were often hidden in the shadows. In the film the murky lighting also hid Todd in the shadows, in order to increase the suspense and further emphasize his intimidating demeanor. In the play,
You wouldn’t see dark colors and lighting used in a children cartoon, instead you see bright colors and bright lighting. And vice versa; most horror films don’t focus on bright colors and bright lighting. In The Wizard of Oz (Dir. Victor Fleming, 1939), the director uses bright colors and lighting to portray the moods of happiness, joy and innocence in Dorothy’s life. In contrast, dark colors and lighting that go hand in hand with the evil parts of Oz portray the moods of mystery and suspense.
In The Sixth sense in a like manner, lighting is used to obstruct the viewers thought process. In the scene where Malcom is shot, the angle in which the scene is shot and the lighting in which it is shot differs from the previous scene. The darkness or the “noir” of the scene is used to invoke fear and tension for this specific scene. The lighting directly on the face of Dr. Malcom’s wife’s shows that something is wrong, she has a real fear. The viewer then gets to see the room from Malcom’s perceptive. Malcom’s perceptive is shot from a different angle, the audience now gets a glance at the whole room. The room is in a disarray. During this shot the viewer is seeing things from the prospective of Malcom. Visually the shot is wobbly and uneven. The audience now feels involved in what is taking place. The viewer is now in the position to feel what Malcom is feeling, the emotions and the fear. This camera work stimulates the mind, putting one in the scene with Malcom. Now the the viewer is more involved or feels the anxieties behind what Malcom is going though. The viewer is now anticipating what is going to happen next. The scene is cut now the view is again seeing things from the perspective of Malcom’s wife Anna. Anna is screaming at the top of her lunges. This scene is even darker and has extremely low lighting. Although the screams are used to invoke fear, the screams from Anna also make the audience want to find out what is next to come. As the shot continues, the viewer see that Anna and Malcom are trapped inside of their room. There is also irony behind being trapped inside of one’s own home. The home that one lives in is supposed to be a safe haven. This scene also forms connect directly to the viewer. This scene serves the purpose of connecting reality to the pictorial scenery, this too could happen in an everyday ordinary life