Lighting Practise

Hey Guys!

I've been experimenting with lights to help create meaning and emotion in shots. Enjoy!


The purpose of this shot was to achieve back lighting. Effectively, this generated a silhouette, thus resulting in an idea of mystery. Additionally, the light appears to be tinted a warm yellow, effectively suggesting the light symbolises hope or happiness.







This type of lighting is chiaroscuro, commonly used in horrors and
mostly achieved through the contrasting natures of black and white. Considering this, I decided to direct this shot in order to successfully show fear, whilst keeping to the classic horror genre.

Here I tried to achieve high-key lighting; making the shot as bright as I could with as little shadows appearing as possible. The effect of this, I believe, is to create an image that appears blinding to the audience in order to convey the character on screen as being overwhelmed or even light-headed. However, I think the addition of other effects outside of the aspect of lighting would help in showing this clearer.