The light source is behind the person, it causes the edge of his or her hair to glow. It is often associated with purity and Good, but also can be used to evoke mystery surrounding an event or characters. We could try and use back light to show off the protagonist through the use of this lighting at the very beginning so that the audience realise they are the hero right right from the start.
High/ Low Key lighting:
Is created by the use of back light and it makes a sharp contrast of light and dark. It causes deep shadow to form (Chiaroscuro). Low angle low key lighting will distort a characters features due to shadows, creating mystery. High key lighting is when filler light is used. The lighting appears to be more natural and realistic to our eyes. It can recreate a sunny day in a park or a subtly lit night scene. A high key light from a low angle will make cheek bones seem more prominent (which could be linked to voyeurism and attraction) and make characters seem more pure. We could try and use these to show a contrast between the killer and the hero as the distorted low key lighting will contort their face, leaving a sense of mystery surrounding them, while the high key lighting will show divinity and the main characters prominent features.
When light is scattered in a lens system due to reflections, it is generally used to invoke a sense of drama and is also useful when added to artificial or modified image compositions as it adds a sense of realism. This could be used to make our opening sequence seem more genuine and also to somewhat add a needed effect on to our handheld (POV) camera idea.
Star lighting:
This is a bright light which focuses around the most well known person to the audience, it draws the audience to a film due to the photogenic looks. We could attempt to use this style of lighting when we see our main character as they will (up to this point) be the only character with screen time longer than a minute, meaning they are the most well known. It could be used when there is darkness and a beam of natural lighting to show them off.
Natural lighting:
When there is a natural source of light, which is used to illuminate a shot or show a certain time of day. This is quite easily achieved due to the fact that sunlight is natural lighting. we can quite simply use this in our opening sequence, by filming part of the sequence outside to include this lighting type.
Filler lighting:
This may be used to reduce the contrast of a scene and adds light to an area, which the director may not want shadows to be in. It makes the lighting seem "normal" to a viewer by making the contrast a balance of light and dark. This will need to be used in our work when we do certain shots in the dark, so that the audience can see what is actually going on. Otherwise it would just be darkness and the scene would be useless as nothing would be able to be seen by the viewers. This will make darker scenes easier to watch due to the light and dark contrasts balancing out the darkness until they can see what is occurring.
Side lighting:
It is quite self explanatory as it is a shot which has lighting coming in from the side. It illuminates half a face which leaves the audience to decide the meaning of the lighting. Some films, like A nightmare on elm street (2010) use it to suggest that a character has a dilemma or has a darker side. We will use this to show our main character has a darker side and it will lead nicely to deeper character development throughout the rest of the film.
Under/ Top lighting:
Under lighting is when the main source of light comes from below the subject and it has a distorting effect on the way we see a character. It is mainly used in horror films to distort faces. On the other hand, top lighting is when the main source of lighting comes from above and it highlights features. It can be used to create a glamorous look to characters. This top and under lighting can be used effectively by us to show the mood of the scene as the under lighting will distort the face to create confusion, which will create an overall theme for the scene as well as top lighting showing divinity when the villain is not in the shot.
Three point lighting:
It is when there is lighting from three sources, it generally shows that the focus is on the certain object that the lighting is on. We can use this effectively when showing the murder weapons for the killer as it outlines them from three points and leaves the audience to assume the use of said weapons as they are highlighted without explanation and the use of them as a key image will have the audience think of the connotations of them.
I have found that a convention of horror films is dark natural top lighting, this casts a large shadow upon the villains faces, showing a split personality. This is seen in nearly all horror films containing binary opposition as it leads to further plot development of the villain. In our work, i will try to replicate the lighting seen in the top lighting section (Javier Bardem) as it will show off the split personality of our killer, which i think will leave the enigma after the opening sequence of what happened to him.
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