Research: Lighting (Miss Heath)

lighting

lighting is used in a film to creat the atmospher to set the scene. it can also be used to direct the audience attention to a certain area and or cast shadows to make the scene more intense for example:

Under lighting: Is where the source of light comes from below adding a scary aspect to the charachter this is normally used in horror films

Top lighting: Is used to highlight key features of a charachter creating a glamorous look and brightening up and making a happy scene

Back lighting: When a little amount of light is used and the main

source comes from behind the focus character and creates a 

silhouette over the focus character

Low-key: is where very limited amounts of light is used to create
a gloomy atmosphere this is one of the main conventions a thriller
would use

High-key: lighting looks more natural, realistic and
 appealing to our eyes.

Natural lighting: Is when no lighting is used and is what
we would actually see in the location

Analasis

lighting in dark knight is used very well to the extent that it creates the whole scenes

message. low key lighting is used in this particular clip very well as we enter the room to see

the joker sitting at a table in the dark with only 1 source of light from a small lamp. straight

away we know it is some sort of interrogation. this makes the viewer feel drawn into the

scene and intreauges the audience and creates suspension for them

High key lighting is used throughout the scene highlighting important detail needed to capture the action adrenaline and excitement. The lighting used being what the audience would expect to see allows them to follow and understand the narrative clearly without any extra twists to the film. The lighting makes Preston stand out even more as his clothing is white thus making him appear as a beacon of light. The response given to the audience, because of the lighting is that the scene is action packed and the detail should not be missed allowing them to absorb the entire scene and feel immersed in the action. The scene doing this draws out emotions on excitement on nervousness for the protagonists’ safety.