Lighting

 1) Still image analysis

Look at the still images on slides 33-37 of the Film Language Powerpoint linked above. Copy the images into your blog and answer the following questions for each image:

1. Identify examples of high and low-key lighting.
2. Say which depict top, back or under lighting.
3. What effects are created by the lighting in each image?     

Note: if the images don't display correctly in your blog then simply use the number of each image and answer the three questions for each.

Picture One:   

• Lowkey lighting
• Back and side lighing.
• Effect:  Half of her face is shrouded in darkness due to this use of lighting, creates the effect of femme fatale

Picture two: 

• Lowkey lighting
•  Top lighting
•  Effect: Eccentuates her features and creates a sense of horror and distress

Picture three: 

• Highkey lighting
• Under lighting
• Effect: terror and allows for shadows to collect underneath his eyes, combined with his grimacing makes the audience feel like he is an evil figure

Picture four:

• Lowkey lighting
• Top lighting
• Effect: Allows light to collect on the mans face which makes a contrast from the dark black background which shows that he is a sinister character

Picture five

• Highkey lighting
• Under lighting 
• Creates a large contrast between behind her body and in front of her body, sense of mystery and intrigue

Picture six 

• Lowkey lighting
• Back lighting
• Effect: They slightly blend into the background applying a sense of privacy as they are obscured to the audience
  

Picture seven 

• Lowkey lighting
• Back lighting
• Effect: Creates mystery and an alienated mood since the shadows create an inhuman figure, and dark obscured sillhouettes

Picture eight 

• Lowkey lighting 
• Top lighting
• Effect: Creates shadow behind the girl that looks like someone is behind her, employs for further sense of fear

Picture nine 

• Highkey lighting
• Top lighting
• Effect; Light shining down from the sky directly on his face as he looks up, can be seen as a divine light combined with his praying hands to create a holy and solemn atmosophere

Picture ten 

• Lowkey lighting
• Back lighting
• Creates a sillhouete and employs mystery, leaving the audience wondering who he is 

Picture eleven

 

• Highkey lighting
• Top lighting
• Effect: Not sure

2) Film noir research 

Film noir:

• Black and white
  
• High contrast lighting
• Lowkey lighting
• Crime
• Chiaroscuro

3) Film noir YouTube clip analysis 

Highkey lighting used

Front lighting

Creates a sense of casualness, calm before the storm. Tension for the audience as they are anticipating the storm.