Film & TV Language: Lighting

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 Lighting blog tasks

1) Still image analysis

  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? 

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First Picture: Low-key lighting.Top lighting; it creates a hidden like feature to the image as if she is searching for something up top.

Second Picture: High-key lighting.Back and under lighting; it creates a powerful image because of the darkened areas on his face.

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First Picture: High-key lighting. Under and top lighting; it creates a horror movie like aspect because of the shadow behind her giving a sense of helplessness.

Second Picture: Low-key lighting.Top lighting; it creates a fearless image of the character al most as if the light is bringing the audience attention him since its shone on him.


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First Picture: High-key lighting.Under lighting; it creates a more natural outlook of the image because of the light coming through the blinds.


Second Picture: Low-key/High-key lighting.Back lighting; it creates a sense of authority because the shadows positioning makes the whole image powerful.



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First Picture: Low-key lighting.Top and under lighting; it creates some sort of suspense between the character and whoever she is looking at.


Second Picture: High-key lighting.Top lighting; it creates a sense of longing.



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First Picture: Low-key lighting.Back lighting; it creates a gory outlook since its meant to convey a killer which suggests the back lighting makes the whole image look eerie.


Second Picture: High-key lighting.Under lighting; it creates a comforting approach for the audience between the characters.




2) Film noir research


Research film noir - focusing on the genre’s distinctive lighting style. Make notes on the genre and particularly the use of lighting - bullet points are fine. 


The genre of film noir is mainly based around the concept of potential criminal work a sense of secrecy involved within which detectives are involved. This concept mainly has a lot of low-key lighting which means dark use of lighting is portrayed to give it that mysterious atmosphere which creates a lot of suspense within audience.


 


3) Film noir YouTube clip analysis 


Finally, find a YouTube clip that fits the film noir genre and embed it under your research (the clip can be classic noir from the 1950s or something more recent - neo-noir). How does the clip's lighting fit the film noir genre?


https://youtu.be/r69dQZHjkmY


The lighting is based around the positioning of the characters meaning the girl being positioned at the top of the stairs meant that the lighting has been placed exactly where her authority is portrayed. The man being at the bottom of the stairs you can tell that his authority is not as important as the woman. The lighting being from the top and shone down analyses the deeper hidden meaning between the positioning of the characters and the lighting. 


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