In the opening scene to casino royal, the director uses different factors such as lighting, body language, facial expressions and setting to reveal all of bonds characteristics. Using all these factors creates mise en scène. James bond sneaky performance on the guy who works fot M-I6 that has been selling secrets is proof of his super agent abilities by his surprise kill. James Bond sets the scene himself by removing the bullet out of the gun which the victim in this scene intends to kill Bond. This illustrates how ready he is. the lighting is very dark, with shadows being mostly in the surround. This gives a sense of atmosphere towards the audience that perhaps something unexpected will happen to one of the characters.
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Thursday, 13 October 2011
Film Language- Lighting
Lighting
Lighting helps to portray the type of atmosphere or mood within a scene that is being observed. Lighting can help guide an audiences attention by brightly lighting an object or gesture that is important to the current storyline whilst at the same time maintaining minor details within the scene. Directors also tend ti use shadows to create suspense by simply concealing elements of the scene from the audience
In a studio lighting is used in three main ways;
THE KEY LIGHT, as the name suggests, its usually the brightest and the most influential.
THE BACK LIGHT helps counteract the effect of the key light, thus making the character/object look more 'rounded'.
THE FILLER LIGHT helps to soften the harsh shadows that the use of key and back lights create. The may be more than one filler light.
I've understood that key sources of lighting can be directed from different angles to create different effects. These effects are commonly known as; Underlighting, Top Lighting and Back Lighting.
Underlighting is when main sources of light comes from below the subject. This usually gives an effect of distorting effect on the character or object that is being lit, this is mostly used in horror films.
Top Lighting is when the main source of light comes from above which allows the highlighting of the features of a character. It can be used to create an evil, scary look in a character or a glamorous look in a star.
Back Lighting is when the light source is behind the subject. If little or no other lighting is used this creates the impression of a silhouette.
HIGH & LOW-KEY LIGHTING
A lighting director is someone who is responsible for the creative aspects that relate to lighting when shooting a film. The director uses manipulation if basic studio lighting format to achieve the atmosphere they desire to portray.
LOW-KEY LIGHTING
This is made by using only key and backs lights. This creates a sharp contrast of light and dark areas on the screen which look very deep and distinct from the way shadows are formed. This effect is known as chiaroscuro, which comes from the Italian words for light (chiaro) and dark (oscuro).
HIGH-KEY LIGHTING
This means much more filler light is used than usual. It shows light as though if they would appear normaal and realistic to out eyes. This technique can be used on scenes that are brightly lit sets such as a sunny day in the park or a more subtly-lit night scene which actually looks quite dark to our eyes. Shadows will still appear in this type of lighting however there is a difference which is that areas of dark and light won't be a strong as in low-key lighting.
Lighting helps to portray the type of atmosphere or mood within a scene that is being observed. Lighting can help guide an audiences attention by brightly lighting an object or gesture that is important to the current storyline whilst at the same time maintaining minor details within the scene. Directors also tend ti use shadows to create suspense by simply concealing elements of the scene from the audience
In a studio lighting is used in three main ways;THE KEY LIGHT, as the name suggests, its usually the brightest and the most influential.
THE BACK LIGHT helps counteract the effect of the key light, thus making the character/object look more 'rounded'.
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I've understood that key sources of lighting can be directed from different angles to create different effects. These effects are commonly known as; Underlighting, Top Lighting and Back Lighting.
Underlighting is when main sources of light comes from below the subject. This usually gives an effect of distorting effect on the character or object that is being lit, this is mostly used in horror films.
Top Lighting is when the main source of light comes from above which allows the highlighting of the features of a character. It can be used to create an evil, scary look in a character or a glamorous look in a star.
Back Lighting is when the light source is behind the subject. If little or no other lighting is used this creates the impression of a silhouette.
HIGH & LOW-KEY LIGHTING
A lighting director is someone who is responsible for the creative aspects that relate to lighting when shooting a film. The director uses manipulation if basic studio lighting format to achieve the atmosphere they desire to portray.
LOW-KEY LIGHTING
This is made by using only key and backs lights. This creates a sharp contrast of light and dark areas on the screen which look very deep and distinct from the way shadows are formed. This effect is known as chiaroscuro, which comes from the Italian words for light (chiaro) and dark (oscuro).
HIGH-KEY LIGHTING
This means much more filler light is used than usual. It shows light as though if they would appear normaal and realistic to out eyes. This technique can be used on scenes that are brightly lit sets such as a sunny day in the park or a more subtly-lit night scene which actually looks quite dark to our eyes. Shadows will still appear in this type of lighting however there is a difference which is that areas of dark and light won't be a strong as in low-key lighting.
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