This here to me is a topic that I could explore in more depth. Its something that people consider hard to see which is better than the other.

Yes, black and white is amazing for shadow use and mystery. Using the example of the film Psycho things can be interpreted in many ways, but then again they used music as a way to enhance these image responses.

 

Colour films was a revolution in my eyes to the world of lighting. You can use coloured lighting and you can use bright colours to depict happiness and dark to depict the opposite. Sometimes they can do the complete opposite and use bright colours and had images, it’s a way to mess with the audiences minds. Sometimes even natural lighting can change the way it is all perceived. But yes, I think this is something very useful to explore in my essay for the future.

 

The images I have places above are all from Wes Anderson films. Anderson is an artist when it comes to colour palettes and lighting. My favourite of the images is the woman in yellow. Yellow in terms of colour is considered a happy colour and very positive yet her body language and emotions indicate the opposite. Also if you look into more detail she has a small window behind her head with natural lighting depicting daylight, yet she has two lamps on in her room. Small things like these interest me, which i hope to explore.

I think Wes Anderson has a lot of lighting techniques I hope to use as examples for my film essay. Especially Moonrise Kingdom, where most of it is filmed outdoors.