What I love most about lighting is how it can make you feel. I look at a bright sunny day as a happy day, it might not be happy sometimes but someone out there in the world is doing something they love in the sunshine and overall it makes their day. When I think of rain and clouds I think of darkness, sadness, shadow and hidden. It’s not a particularly good feeling when you wake up cause all you want to do is sit inside and cuddle up in bed.
If we were to see a man walking down an alley by himself in broad daylight to the audience watching the film this is just normal day to day activities. But then again if you place this man in a dark alley in the middle of the night the audience would automatically feel as though something scary were to happen. It’s a common emotional response.