This was a shot taken from a scene in the film: ‘Bridge of Spies”. The two men are listening to music whilst they set up another defence in the next hearing. The key light in this scene is coming from the back window. The key light is very soft with a temperature that is very reminiscent of a cloudy day. There is also a soft fill light emitting from the front, which is designed for us to see the subject. If the fill was not there, the subjects would be silhouette. The fill light could also be potentially be caused by the scattering of the key light off the walls rather than actual light source. This wide shot of the two men has been exposed for the subjects, hence the blown out highlights in the back windows. The scene has plenty of contrast between the highlights and the shadows which does the job of separating the subjects from the background.

It is a lot more apparent on how soft the lighting is when we observe the close ups of the two subjects. The fall off in the highlights is very gradual amongst their faces. There is no clear drop off in the highlights. Through the two close ups, I feel as though the fill could be a result of the key light bouncing off the interior rather than the use of a less intense light source. This is because there are plenty of patches of blacks on the fill side in which the key light could not fill on the subject.

The lighting in this scene was very supportive of the dialogue. It made me feel that the Russian Spy (the guy who is not Tom Hanks) was genuinely a good man who was just serving his country. Who did not appear to be sinister in this type of lighting.