I have been considering whether lighting is something I want to focus on in my shoots. I previously thought that I would only really make it a focus if it was central to the scene itself. However, now when I think about the scenes I immediately picture how the lighting looks and what kind of mood it gives. In particular, the scenes that I have written give me a sense of the type of lighting I would like to use and implement to convey the particular moods.

After doing a sketch shoot of the interrogation scene, I realised that lighting is super important in creating a suspenseful, dangerous mood for this scene. I would like to try and implement a hard yellow light to create interesting shadows on the victim’s face while keeping the rest of the room as dark as possible. I even think that the use of lighting could replace the black hood prop; by cutting out the minimal lighting at the end of the scene to complete darkness the sense of imminent danger would be obvious, while also being more ambiguous and less melodramatic than my sketch shoot (using the black hood).

For the script that I wrote which is set outdoors; I would like to use the natural sunlight to my advantage and in particular utilizing the soft light that comes through the tree branches in the location I want to film. This of course, depends on the weather as well as the time of day and will be something I investigate using even my iPhone to test the best time of day to film this particular scene, to get the soft sunlight coming through.

While lighting does pose another element for me to consider and think about, the benefits of utilizing it to my advantage are high and therefore I will try and experiment as much as I can with it to achieve the best result for my vision.