Harris Savide’s fantastic cinematography in David Fincher’s film “Zodiac” was the product to producing an overall thrilling adaptation of the zodiac killings. In the first sequence “Lovers Lane”, the cinematography is instantly evident through its tonality. The young man character’s face is lit by low key lighting, but Fincher makes sure that his whole face is able to be seen throughout the scene. This contrasts with the girlfriend who is half lit and is seen with shadows on her face, maybe trying to evoke a sense that she hiding something. Outside of the car there is low contrast and naturalistic lighting (coming from the light pole adjacent to the car). The low exposure in this scene helps to create a dark, gloomy mood and the high angled/height of the camera positioned towards the car is shown in order to create a sense of vulnerability. Could these shots have been filmed by the mobile framing of craning? Also with the help of panorama (panning) shots the audience are able to anticipate the story’s action. As the scene progresses and we see the black car stop behind the couple with his lights beaming straight at them, which shows a great frame of cinematography. The environment is lit up (high key lighting) with the car marking the spot of where he will kill, allowing for the blood to splatters everywhere and look high in contrast and show large amounts of hierarchy against the other colours within the car. Anyway, within each frame especially the shooting scene captures exceptional cinematography.