Lighting technique

The lighting in any media video is very important as it creates a certain atmosphere that immediately impacts the audience. Lighting is effective in creating a mood, tone and foreshadowing what is about to come. For example, if a person is in a dark room with barely any light, we automatically think something scary, dark or grim is going to happen.

With my thriller opening, my partner and I decided in our meetings that we wanted to use minimal light as possible in the scenes when the protagonist is tied up. This is so we do not give away too much of her surroundings and therefore do not spoil the plot for what would be the rest of the movie. We used mostly natural light so that the scene looked more realistic and therefore could be relatable to the audience as they probably could envision themselves in the same situation.  The only non natural light that we used was a torch light in order to illuminate the face of the protagonist and show her expressions.




This dim lighting in this is similar to the one in my thriller opening as the lighting is mostly natural and you can still see the facial expression of the character. This sort of lighting causes suspense as it is quite dark and looks quite eerie. Similar to this, our thriller opening creates a feeling nervousness and anxiousness as you don't know what could happen next/