Lighting blog task

 1) Still image analysis


Look at the still images on slides 33-37 of the Film Language Powerpoint linked above. Copy the images into your blog and answer the following questions for each image:
1)
  1. Identify examples of high and low-key lighting
    Low-key lighting
    - black background 
    -lighting on one side of her face to show a more stern expression
  2. Say which depict top, back or under lighting.
    Top lighting
  3. What effects are created by the lighting in each image? 
    -This creates a stern expression and shows a serious tone for this person, also using the lighting to show of the cigarette that is often used with antagonists.
    -This creates a threatening effect on the audience, someone to be feared as they look at the camera- they have purpose and ill intentions.



    2)

  4. Identify examples of high and low-key lighting.
    Low-key lighting
    -face barely visible
    -intentionally used so face is the only subject audience can focus on 

  5. Say which depict top, back or under lighting.
    Top lighting
  6. What effects are created by the lighting in each image? 
    -This creates suspense as there is a unknown element towards what is happening
    -Enigma code
    -possible fear, hiding from something?


    3)


  7. Identify examples of high and low-key lighting.
    High key lighting
    -person in frame is lit very brightly
    shadows only in certain places
  8. Say which depict top, back or under lighting.
    Top and Back, lighting around the eyes are barely visible
  9. What effects are created by the lighting in each image? 
    -the shadows around his eye may make him look more intimidating for the audience, hellish like connotations.
    -the bright light around him forces him as the subject making him potentially pivotal to the production (film, genre etc.)

    4)

  10. Identify examples of high and low-key lighting.
    Lowkey lighting
    -purposely used to outline the figure
    -chiaroscuro
  11. Say which depict top, back or under lighting.
    Top lighting
  12. What effects are created by the lighting in each image?
    -It shows significance on the man ,and asserting a dominance as he takes the light
    -suspenseful
    -gun highlighted showcasing action


    5)
  13. Identify examples of high and low-key lighting.
    High-key lighting
    -light everywhere except for the right side
  14. Say which depict top, back or under lighting.
    top and underlighting
  15. What effects are created by the lighting in each image? 
    -the fear shows that this is a horror, the shadow can symbolize fear from the person from using the shadow to outline the fear from the person shown in frame


    6)
  16. Identify examples of high and low-key lighting.
    Lowkey lighting
    - the area is mainly dark :only the light through the blinds puts light on the people
  17. Say which depict top, back or under lighting.
    top lighting
  18. What effects are created by the lighting in each image? 
    -motivated lighting
    -ambient lighting to show romance

    7)

  19. Identify examples of high and low-key lighting.
    highkey lighting
    -everywhere is illuminated except the shadows of the 4 people standing together
  20. Say which depict top, back or under lighting.
    back
  21. What effects are created by the lighting in each image?     
    -menacing effect, fear towards audience as they are practically faceless
    -noir effect
    -black and white


    8)

  22. Identify examples of high and low-key lighting.
    Lowkey lighting
    -there is a large shadow of the person 
    - part of the background is purely black
  23. Say which depict top, back or under lighting.
    top lighting
  24. What effects are created by the lighting in each image?   
    -fear, as the face of the person on their face combined with the high shadow symbolises a horror
    -    noir effect


    9)
  25. Identify examples of high and low-key lighting.
    Highkey lighting
    -everywhere on the mans face expect under the jaw is lit showing high contrast and outlining him
  26. Say which depict top, back or under lighting.
    Underlighting
  27. What effects are created by the lighting in each image?
    -religious connotations, as he is praying and there is light above may symbolise the power of god, 'The Light'
    -use of underlighting to force the person as the subject 
         

    10)
  28. Identify examples of high and low-key lighting.
    Lowkey lighting
    -The killer is barely visible yet still seen to audience as a outline 
  29. Say which depict top, back or under lighting.
    back lighting(behind the door)
  30. What effects are created by the lighting in each image?
    -horror
    -fearful effect on audience asif he is hunting something down, the only subject in photo even with little to no lighting

    11)
         
  31. Identify examples of high and low-key lighting.
    high key lighting
    -the couple is the primary focus on the photo
  32. Say which depict top, back or under lighting.
    top lighting
  33. What effects are created by the lighting in each image? 
    -romance as the two hold each other
    -gun highlighted to show a upcoming tense moment (thriller/ action?)

    Film Noir
    visual style:
    -lighting: High contrast lighting with stark shadows , using shadows and darkness to empathize suspense and mood
    - camera work: Low-key, often from Dutch angles, to create a sense of unease and disorientation  
    -color palette: Typically shot in lack and white. which highlights the stark contrasts
    -Setting: Urban environments with rain-slicked streets, seedy taverns and claustrophobic interiors.

    Common themes and characters:
    -tone: pessimistic, cynical, and fatalistic
    -protagonist: A morally ambiguous anti-hero who is often manipulated or caught in circumstances beyond their control
    -Narrative: intricate plots that often involve crime. corruption, and moral deterioration

    Film noir YouTube clip analysis 
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU1VXXPmjYE
    -this fits this genre as neo-noir because it purposely takes advantage of the darkness to showcase a action scene, where the criminals are set with fear from this - from the protagonist (Batman)  , this gives a enigma code for the audience as they too do not know where batman is mostly, this sets fear and horror factors of the character aswell as action from the fighting. There is no main light source , only using the firing of bullets as a weak light source to convey a sense of unknowing of what is happening. 

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