Lighting research

Firstly, lighting helps to convey mood and atmosphere in a scene. It can be used to guide the audience's attention to a particular object, person or gesture. Furthermore, it can be used to guide the audiences attention and also cast shadows. By controlling the direction of the light and its intensity, cinematographers can create various visual effects. The careful control of light can produce shadows that conceal details and create moods and direct the audiences attention to point of emphasis.

High Key Lighting refers to a low contrast lighting style that is used to brighten up

everything within the frame and cut down on shadows. With high key lighting, every person 

in the scene, as well as every object get the same amount of light so that everything looks even. The advantage of High Key Lighting is that it also cuts down on shooting time as there is no need for a complex set up of lights.

Backlight is a term used in visual arts such as photography, film and stage lighting that simply means “light that comes from behind”. A light source placed on the opposite side of the “subject” (model, actor) from a viewer’s (camera, audience) point of view. On a conventional theatre stage this means lights that are hung upstage (towards the rear of the stage) that shine back towards the acting area.The angle of backlighting can vary from low down, right up to nearly over the “subjects” head. Light directly overhead is referred to as “toplight” or “downlight” and shares similar lighting qualities to backlight.

Fill light:An auxiliary light, usually from the side of the subject that can soften shadows and

illuminate areas not covered by the key light. 

I would really like to incorporate the idea of back light to create tension and show off the main character in the centre of the triad. Additionally I would also like to use high key lighting as it helps to brighten everything up in the centre of the frame and also create shadows. Lastly I am going to consider using low key lighting to portray the idea that something ad is going to happen and build up anxiousness.