Planning For Lighting

For our opening titles sequence will plan to use natural lighting. Natural lighting is from the sun during the day, the moon during night and from street lamps. Basically we do not have to create our own lighting for our shots because natural lighting fits with our genre.

Natural lighting creates natural shadows on objects and people which creates mysery and can signify darkness. The darkness can represent crime which links with our crime thriller because it could show that there is a darker side of the character that is being shown in the shot. Also darker lighting links well with the costume because the black outfits will be less visable during darker hours, which could imply that crimes are going to happen.


This is an image of natural lighting from the sun. It will be a good source of light for our filming because it creates shadows like the ones shown above. Also it creates a realistic feel because it is not to bring and shows that not much editing has taken place.


This is an image of natural lighting from street lights and moon light. It shows a street at dusk which is lit up by the surrounds but there are still darker areas. This is a good source of lighting to use for our filming because it creates an intimidating atmosphere for the audince. Moreover it can fit with the narrative of crime because the darker areas can imply that a crime may be committed. It links with the thriller genre because from our research we found that crime thrillers use darker scences when action is about to take place.


This is an example of natural lighting within a street from the film Charlies Angles. It shows that action in crime thrillers takes place mostly at darker times so that the audience will expect action to take place.