Working out lighting in scenes

 Next, I had to workout the lighting for my scenes. This is another part of mise-en-scene that makes or breaks a film. This process was also fairly easy. Lighting is a tool in portraying the story you’re trying to tell. Lighting can bring a scene to life. It can also be a deal breaker if not properly taken care of. Your audience won’t be entranced by your story if your mise-en-scene doesn’t fit the expectation. My story is a drama, which sets an expectation of elaborate mise-rn-scene. This plays a huge part at just adds so much detail. In dramas, low key lighting is often used to intensify suspense. Lighting subconsciously brings you to the edge of your seat. It makes you wait for what may happen next. It is also often used in dialogue. For my case, Indigo would be the one in the in low-key lighting. The whole opening is her being really solemn and inconsolable about her secret. So in the very beginning, it will open up with Indigo in the kitchen, in low key lighting. This will be a factor in setting the tone. Paired with mostly silence, the audience will start of questioning what's going on. Then I will film in my "darkest" and gloomiest bedroom to add to the tone. Then, when we move over to Jodi's scenes, there will be great contrast. Jodi will be the polar opposite of Indigo at this time. With her scenes, there will always be high key lighting. I know just the room in my house that will aid in this.

See you in the next one!