Film Research: Lighting

We took inspiration this scene from the American TV series Revenge. The lighting in this scene is dimly lit, which would add to the ambiance of our scene and create a sultry atmosphere - which we wanted. There are shadows over sides of their faces, which we also wanted, mainly in the scenes where our female protagonist is getting ready. These shadows created a more mysterious atmosphere, and our lighting is also symbolic - as our character is hiding in the shadows so to speak, by withholding her true identity; the darkness prevents all from being revealed, and also brings a more seductive ambiance, reflective of our protagonist Rose.

The lighting is also quite natural, clearly, as we see on set, coming from lights, candles, lamps and the fireplace in the room, which we, as we do not have the sufficient amount of lamps etc., cannot recreate unfortunately, however we are going to use candles around our set.

This obviously comes with safety precautions, and so we are going to light them in each shot, and put them out between shots (also to ensure they stay the same size for the duration of our film opening. To ensure that the candles are stable, we will be using ones in containers, like these: