Lighting Research

Lighting is very important as it defines the moment that the characters are in. For example, In a Romantic Genre you are more likely going to see Natural and soft lighting as it goes with the romantic atmosphere.

In a horror movie you are most likely going to see low key lighting as it creates a tone for the movie and adds an element of terror. It makes the audience aware when the action is about to take place as it usually gets darker.
The three types of lighting that we are going to focus on are:

• High Key Lighting                                            
  

• Low Key Lighting

• Soft Lighting

• Natural lightening

Low Key Lighting: Low Key lighning used for a overall darker picture
Natural Lighting: Light supplied by the sun, as opposed to artificial light from light bulbs

High Key Lighting: High Key Lighting means an overall brighter picture



Soft Lighting :A lighting approach that avoids sharp shadows and harsh bright areas creating a gradual blending from highlights to shadows.


As our main task is going to be an inspirational crime drama, so the most appropriate lighting that we will use is natural lighting. The reason behind this is because most of the shots that we are going to shoot will be outside in the daytime. Even though low key lighting is effective in producing a tense atmosphere, our group we have decided not to use low key lighting, albeit we will be trying to create a little tensity in some of the scenes,but we do not want our trailer to turn dark and into a thriller, as we want our trailer to be inspirational. As a result we will use natural and soft lightning in order to bring a light atmosphere to our inspirational movie.