Developing lighting

 Hey guys!!

I'm back with my second blog post on moving forward with my opening film.  I want to learn more and dive deeper into using lighting techniques and developing setting! 

I've been watching some movie intros and trailers to get a sense of what they use with their lighting and how it affects the clips and audience. I got pretty traumatized after a certain amount of them I saw.

Most of the trailers began with dark red and black low shots that are very slowly developing suspense. It ends up working because even I was so drawn into the clips it made my heart drop after the long suspense switches shots. Silhouettes are commonly used and also under exposure is super common. Shooting through objects and elements also does the trick.

In the movie the black phone, they use those techniques and it gets to the audience watching it. Giving them that illusion of building fear.

Anyways, that helped me plan out how I can possibly use silhouettes in my film opening, I think it would give it a very nice touch and add a lot more to it as it creates a vibe.

Until next time!!