Practice lighting skills

The lighting of a film is extremely important as it affects the mood of the audience.  A shot can chang the mood completely by adding different colours such as adding a red tone could make the setting make it seem like its summer or spring or could connote danger and anger in the characters. Adding a blue lighting can make it seem like its winter or the attitude is quite cold or cool. Futhermore, changing the lighting/brightness of an image may signify different atmospheres. If the scene is lighter it connotes conventionally angelic, pure and innocent. Whereas making the scene darker can represent evil, guilt and death. Horror films use low key lighting to express the evil and death happening.

Here are some examples of practice lighting we used: 

In this picture I have added no lighting except a single flame of fire. In fact, I have blocked out the light to create darkness in addition to dressing the model in all black. The black background and costume denotes: evil, mystery and death. Also, the single red/orange flame gives denotations of hell, burning and sins. The black and orange together can possibly connote that the figure is satanic, this is because they are the stereotypical colours associated with hell. The way in which the red light hits the bottom of his face shows that he is hidden creating enigma.

 Juxtaposing, in this image I have chosen to use very white bright lighting, mostly being natural. The white costume adds to the angelic atmosphere. The White surroundings  and natural lighting denote: cleanliness and purity. The image connotes that the figure predominantly 'good' because the light is all over and nothing is hidden. The figure may be seen as aspirational and heroic.