Lighting

To help with my understanding of film Noir and our work in our Opening Title Sequence,I found that lighting is a very important feature that is used within noir; It is used as a device that helps set the mood and mystery.


High Key Lighting:

high key lighting aims to reduce the lighting ratio present in the scene. This was originally done partly for technological reasons, since early film and television did not deal well with high contrast ratios, but now is used to suggest an upbeat mood.It it now currently a style of lighting for film, television, or photography. High key uses unnaturally bright lighting to blow out most or all harsh shadows in an image. this method was originally developed as a solution to screens that couldn't properly display high contrast ratios, but has developed into more of a stylistic choice; perfect for a subject that is funny, lighthearted or beautiful.

Low Key Lighting:

Low Key Lighting It is a necessary element in creating a chiaroscuro effect. Traditional photographic lighting, three-point lighting uses akey light, a fill light, and a back light for illumination. This kind of lighting is usually used in black and white filters or in shadowed or dark scenes and photos. It accentuates the contours of an object by throwing areas into shade while a fill light or reflector may illuminate the shadow areas to control contrast. The relative strength of key-to-fill, known as the lighting ratio, can be measured using a light meter. Low key lighting has a higher lighting ratio.

Within our OTS we are considering to mainly focus on Low key lighting. To do so we will have  to consider avoiding intense shadows as the primary element of the composition. It will also have to be filmed in an interior location as manipulating our lighting and the positioning of our actor so that the shadows fall in just the right spots to create the look we want.