The Different Lighting Techniques In The Film Touch Of Evil

Lighting is important to tell the mood of a film. Burton depicts sinister and scary images with low-key lighting. Tim Burton’s lighting techniques are completely unique. In “Edward Scissorhands“he contrasts lighting. Peg lives in a town that is bright and cheerful looking. Edward’s castle is depressing and gloomy. Tim Burton again shows off his

Tim Burton Cinematic Techniques Tim Burton uses low key lighting to set a creepy setting for the story. For example in Edward Scissorhands, they give the mansion edward is from a dark feel with low key lighting to make Edward seem more scary. It also focuses on Edward’s hands which makes him seem dangerous. Or The Nightmare Before Christmas. In the introduction the camera soars over halloween land and shows that everything is dark along with the creepy looking characters.

In ES he uses low key lighting Edward in the Big dark castle when the lady first encounters him. This shows how isolated and lonely he was. And him coming away from that darkness signified him trying to really come out. In CACF he uses low key lighting to a similar effect. He uses this on Willy Wonka. When he puts the low key lighting on Willy’s face this shows how in his factory he was very alone and had a troubled past. Which caused him to be more distant when the time came to actually socialize with the kids that came to the factory. In the Corpse Bride he uses this as well. When Victor sits down and plays this piano we get a shot of him and the piano surrounded by low key lighting. This shows how isolated and lonely Victor was. That when he plays his music or paint his painting that he actually comes out of his shell. This shows that lighting that he uses really has a effect on his

Lighting is used very commonly in horror movies. Lighting is the control of the light. Sometimes it starts flashing and sometimes the light all sudden turns bright or dark. lt is a great way to keep you on your toes. Jaws used the best lighting, for example the dim light in the boat made you really think the shark is coming. The lighting was really well used in most part of the movie. In The Others, they only used a few lighting techniques for one example the dim lighting used in the house. Signs had few lighting techniques used too. One was in the basement when the light suddenly goes out. If you have really good lighting used in your movie, the viewer will feel the something is going to jump out. One more is that light helps you hide something that you don't want the viewer to see what' is happening in the back.

Altogether, Burton uses these unique lighting techniques in his films to show his vision of good, innocent, protagonists.

Putting the use of lighting to present certain mood to the audience can be traced back to early expressionistic movies from early 20’s and 30’s. Horror movie such as “Nosferatu”, “M”, and “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligary”. While this movie preceded “Citizen Kane” in term of using lighting and shadow to give an atmospheric feel to the viewers “Citizen Kane” was the very first movie that use mise-en-scene in the same expressionistic way that did not involve any creature, murderers, and movie

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     The West Side Story also uses different types of lighting. One example is in the beginning where they Jets and Puerto Ricans are fighting uses a type of general set lighting (B 53). Since it is a day time exterior scene much of the lighting is not needed because it is using the sun. I may use mirrors or reflectors to use more lighting (B 53). An example of low-key lighting is used in the dance scene, (where they are in a red room and they are dancing) they director is using the low-key lighting system (B 54) because it just shows the shadows in red and black. Another example of low key light (B 54) is when the girl is on the fire escape ladder in her night gown talking to the guy in the yellow jacket. In this scene it is very dark except for both of the people. Another example of low key light is right after the sunrise scene in the second act where the picture is all red except for two black looking diamonds. Afterwards, the camera moves out and the Jets climb over the fence. Another example of lighting is in the second act when both gangs start fighting when the two people pull out the knife the light reflects off the knife to show the audience how shiny, well kept, and sharp the one knife is.

Low-key lighting is used to demonstrate mise en scene. Mise en scene would dictate the types of props used in the movie; the things that you see in the scene. For instance in Tony Montana’s house, you can see that he used dark colors in his house, dark reds and blacks. These colors will reflect very dark lighting and a sense of evil. This is how mise en scene correlates to the type of lighting that is used in a film.

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Generally when there is low key lighting, the audience feel tense, which creates a sense of suspense. The audience want to know what will happen next and the darkness foreshadows a bad even to come. Dark looks and styles are a key gothic horror element, an example from the film is the low-key lighting used in the boy’s room, which has not been touched for many years. This along with intense music sends a chill down the spine of the audience, as we will feel a demonic presence within that room. When the woman in black meets Arthur Kipps in person to see her son, the dim lighting makes us worried about what she will do next to Arthur Kipps. Due to the lighting in the film the scenes look dark, which makes the The Woman In Black a gothic horror

Lighting as we know, creates the atmosphere for the setting, it establishes the overall tone for what the audience sees. Lighting is key in filming, as it can change tones from scene to scene to create a certain subliminal meaning. For instance the contrasting light from character to character to allow the viewer to understand the differences. Throughout the movie “The Dark Knight” we are able to see how the lighting allows for the directors subliminal meaning to seek through; darkness within. As the name of the movie suggests “Dark Knight” the movies overall tone is set in the darkness. This dark atmosphere allows for an eerie feeling, tension to build up and an anxiety feeling for the viewer. To understand the underlining meaning behind the lighting choices within the film, it 'll be shown by the protagonist, antagonist and the overall atmosphere within the movie.

As far as lighting in this movie, seems like audience are stack because lighting gives the audience a free feelings of the movie. In fact, (Act2, scene3) the dialogue that Porter conveys is very long in one scene and also the lighting is so low it feels like being in prison. Al though the movie was not horror, the lighting should have been lighter.

Lighting and filming through the movie is applied creatively causing people to be interested in not only the plot but the aesthetic . Lighting gave the movie a mysterious ambiance. They also use the lighting to create a contrast of characters, they manipulate the lighting in a scene with Harvey Dent to show the dark side Of himself. Doing these