Thriller Lighting and Colour

For lighting in the film, we hope to aim for an overcast day. On overcast days, the clouds covering the sky spread the light from the sun, creating an evenly lit scene without the high contrast shadows that would be present with the sun shining.

LED light

We are well aware that planning for specific weather is rather difficult, which is why we will be bringing a minimum of two battery powered LED lights. These two lights will act as the Key and Back light to create Low Key Lighting. Low Key Lighting is created when the Fill Light is removed, creating strong contrast between the light and dark areas of the subject(s). In some cases, the Back Light will become the Fill Light to lighten the shadows present. For example, outdoors in an overcast day.

Overcast Weather

Our Thriller intro has a heavy use of Flashbacks to create Enigma and Suspense. Without an Auditory or Visual element to imply a Flashback, the frequent transitions may seem more like Parallel editing where both events are happening simultaneously. A cue of the Flashback helps to show to the audience that a jump in time has occurred.

A good option is to have a flash sound effect at the beginning of the Flashback while there is a simultaneous fade to white that matches speed with the sound. This brings in both Audio and Visual but it could still be mistaken as a very fancy (and unnecessary) transition. By desaturating the video (remove colour) during the Flashback, it gives a sense of the footage having aged. Hence why, the events shown will be assumed to have occurred in the past. The rest of the film may be desaturated too as by removing the strong vibrant colours, the mood created is very bleak and depressing. This assists the events occurring in the present, although this would negate the Flashback's desaturation unless it is increased.