Lighting.

Lighting is one of the most important components that is used to create atmosphere and give effect, especially in the thriller genre where the mood is conveyed through using asthetic tools suh as low key and high key lighting to portray a particular feeling.

Whilst planning for our thriller we had already decided that we wanted to create a tense mood by using lighting effectively and create a huge contrast between our two different location shots, with the park location being bright and sunny and the bare room location being dark and dingy.



Our film would start with the park scene, this would give the impression of a care free and tranquil atmosphere, and the little girl would reflect this as she would epitomize innocence and purity. We filmed this scene on an extremely sunny day which was perfect because the sun gave us the high key lighting effect we desperately wanted to create the innocent effect.




In our second location scene we wanted it to completely contrast the first one, so the room would be dark and dirty which would convey an oppressive feel and make the audience think that something sinister was taking place.
We did this by shooting these scenes in a bare room, and using low key lighting which we used to project dark shadows onto a wall behind which would be a complete contrast to the little girls angelic representation. This effectively showed the binary opposition between good and evil, and innocence and oppression, which fits into the thriller genre perfectly.