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Notorious ..

There is a mixture of lighting used in this extract for the trailer of Notorious.

Firstly there is low key lighting used specifically around the character when he is in the club, this connotes suspense enabling the audience to think that there is an absorbing story behind the charatcer therfore allowing the audience to watch the film in order for them to know what his story is.

Also when the main character is standing on the stage, there is low key lighting on him whereas there is high key lighting upon the audience. This connotes that the audience makes him who he is , they are his light and they make him a better person.

When the main character is with a woman in the trailer, which could be his lover, there is a use of top lighting. As most of the trailer is in low key lighting and some specific bits of high key lighting, the top lighting used in this specific scene shows that she is a main attraction to him and connotes their love as it shows the features of how in love they are when talking to one another and the features of their smiles towards one another.

Also when he is a child there is a use of high key lighting. This is used when he is outside walking and rapping to himself. This therfore makes the scene more realistic and depicts the scene of a sunny day. Also this is where his talent is discovered therfore maing it more of a happier and dramatic type of scene.

Still image from Wrong Turn

In this still image there is lwo key lighting and high key lighting, however to a much more dramtic extent there is low key lighting.

The low key lighting is used upon the characters portrayed as the evil type. This therfore shows how the vitim has been victimised and how evil they really are.

However, even though the charatcers are portrayed with low key lighting there is also filler light thtat brings out the props used by them. For example the knifes and blades or saws used in their hands. The reason for this is so that the audience can see what type of weapons they are using, and how they are using them upon human beings. Also backlighting is used behind the character on the elft, in order to bring out the weapon he is using.

Top lighitng is used in this still image, upon the woman lying on the table. The reason for this is to connote how normal and beautiful she was, this therfore makes the audience want to know and see how she came about to end up dead.