I'm starting to research popular conventions throughout mystery movies. Suspense throughout the movie is often maintained as an important plot element. This can be done through the use of the soundtrack, camera angles, heavy shadows, and surprising plot twists. Alfred Hitchcock used all of these techniques, but would sometimes allow the audience in on a pending threat then draw out the moment for dramatic effect.
You can get these heavy shadows by using low key lighting to create a somewhat sinister look. Felipe just told me that if we film at his dads office we can use professional lights which would help us a lot in our production. For the scene in the forest we are going to use more natural lighting either from the moon or we can use high key lightning to create what looks like natural light for our film.
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"Blog." Low Key Lighting. Web. 29 Mar. 2016.
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ReplyDeleteI think your group chose a genre that is pretty difficult to pull off. I think that in order to make up for the locations being filmed in not having too much going on i.e Forest and Doctors office, your project will rely much more heavily on the usage of lighting, camera techniques, and sound. But with your blog post on lighting in the mystery genre there I think you are on the right track. Keep up the good work.
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