Main Task Pt.10

Lights...
             We had to consider several different things when making any decision regarding lighting, this was because we had to try and achieve the specific effect that we wanted while also having enough space behind the camera to get the lights at the right angle and at the correct height without being in the shot at all. This proved to be a slight challenge because of how we were working indoors the entire time, all the while in corridors and a rather small TV Studio. Luckily for most of the corridor/staircase scenes the natural lighting from the windows and wall lamps proved amble for us. We wanted it to seem realistic in a sense, so having the sets be really bright detracted from that. We also decided that if we didn't like any of the lighting from any of the shots that we could edit them later.
A slightly harder challenge was that of lighting the TV Studio because we knew the natural lighting wasn't what we wanted. We finally decided that having a darker room would  be more effective in creating tension and suspense, therefore we closed all the blinds to achieve this. We wanted to try and draw the audiences attention more towards the man working at the computer. We knew that this would already be partially achieved because of the contrast between the dark room and bright computer monitors, however, we also decided to have a soft spotlight on the man to show how he is important. When the Masked man sneaks up on the man working we wanted to try to keep him in the shadows. Thanks to the room already being darker this was easy to achieve.