Lighting

We have decided to go against the normal conventions of a thriller when regarding lighting. This is due to several aspects. Firstly the quality of our camera prevents us from being able to have clear visibility when shooting in darker conditions. This would have a great negative impact on the viewing experience of our thriller. The story, conventions, editing techniques, subliminal messages and special effects would not affect the audience as they will have a great deal of trouble being able to view the images on screen. This in turn will cause the suspense and tension of the unknown that we have created to be lost. The second factor that influenced this decision is that a vast majority of thrillers are set in dark locations. We wanted to break away from this and diversify our thriller in creating our own original outtake, whilst still creating the same amount of tension as previous successful thrillers. Natural lighting will enable us to keep the sense of actuality for the viewer; this in turn will entice them in to the thriller allowing them to believing in the story. However being able to ensure continuity when relying on the weather is a huge risk as it is very unreliable, as a result causing some major issues if all the filming has not been completed. A lot of valuable time maybe wasted as a consequence of this. It can also mean that filming may have to be undertaken on several days, if this were to happen the weather may continue to be unstable again enforcing filming to be prolonged.

By Helen Daniel