When it comes to lighting in our thriller opening sequence, he have opted to go against using it throughout most of the sequence. The reasoning for this is that the woodlands in which we will be filming our opening sequence is very bright. At the current time of year, there aren't too many leaves that would shroud the woodlands in darkness. We felt that because we're attempting to create an enigmatic, eerie and sinister setting, the use of lighting wouldn't help to create that effect. Some examples below show the brightness of the woodlands.
However, in certain shots such as the close up of Spark's face as he looks between the tree in search of JD, we may decide to use low key lighting if it's dark enough. The branches and the remaining leaves overhead may make it dark enough for us to use low key lighting, though it is doubtful. As well as this, because JD is wearing a mask to hide his identity, we didn't feel like it would be beneficial for our sequence if we attempted to use lighting to make JD appear more mysterious as he is already unknown to the audience purely because of the mask.
It should also be noted that the natural lighting in the woodlands provides a clear enough picture for the audience to clearly see the emotions of our characters through their facial expressions, body language, and in JD's case, his eyes. The natural lighting is enough to build enigma and allow the audience to question what type of people our characters are.
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