Low-Lighting Practical

Low-Lighting Practical

The main convention for lighting techniques used in supernatural horror films is low-lighting.  This is used to help create a creepy atmosphere.  Low-lighting can be used to cast shadows over objects and people, facial features are sometimes extenuated using low-lighting from an angle.  The fear of the unknown is used in the majority of supernatural horror, so the dark is used as an easy and effective way of scaring the audience.  Low-lighting from candle light or a single lamp light highlights specific features out of the dark and adds to the scary atmosphere. 

 Candle light is also a reference to religion as most Christian churches use candles as part of their services, so as a main part of our opening is religion based I thought I would experiment with some candle lighting for mise en scene and lighting effectiveness.

I think that the candle look quite effective but would be better with a lot more candles to create a creepier aura.  The large candles were more effective than the tall thin ones as the light looked better but the thin ones were more genre appropriate as they relate to old style candle light.