Lighting

Trailer Lighting

When we filmed the original scenes for our trailer in the studio we utilised the use of high key-lighting to capture all of the action of our trailer. We found it difficult to achieve the correct horror effect when the light was so bright therefore we used the dimmer switches on both of our lights for a darker more sinister effect.

At the editing stage it was decided that our shots were still too light after they had been upload to the computer there for we used the colour corrector filter on Final Cut Pro to bring out the shadow more and darken the image for a better generic horror effect.

For our flashback sequences that we filmed in the derelict nursery we decided to use a more natural source of light to contrast with the artificial light of the other shots. This way it is easier to differentiate between the two times in the trailer. We also added a grayscale filter during the editing stage to further the emphasis of the flashbacks.

Poster and Magazine Lighting

When it came to the Poster Image with our male zombie character (Andrew) we decided it was a good idea to get our images straight after the film shoot. The shoot for the poster expresses warmer tones in the mis-en-scene: reds, oranges and browns. The use of high-key lighting helped us to emphasize this.

As for the Magazine Cover Image we decided to represent our female zombie character (Ashleigh) through more colder harsher tones: whites, greys and blues. For this shoot we positioned one light below the subject on the right side to add more shadow into the image so that only the main features stood out. We also can edit the lighting on the face on Adobe Photoshop Software to bring out the more subtle tones with the dodge tool and create more shadow with the burn tool.