mise en scene - lighting

 I've been talking about utilizing lighting a lot recently in my blogs.. so I think it's about time I make a bog post dedicated to talking about the lighting choices I'm going for and why I plan on using them!

I've already stated that I was going to use primarily Blue, purple and black with some warmer hues such as orange or red in some scenes. I can achieve these colors because thankfully I was gifted a bright LED stick and my room, the location where majority of the shots will be taken, also has lots of LED lights around.

For majority of my scene I will be using low-key lighting where Lucas' face is blacked out creating a silhouette. I want to do this so that he has this sort of emotional isolation when he is shown. I think doing this will also create some sort of mystery to him to emphasize how he feels confused and lost when he is alone.

Blue

I've discussed that blue tends to express sadness and sometimes isolation pretty often. I plan on utilizing blue for that exact purpose, to get the audience to feel and understand that Lucas is feeling lonely or sad in that scene. Therefore I will mainly only use it when he is alone or expressing that he is sad so I can really push and intensify the feeling of his loneliness and the extent of his sadness. 

I plan on putting blue along with other colors like orange for contrast when he is with friends or around others to show how when he is with people he feels excited, however that feeling of loneliness lingers anyway. I also plan on pairing blue with purple or black in many scenes to add levels of complexity to his emotions, making them hard to understand. The reason I'm doing this is to represent how confusing his own emotions can be and to show that he doesn't even really know how he feels.

Purple

I want to use purple to represent mystery and confusion. I think purple fits this role since it is a mix of two very different colors, red and blue, that both represent seemingly opposite feelings. While purple is usually used for intimate scenes or to represent royalty, I believe if I use it well and pair it with the right colors it can really represent how Lucas feels and cause the audience to feel and think what Lucas is.

I plan on pairing purple sort of strictly with black and blue because I don't want it to give off the wrong feeling. Purple can cause the audience to feel sad and it can represent mixed emotions, however if used alone I believe it might create a feeling I'm not going for.

Black

I want to use black so i can emphasize blue and purple. Since black can intensify and exaggerate other colors I think it adds a sense of depth so the other colors can really push the narrative that I'm trying to achieve.