Set and Lighting

Setting and Lighting

There will be two main places throughout the duration of our film. The house, mainly the basement, is where he prepares the drugs and plans his crimes to cover up his tracks. His place of work is a hospital. During the opening, the only setting that will be shown is the house, inside and out, but I will talk about the hospital since it will be a big part of the movie itself.

His House

On the outside, his house would look like just any other, an average-sized suburban home in a gated community. Walking inside it will look innocent everything is placed perfectly in the right spot. However, walking into the basement it will be very dark so there won't be any big lights used in our production in the basement. There will be a singular desk placed in the middle of this room. Since there are no basements near where we live we will film in our garage and cover any light that comes in with a blanket. Since it will be so dark none of these blankets will be seen.  When a light is needed it will preferably use a minimal light to create shadows and a sense of danger. Using a spotlight on the things we want the audience to focus on. We will make most of our shots singular objects. We will use other techniques like uplighting which will make the object look more menacing. Backlighting creates a silhouette of Hank and adds the mystery of who this man is in the introduction. The contrast between his basement and the bright outside will show how he is different when around others. This video helped me learn what shots to use to add to the horror and mystery.

Hospital

The hospital won't be shown in the opening scene but I feel it is still important to discuss it as it will be a big part of the movie. It will be a very big hospital called Jackson Turner Memorial. The lighting in there will be very bright and will have a blue tint like how many hospitals are portrayed in the media. 

“Terror through Lighting - the American Society of Cinematographers (En-US).” Theasc.com, theasc.com/articles/terror-through-lighting.