[Dare] Lighting/Mise en Scene

I chose this location because its got the stereotypical old fashioned look that a lot of mystery films have in them and the lighting is dim but light enough to see whats going on, i also liked the stream of light across the floor, i thought that was effective as well.

i made her walk down the centre of the shot so the audiences eyes focus on that and nothing else.

it was a really bright day when i shot this section, which was good because i didn't have to worry about it being to dark when i edited it, though the brightness doesn't really fit the mood so i had to add darkening effects on to the clip in Sony Vegas

i was stood on a ladder when i filmed this shot, i wanted a high angled shot for two reasons. reason one, so that i could get the whole body in the shot and see everything on it because i specifically gave her a card in her hand and a bag which would come into play later in the film. and reason two, to make her look small and weak, if i'd done it from another angle you wouldn't be able to see the whole body very well and it wouldn't have the same impact on the audience

i made some blood with washing up liquid and red and blue food dye, though my sister wasn't to happy when i got it in her hair, but i needed it to look like she was bleeding from her head and it worked!

in this shot i had to cover-up my sisters curtains because they were purple and clear her desk so that were wasn't teddies and things in the shot and i put the things that she had worn in the previous shots on the desk so it looked like the evidence put out on a table like they do in CSI just not as high-tech, i had a test tubes set out as well from an old microscope i have.

I shot this from a side on angle so you could see the detectives face, and that was is looking at the card. if i'd done it from a front angle the audience wouldn't have felt involved like they were there with him because they'd be where the desk was which doesn't work!

because i'd covered up the curtains it made the room really dark, but that's what i wanted, i then used a lamp to aim the light at Darius' (the guy in the picture) face and the evidence, it still wasn't light enough so i added some lighting effects on in Sony Vegas afterward.