Lighting:

For our thriller we will mostly be using ambient lighting. This lighting is natural so it will be provided by the sun. The reasons most of our thriller will have this type of lighting is because over fifty percent of our opening is shot outside. Due to this we are unable to get any artificial lights outside. The ambient lighting will provide us with slightly unpredictable tones in our shots because we are unable to control the strength or direction of it. This could also be seen as an advantage to us though because it will make each cut in the final production look more natural and to an extent less staged.
          Throughout our thriller there will be one sequence in which non-ambient lighting is used, this is the flash back section of our opening. These few shots will be done in black & white and at night, so the lighting needs to be as strong as possible. For these cuts we will use a small lamp with an adjustable neck so that we can focus the light onto the particular prop or person that is featured in the flash back. This will be classed as chiaroscuro lighting due to the high level of contrast. This type of lighting is used mostly in noir thriller's. An example of one is 'The Third Man'. This shot (right) of Harry Lime is a good example of chiaroscuro because the background is mostly black with a few other dark greys tones and his face is a mixture of much lighter tones in the foreground. This effect and type of lighting helps to bring the audiences attention to one main area on the screen. It also helps to highlight one particular important feature of the movie. This lighting is used in many other genres, but it woks particularly well in noir thrillers.