Lighting.

Lighting

 

Through our research, we have found that a convention of the post apocalyptic genre is dull lighting to create a grey, eerie effect. In Jacobs garage, he has a very weak light which hardly gives out any light at all but it does give us just enough to create the effect we are looking for. We thought that the lighting in there was enough for us and we didn't need any more or any less. The effect is created because where we are filming is actually at the other end of the garage, opposite to the light and it only just reaches where we are. We can also play around with lighting and colour grading when we are editing the clips. The software could help us improve our lighting and make it even duller without making it too dark. The dull lighting is a convention because it is one thing that helps create the mood of some sort of disaster.

 

This is the kind of lighting we are aiming for, it is dull and foggy but it is also just light enough to see what is happening.