Workshop 4. Lighting And Colouring

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Atmosphere: The mood or feeling of a place 

Mood: Feeling

Location: Where a place is set

Warm Light- Orange, Yellow or red tinge, cozy, warm, welcome

Cold Light- blue, green, white, grey, makes it feel clean, sterile, modern

Bright Light, Obvious, Feel happy, energetic

Dull Light- Faded/Muted light- boring, lonely, sad, tiresome

Natural, sun, Reflections, moon, stars, lighting, fire- Occur from nature

Artificial, Light Bulbs, screens, LEDs, man-made sources of light, 

Scene Name: District 12

What's Happening? Katniss is running into the woods to go hunting

Cold Lights, lots of greenery, Dull Light, Natural light (Sun Light and clouds)

Effect on the viewer- Cold, Not the place you want to be, Poverty. Outdated Materials, Dirt Floors

Colour Palette, All the colours in this shot are natural eg greens browns and greys

Directors Purpose- Rich vs Poor, Who has more privileges, power and opportunities

Costumes: District 12 has everyday clothes which are black due to the Coal mines, While the Capitol has high-quality clothes.

Train Station At The Capital

What is Happening? The capitol citizens are waiting for the tributes to arrive.

Techniques- Lighting- cold, bright, Artificial- electricity. Colour Palette- Colourful Vibrant, Vivid Costumes and white/grey modern

Effect On The Viewer, Modern, Sets the mood- Exited for the tributes to come, 

Directors Purpose: Rich Vs Poor. What privileges does the capitol have that the districts don't? They have access to technology for eg having trained. Better Clothes. No poverty in Capitol.

Capitol, They don't have to work, Privilege of being able to go and watch the tributes arrive

In the scene at the train station, lighting and colour are used substantially to show the theme of "Rich vs Poor" In this case rich means the privileges given to those in the Capitol. This is demonstrated through the use of bright, cold and artificial lighting and a modern colour palette of whites and greys for the buildings and vibrant pinks and blue for clothing. This makes the audience feel like the location and set a mood of excitement for the tributes to arrive. The purpose of this was to show that the capital has the privilege of technolgy- they have electricity, trains and access to better clothing. This worked well with the use of costumes. The costumes in the capitol are very unique. excrescent  and exotic  which shows they have more variety and sewing technolgy than those of the people in the districts