Lighting Mood Board

It was very difficult for me to find what the different lighting within an action film connotes, however, from my research my partner and I were able to form a lighting mood board. It shows the different types of lighting that both Sarah and I aim to create within our trailer. Our piece is very much 'Good vs Evil', which is where our lighting mood board comes into place. When we are shown our two main characters during the state of equilibrium, the lighting will be a lot, warmer and softer to create a serene  atmosphere. Having the difference in lighting will demonstrate 'Todorov's' theory and show the difference between the equilibrium and disruption. With the darker and harsher lighting, (which is shown below), this will highlight the disruption and create a contrast between scenes. However, my research also showed that this could be the other way around in other action films as there is not actually a set colour scheme, but a majority of my research showed the lighting to be this way around.

Within both mood boards you can see a clear pattern. In the first mood board, you can see that the lighting is either a natural yellow or a soft yellow colour. This indicates that the film in in a state of equilibrium, everything is calm. In addition, the second mood board is full of very deep colours, whereby, the lighting is either a cold blue or the background is black and the character is very shady looking. This type of lighting indicates that the narrative is in a state of disruption, full of problems.

The use of the blue and yellow lighting is known as either 'orange and teal' or 'teal and amber'

Furthermore, during our editing stages, we will be able to adjust the saturation and have any colour filters to then evoke different emotions from our audience members.