Different Lighting Techniques

In this extract, different lighting techniques are used to make certain aspects more apparent to the audience.
At around 0:20, hard lighting is used during the conversation between the men. This hard lighting allows for the viewer to clearly see the definition in his face and the details of his scars quite clearly, and allows for the other men's facial expressions to be clearly identified. The key light is placed on the corresponding side of the man's face, which subsequently casts a shadow onto the van, which aids adding detail to the injuries the man has suffered.

Natural lighting is used to create a dull and gloomy atmosphere for this scene to perhaps reflect the mood at 0:25, when the character is viewed from a different perspective, and less detail is given to the scars on the left side of his face, which is partly obscured. The fill light is placed to the back right of the man, as there are little shadows cast here yet we can see the detail in the man's hair. By contrast, the details of his face are not in full light and not as prominent, showing the character as more "normal".

Lighting is also used effectively at the end of the extract where the man is in the Army office. Hard lighting is used to give detail to specific parts of his face through the blinds, creating a clear shadowing effect on his face, connoting various things to the audience such as a split personality, and threat and fear. If soft lighting were used instead here, the room would be more brightly lit and would come across as less sinister. The desk lamp acts as a fill light, and the light at the back of the room acts as a backlight, creating various shadows across the room, shown in the still. This is used to distinguish the man is the main character in the scene and by distorting the view of the character through the blinds and creating shadows, representations can be created and portrayed.