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Once Upon A Time In America
(1984)
Lighting
We used key lighting to create a focused point, drawing the
viewers eye to a certain point for emphasis.
The character ‘Eve’ is established through chiaroscuro lighting, a typical thriller convention. The femme fatale
character’s lighting shows the contrast between light and dark, with the tiffany lamp casting a light on her face; this highlights her vulnerability
and lack of protection against the three men in the room with her.
Animal Kingdom (2010)
‘Pope’ is another character who is lit in the shadows, highlighting his dangerous and
twisted nature.
We used dark, shadow-filled shots to create a dark atmosphere.
Essex Boys(2000)
Spot-lighting, single light source, similar to ‘Essex Boys’, contrasting shadows and silhouettes.
Singe light behind Jason, which creates a
silhouette.
In ‘The Third Man’ Harry Lime is lit with high contrast between lightness and dark.
We also chose to combine ambient lighting with a harsher
The Third Man (1949)
contrast, creating the binary opposites of light and dark for a dynamic effect.
Camera Angles
We’ve also created a tilted shot,slightly disorientating the
audiencefor a second, referencing ‘The
ThirdMan’ as well as ‘Once Upon A
TimeAmerica’. The worms eye shot
alsorepresents dominance and
authority.
Use of the camera tilt; this is slightly disorientating and creates connotations of wrongdoing and disorder, while creating a sense of confusion for the audience.
Focus on important locations and objects, like the recurring image of the money in ‘Psycho’.
Close ups, camera zoomed in on
important features. Transition from plughole to eye.
Referencing the three men responsible for Eve’s death, the tilt
and worms-eye shot both are slightly disorientating, but show
the action in a unique way.
Essex Boys(2000)
Psycho(1960)
Once Upon a Time in America
(1984)
The Third Man (1949)
A vanishing point created through the Dartford
Tunnel, much like in our film: the alley way that
we’re filming in, continues behind the character,
creating a vanishing point.
Characters
Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
(2011)
The female character we’ve created isn’t the same as the classic femme fatale, although she is
vulnerable in the situation she’s trapped in, she isn’t completely helpless. She tries to escape it,
and the cliff-hanger ending leaves it ambiguous to what occurs in their meeting. Having a slight
contemporary input with our female.
The uniformed costumes of the three men in Eve’s apartment wearing suits
give them an authoritative and professional look.
We wanted to play on the idea of ‘Ordinary people in extraordinary
situations’ this is why the male character ‘Victor’ is in a business-like suit,
seemingly coming home from work: nothing un-ordinary or suspicious.
Jason Locke: suit and shirt, like he’s dressed for the
occasion.
Once Upon A Time In America
(1984)
Essex Boys(2000)
The Third Man (1949)
Harry Lime is effortlessly charming, hiding the fact that he has a dark past; he wears a long, dark coat much like our lead ‘Victor’.
Location
A classic thriller convention, being the claustrophobic space. It is seen in ‘Kill Bill 2’,
in the coffin, where the lighting is dim and there is limited allowed movement. In our
film, the character is also in an enclosed space, attempting to escape.
Kill Bill: Vol.2(2004)
Psycho(1960)
Once Upon a Time in America
(1984)
Essex Boys(2000)
The seemingly normal house, a place where the characters
should feel comfortable and not threatened, the exact opposite of
what actually occur in the scenes.
The idea of the camera being intrusive, and perhaps looking where it shouldn’t is something that can also be seen in our shots. Where the audience realise that the trapped female is something no one else knows about.
The dark and shadowy, enclosed locations, single lighting and a dimly lit generic location. It is something that both our own film with the alleyway, and ‘Essex Boys’ with the garage share.
