Practice shadows/low key lighting by Emily Hardy

These are examples of shadows from films with the film noir genre:

This is my attempt at casting shadows:

When you hold the light down  it makes the shadow bigger making the person seem more intimidating.

When you hold the light up it makes the shadow smaller.

Practicing shadows is important as the are a key feature of film noir. We will have to included shadows to follow the codes and conventions of the genre. It will be quite difficult to create shadows on location I think because it won't be as easy to create complete darkness and then have a light that we can move around to create effective shadows. The shadows create meaning, there is someone there but it is left up to the viewers imaginations to decide who that person is and what they are going to do which creates suspense in the film. 

Emily has practiced how to create shadows and various angles to create different meaning. This will be very beneficial to the group as we can use some of these techniques in our short film. Conventions of a thriller are mirrors, low key lighting, shadows,  flashbacks and etc, this will fit it well with when we film. Shadows are used to represent the inner darkness within beings, and can also add tension and eeriness that is created, it also encourages fear within the audience as they are unaware who the person is and are intrigued by who it is.