Lighting

House Scene:

To increase the level of personal identification as high as we could we had to have the lighting just right. For this to be the case it had to be quite light as we were in a friendly suburb with the film being at its equilibrium. This is a typical convention of an action thriller and allows there to be a contrast in lighting which is evident to the viewer.

Kidnap scene:

The light for this scene was far lower as we filmed it at dusk, this is because the surroundings are far less inviting and it gives the viewer action coding because they know something is going to happen. In addition to this, it keeps the identity of the driver secret untill the end of the film, and therfore does not interupt the enigma coding of the non-linear narrative.

Field Scene:

Once more this is a dark event taking place and so the lighting is clear but quite low. this again has action coding because people know something (the body getting dumped) is about to happen. adding to this is the fact that vengeance does actually not have a new equilibrium so the film is finished on low lighting to portray the fact that the hero has not actually got anything in the end, wheras if there was a new equilibrium the film would finish with high lighting.