Lighting in our Opening

 We didn't really focus too much on lighting in our project. What I mean by this we didn't necessarily intentionally choose certain lighting to represent something deeper. However, there are different lightings throughout our film opening and some may represent something, if the viewer interprets it that way. Also, we did not edit any of the lighting during post-production. All of the lightening one sees during the opening is the lighting that was naturally present at the time. 

I should start with Betty's room scene. The first minute of the opening is spent in this room that Betty calls her own, and it definitely has a significantly unique lighting from the rest of the opening. The lighting in the room is much darker than outside and it actually has a bluish tone. I don't think this is a coincidence. The darker lighting goes along with the dramatic mood we are trying to set, especially with the dramatic piano music playing in the background. Not to mention, Betty has just gone through a horrible heartbreak. The blinds being closed, preventing any outside light from entering her room, makes sense because she just wants to sit in the dark with her feelings. So, Tori may have chosen this route for the lighting on purpose. I definitely think it works well! A very bright room wouldn't exactly go well with the dramatic piano music and slow pan over burned flowers and letters. 

After this, the lighting gets much brighter as Betty nears the front door and opens it, letting in a flash of bright sunlight, to reveal James standing on the other side. Maybe James is the light at the end of the dark tunnel? The rest of the film opening is pretty bright, due to the outdoor, natural sunlight that was present during our day of filming. We actually really did hope it would be bright! We wanted to make sure the sky was a clear, light blue when we tilted up to it, revealing the title. A dark, stormy sky filled with grey clouds would create a mood we didn't want for this portion of the opening. Also, it is supposed to be morning, since Betty is waking up, so the brightness of a new day would make sense, rather than the lighting of a sunset for example.