How to light our film

As we will be filming the first scene of our opening sequence outside, we will only be using natural daylight as a light source in this scene. The amount of brightness in this scene will depend on what the weather is like on the day of filming, as wet and rainy weather would make the brightness dimmer and more dull. 

In scenes that will be filmed in the kidnapper's car, we will be using the interior lights from inside the car to add brightness to the scene. Furthermore, when we film the news report we will use bright lighting from inside one of our houses to add brightness to create the affect that we are in a news room. However, in the scene where the news report is shown on the TV, we will turn all the lights in the room off so that the brightness coming from the TV is the only source of light in the room, which is the focus of this scene. 

As we will be starting our next section of outdoor filming at 4:15pm, the natural daylight outside will be darker than in the first scene. This will create the affect of time moving quickly and that something bad is about to happen, as the brightness changes from light to dark as the mood of the scene changes.

The last scene of our opening sequence will be filmed in one of our houses where the lights in the room will be off. We will then have a single spotlight shining on the kidnapper's wall of victims. This use of spotlight signifies the importance of the wall in this scene and how it is the focus of the rest of the film.