Lighting (planning and research)

To use lighting in the right way is a very difficult skill but once mastered can be very effective in creating character representations. For this reason we have payed careful attention to this during production.

Most of our teaser trailer was filmed on an overcast day in the late afternoon. This gave the film a darker, grittier edge than filming in bright sunshine would have. However this meant that capturing the light in our shots at the right moments was tricker than we had hoped.

Nevertheless we were able to achieve this during the continuity editing in which Rafid and Alex attack Mat down the alley. Rafid's face is often left in shadow to giv him a far more menacing and mysterious image. The light is often shone towards Matt to show him as the good character and one looking to escape the troubled lifestyle.

Even the indoor shots use little light as we want to convey to the audience the feeling that this is a dark film which does not glorify the concepts included in the narrative.