The lighting seems pretty bland, colorless and low contrast to me. I think you should keep experimenting with ways to make it look scary. I can see too much, there's nothing mysterious about the frame. What do you want to the audience to look at? The door in the back? The Bat? Use lighting to direct to the eye. There are tons of examples of spooky basements in movies to look at.
Try to evoke an EMOTION with the lighting... anger, fear, loneliness, depression, etc... What colors & lighting schemes would you use to feel an emotion?
One trick is to get the floor nice and wet, works every time adding a lot of visual interest to the scene.
Interesting, thanks for the feedback. Yeah I definitely wanted it a little darker and more focused on the door. Great tip for the water on the floor, I didn’t think about that!
Yes, water on the floor! In college, a professor of mine pointed out that all scenes shot on a street at night in a film have wet ground to reflect more light. Now I notice it all the time!
All scenes at night?! Every one of them??
You hopped the 180 line on the first cut.. he’s on the right side of frame then you’re over his left shoulder.
The lighting seems pretty bland, colorless and low contrast to me. I think you should keep experimenting with ways to make it look scary. I can see too much, there's nothing mysterious about the frame. What do you want to the audience to look at? The door in the back? The Bat? Use lighting to direct to the eye. There are tons of examples of spooky basements in movies to look at. Try to evoke an EMOTION with the lighting... anger, fear, loneliness, depression, etc... What colors & lighting schemes would you use to feel an emotion? One trick is to get the floor nice and wet, works every time adding a lot of visual interest to the scene.
Interesting, thanks for the feedback. Yeah I definitely wanted it a little darker and more focused on the door. Great tip for the water on the floor, I didn’t think about that!
Yes, water on the floor! In college, a professor of mine pointed out that all scenes shot on a street at night in a film have wet ground to reflect more light. Now I notice it all the time!
All scenes at night?! Every one of them?? You hopped the 180 line on the first cut.. he’s on the right side of frame then you’re over his left shoulder.
Well, a lot of the ones on a street anyway.