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 I had taken Intro to Film in the Fall semester of 2024. While we were more focused on movies, we still looked at the techniques behind the scenes. Each part works together to form a scene; even if there are no words, the scene itself can set the mood. The technique that stuck with me was the lighting. The more movies and short films we watched, the more the lighting really set the mood for each scene, especially the color. In the book Colors of Film by Charles Bramesco, numerous examples of directors using colors in scenes to portray different settings are provided. 

https://youtu.be/kOj5nRJZX4M?si=02rRDcwTZesQsNeu 

In the section of the video focused on "Motivated Lighting", it depicts different examples of colored lighting and how it affects the scene. An example of this is when directors use "golden hour", that time when the sunset peaks through the window giving the person a type of glow. Those moments are typically used for happy and somber moments. Another example of colored lighting is in Spider-man: Into the Spider-Verse. While this is an animated movie, they did a very good job on the different colors in each scene, especially the one where Gwen is at first distant with her father and the color of the scene is blue/green, cool tones, but once they hug a type of orange and pink surround them, warm tones. These types of colored lighting help the audience feel more of the scene, even when no words are being used.