Lighting Ideas

The lighting in the rap genre is conventionally quite dark which a lot of the time represents the night life within the genre a lot of the mise en scene in rap is in clubs or bars so which the lighting is dark

. As you can see on the left these three images create the illusion its night with dark purples and blues which also create mystery and cinematography they amplify everything to make it a more visual experience.

The beat of my song is very fast paced and has a lot of heavy bass so therefore i want my lighting to be dramatic and to incorporate alot of dark blues and reds in order to conform to the genre so my video looks as realistic as possible.

I need my lighting in my video to be very dark and dramatic throughout i wanted to use a lot of effects like strobe lighting for example as I believe it creates a high intensity effect it gives the effect of disappearance. The lighting artificial while creating a mood than it looking realistic .

Within the college and home I don't have access to this type of equipment although I could use home remedies like torches and back lights to create the same effect. There's also techniques on final cut pro in which i could add in a strobe like effect

One of the main inspirations for the lighting in my music video comes from ZAYN with his video Pillow Talk the shots are minimal but have a lot of effect due to its high intensity lighting.

The first shot is faded with a red and purple effect which I think could look effective in my video as red was one of the colours that conformed to the genre.

The second and third shots lighting creates an almost plastic effect it makes the shot feel more animated and visually beautiful its more exciting for the audience I hope I can add this effect to my video to help portray the narrative