Lighting can be a fairly tricky topic in terms of investigation. For one I noticed people have different names for certain lighting techniques and two it defiantly reflects on personal emotions which some viewers may not feel the same way.

For example: Red lighting can be seen as a horror, blood, creepy representation, but to others it can just be seen as a strong, bold colour creating the visuals of “dominance”. This can be seen in advertising as well.

I think for lighting there are many issues, I can talk about the techniques and I can talk about the emotions, or I can simply just talk about how I feel watching a particular scene and how lighting is reflected on it. But you see the issue with this is this essay is not a reflection on my own emotions, it’s an overall reflection on lighting as a whole and how these emotions and representations are perceived.

So, I hope through research and further development I can find some interesting information.