Film Extract Analysis; Lighting

At the beginning of the clip, low key lights have been used in order to see the specific moving objects, ie the police cars and motorbikes. All of a sudden the lights turn off and only the small lights on the vehicles are visible. This creates tension within the scene as the audience may begin to wonder what is going on, creating an enigma code. Continuously within this scene low key lighting has been used, which only highlights the character when close to the camera.  When batman comes into the scene, top lights have been used, in order to show the mis – en – scene, such as the ‘laser gun’ he has, cape and mask. This gives the audience an idea as to who the main character is, as he appears to be being chased by the police. There are also close ups to the police mans face, then batmans face, then the police mans face, then batmans face, continuously throughout the scene. When the camera is on the police man, there is a slight use of a filler light, as we can only see half of his face and the rest is shadowed. When the camera is on batman, a high key light has been used. This connotes that, both these people are in power and authority, and creates a build up of tension throughout the scene for the audience as they do not know what is going on.