Cinematography

As the narrative of our trailer deals with issues such drugs and alcohol, the majority of our cinematography inspiration derives from films that also deal with these issues.These include, Judge Dredd, Limitless and Wolf of Wall Street. I have picked out shots from these films that successfully depict the effect of drugs, similarly to how we wish to convey them.

Judge Dredd presents the drug scenes with very bright an vivid colouring to represent the change in their mental states. As our trailer is a Psychological Thriller, it is key to portray the psychological shift from when the character is sober, to when under the influence of drugs.

This psychological shift can be depicted in various ways, Judge Dredd conveys it through use of vivid colour imagery and slow motion editing, however, it can also be done through editing such as layering, this is seen in Limitless, as the effects of his drug begin to change, negatively.

Emphasis is placed on the drugs in several sequences, through camera framing, such as in Wolf of Wall Street, as an extreme close up displays the drug use of the protagonist, as this becomes a focal point in his life, it also becomes a focal point of the screen.

Lighting is in Under The Skin to depict the protagonist's mental state, although this film does not explore drug use, it greatly demonstrates the ways in which lighting can be used effectively to convey psychological
instability.

Extreme lighting, such as red and black, are used to convey this, these colours connote aspects of the film such as pain, evil and death. This extreme use of colour is something we could bring through in our teaser trailer to depict this aspects about our protagonist.