Analysis of Lighting - Sin City

Throughout the film low light is used to create a dark atmosphere. The film is shot in black and white but certain features on characters and objects are emphasised using editing techniques, as a bright colour. The film shows good examples of different lighting methods:

Keylight - as the name suggests, is usually the brightest and the most influential. 



Backlight - helps counteract the affect of the keylight, thus making the character/object look more rounded.

Filler light - helps to soften the harshh shadows that the use of key lights create. These may be more than one filler light. 

Underlighting - is when the main source of lighting comes from below the subject. This tends to have distorting affects on the character/object that is being lit, and is often used in forror films.  

Top lighting - is when the mian source of lighting comes from above, highlighting the features of a characters - it can be used to create a glamorous look in a star.

Back lighting - is when the light source is behind the subject, if little or no other lighting, silhoettes are created.