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 Lighting and Music

In the movie, The Silver Lining Playbook I think that the director has used the film techniques lighting, and music well together. 

When Pat is in the hospital the lighting is not very bright. We see him and a few others in the hospital in a room talking and the lighting is very bad and makes a lot of the concrete walls stand out and the lino floor. When he is in the room the lighting is even duller which really brings out the grey concrete walls, bedsheets, and how small the room really is. Just as Pat leaves his room music starts playing. The music is not very uplifting and it can give a lot of mixed feelings. The music continues while he is talking with others and doing his exercise. The music goes on throughout most of the scene but gets very quiet at some points but stops when they get in the car.

I think that the director has used the film technique of lighting and music together because while seeing the lights and how dull the place looks you are also listening to music that makes you feel unsure and confused. For example, when everyone was talking in the room the lighting shows how plain the concrete walls are and the lino floor, and on top of that you are listening to the music which gives you even more emotions and thoughts about the place. When Pat is in his room there is no music playing which makes us focus more on the things around pat which reveal how small and colorless his room is.

Music and Lighting have a big effect on the audience because when we are listening to the music and seeing these dull colourless rooms it makes us feel bored and uncomfortable. The director knew that it would make the audience feel like this because it makes us feel like we are there and we feel what they are feeling which gives an idea of what it is like to live in the hospital.

These two film techniques complement each other but can also work well with facial expressions as the lighting can really target the facial expressions of a character for example if they are in a good mood the light could be bright giving off a happy feeling. Music also works well with facial expressions because the mood of the song can depend on the mood of the character which you can usually tell through facial expressions.