Coraline

Boring, Dull, Cold, Empty, Sad, Depressing, Lonely. The mist through the window uses a cold light to make it feel like coraline doesn't wanna be there. Red, White and Blue. - Used when you have several ideas to convey about a topic. eg In this image lighting is used to make the room feel cold, empty and depressing.

Also lighting is used effectively in this shot of the real world kitchen to make it feel dull, depressing and lonely. This is achieved by using a cold light through the misty window. The director has chosen this lighting to remind us that coraline's real world is boring and lifeless compared to the other world behind the door.

Coraline's other world makes it feel happy, enthusiastic, warm, bright, delightful, safe, welcoming, inviting. The use from a orange/yellow light makes the house more welcome and not isolated like the other house and the outside is night but the room feels safe at the same time.

In the other kitchen we see more things and a sense of delight, security and welcoming. Lighting is used to create this through the use of a yellow/orange warm light from a bulb above the table. The director has done this to highlight the positive relationship between cirakube and her other parents. Whilst her real parents ignore her the other parents acknowledge and want to spend time with her so she gets their trust for her to stay. The is re-enforced by the contrasting use of cold and white light in coraline's real world