English Caroline study Workshop 2

Atmo/mood - the way you feel in a situation

1. Describe the lighting for the viewer
2. What is the effect of this lighting for the viewer?
3. Why do you think the director chose to light this scene this way?
 Brainstorm -
Cold light;
- white/blue light
-makes you feel cold/clinical

Warm light;
- Orange/yellow light
- makes it feel warm/safe

A - The Real-World Kitchen
outside - rainy, windy, misty, cold, miserable
- Natural light
- Cold - white light
small. cold boring, sad lonely
Shows that caroline doesn't like it  here and is unhappy
Wants to leave as it doesn't feel like home.

B - The Other- World kitchen
cozy, warm, happy, welcoming, safe
- Warm orange light
- Artificial light from light bulbs
Makes it feel like a better home as it makes it look like
she has a family that cares about her.
Caroline is happy here.
- The other world is the perfect web or trap to catch Caroline

Themes
Big ideas in the story
1. looks can be deceiving/ be careful what you wish for.
2. Bravery and Courage.

Example
In the kitchen scenes, lighting is used effectively to enhance the story and shows the theme 'looks can be deceiving.' In the real world's kitchen, natural cold light comes through the rainy window which creates an atmosphere of Boredom, Sadness, and loneliness. The director did this to show us that Caroline doesn't like it there and is unhappy. Juxtaposed to this the kitchen in the other world. It is lit by a warm orange artificial light that makes space feel warm, welcoming and safe. Selick used this to show that Caroline is happy and feels at home in the other world.  This helps show the theme 'looks can be deceiving' because caroline feels safe but by the end of the film we will discover that the other world is a perfect trap designed to catch Caroline.