How does lighting enhance the story.

How does lighting enhance the story.

Real world kitchen 

- Dark,dull,dowdy

- Lighting from outside - cloudy/rainy/grey

- Makes house look old/moldy/cold

- would smell musty

Cold light

- bright white

- sometimes blue

- makes the room feel cold

Warm light

- often yellow/orange

-make the room feel warm and welcoming

Other world kitchen

- Bright - warm light, welcoming

- Artificial lights - bulb over the table

Feels

- Sad,bored,lonely and cold

- Makes a clear comparison/contrast between the world

- Not everything in the real world is perfect

- Shows us Coraline isn't happy

Feels 2

- Feels warm, welcoming, happy, safe

- Makes the world seem perfect

- It is where Coraline wants to be

- The other world is the perfect web/trap to catch Coraline

When comparing the real world and the other world kitchens, lighting is used effectively to enhance the story. The real world kitchen uses a natural cold light coming through the window to make the space feel cold, bored and unhappy. The director did this to show the audience that Coraline isn't happy. In comparison, the other world kitchen has an artificial warm orange light that creates a welcoming, happy and safe atmosphere. Selick used this technique to show that Coraline is happy in this perfect world. It ks the perfect trap to capture Coraline. This can be compared to later in the film when Coraline realises the other mother is evil. From this point the lighting in the other world becomes duller like the real world to show Coraline doesn't want to stay there anymore.