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Sometimes the best scene in a film can leave you asking yourself exactly why you think so highly of it. Each and every aspect of a film has a purpose and a reason. When we sit down to watch a movie, some of the most crucial elements are overlooked. I have never heard anyone say “wow, did you see the lighting in that film…” or even “the costumes were amazing!” Personally, before I took an interest in film, I had no clue as to how much work actually went into the process of lighting and costume design. Just to think that there are people out there that make a living off lighting movie sets and designing character costumes blows my mind. Who would have ever thought that the film industry would dedicate so much time, effort, and money into making just one scene print properly to film. It’s the simple elements such as these that we hardly notice that make those small and irrelevant scenes, into something we talk about with a smile on our faces with friends across the nation. Today I will discuss the lighting techniques and the costumes used in the film Blade Runner. The first thing that I noticed about the film was it’s overall use of neon. Although the general lighting for the film is rather dark and brooding, the neon acts as a secondary light form, bringing out the futuristic glow of the film. While the surrounding was dark, street signs, blazing fires, and incandescent lights set the mood of the film. I also want to take a second to mention the colors that were used in the lighting. Rather than your typical fluorescent or tungsten lighting, the film used lots of bright orange and neon blue patterns. It was as if the streets that Deckard walked on were made to change colors with every step.
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