The look, feel, and sound of a movie as well as its mine-en-scene is very important in regards to what makes it unique. For our film, we want it to feel suspenseful and have a dark side to it. We are doing our filming at night, so that will allow for us to achieve the low-key lighting and darkness that is found in majority of horror films. The only lighting sources we will be using are car headlights and ring-lights that we will hold by my phone during shooting. Our costuming will have a neutral and muted color palette, and the robes we will be using as the cult robes are all black with pointed hoods which will create mystery. We want to construct a lighting setup that will allow for our characters to be seen but will keep it dark enough so that it still feels like it’s nighttime. An example of this natural night lighting can be seen in the screenshot below. The characters are defined and can be seen in the street, but the lighting is still dark with natural moonlight and gives off a spooky nighttime feel.
For the scene where Evelyn sees the demon in the road, we want to use the car headlights to our advantage to create a silhouette of the demon without truly giving its identity away. The image below would be an ideal shot to achieve what we’re wanting.
Hear No Evil 