Set, Lighting, and Props

Set coming to life

    "The Seventh Lie" will take place in a location set at a dinning table in a house. Another scene will take place upstairs in a hallway. We chose this home location since we want our film to feel realistic. 

Example of how we want the dinner table to look (Set)

    Since our film opening is a thriller we are going to be using a lot of low key lighting to intensify scenes. Low Key lighting is used to emphasize important parts of the film, and tell the audience a story. Often used in horror films, is the use of shadows which is an example of how producers tell a story in unnoticeable ways to build drama.

    One way to use low key lighting is in the upstairs hallway with minimal light coming through the bathroom door that Verena is going to pass by and see Janus drawing a mark on his face (copying real Janus's birthmark he had). Using low key lighting for this part is essential in creating that mystery and building drama towards Janus and his negative intentions with this family. I think it should be somewhat similar to this picture:

(Lighting)

    As for the props, they will be more on the simpler side since our set is in a home. Some props will include regular furniture in a household setting, picture frames to show a mixture of joyous family pictures with unsettling pictures of this replacement Janus. To make it noticeable he is a danger to the family and the antagonist of this film we are going to play dark music over the pictures with him in it and switch the music back to classical music for the picture frames with the original Janus. Props are important in every film because they contribute to making the scene feel real, and most times there is a main prop that is important for the plot's development or sometimes props are just made to make the scene feel realistic. Our main props are going to be picture frames, and we will also show Verena in her room near the end of our film opening holding her phone in her room. 

Sources:

Pavlov, A. (n.d.). 5 non-obvious ways you should be using LED lights on set. Videomaker.
Neill, J. (2025, June 24). Beginners guide to low key lighting in filmmaking. iFilmThings.