PRODUCTION: Filming Scene 3 lighting/mis en scene

Still from Scene 3, with pill packets and NHS
headed letters beside Jack's laptop.

Scene 3 was always to be set in a mans's bedroom. This always being certain it was easy to match the storyboards and our individual expectations to our set. I insisted that the scene be made messier, and more chaotic as it had been tidied before we got there. The room should reflect that at this point in our characters narrative, he is beginning to feel chaotic and dishevelled. This also provided an opportunity to plant props such as NHS headed letters and pill packets.

In scene 3, we decided to use lighting to create a surreal feel, reflecting the changing emotions of our protagonist. We chose not to be discrete with this lighting, our aim was to create a scene wherein the audience can tell Jack is not perceiving  reality, but something sinister.

Green lighting is used in Beetlejuice (1988) to show
the main characters entering the world of the dead, to
give the scene an extra sinister feel.

As the Scene gets more tense, our lighting switches to red, the audience will perceive red to mean danger, this represents the height of what is essentially a panic attack. Red is often used to represent
danger and tension, famously Martin Scorsese (director) is known to use red in his films as a motif of his work. Below is an example of a red colour scheme being used to show this scene is set in a dangerous mafia bar. In the recent TV series "Legion", the protagonist suffers from schizophrenia. The colour red is used to represent the protagonists perceived presence of the devil, the red signals to the audience that the character is evil, menacing or threatening.

Still from Mean Streets (1973)

Red is used to represent the protagonists
hallucinated perception of the Devil Legion (2017)

My role as researcher was particularly important during this scene, www.prospects.org.uk defines a researcher's role in depth. 

"As a researcher you might:
contribute ideas for programmes;
source contacts and contributors;
collect, verify and prepare information for film, television and radio productions."