Fight Club

Use of Lighting in a Film: Fight Club As the torrential rain beats against the glass of the windshield , inside the car Jack (Edward Norton) and his alter ego Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt), are having a fierce argument. The two founders of “Fight Club” are driving down a highway conversing about their future plans for their organization which is quickly becoming popular. With them are two young men who have recently became members of the “…

…the car let the vehicle drive itself off the road into a revene on the side of the highway. As the men come to the blinking hazard lights of the car cast low key frequent shadows in the vehicle as they pry themselves out of the heap of metal. Overall, the lighting is the biggest depicter of emotion in the scene. And the low key lighting reinstates the importance of the emotions in the scene.