[Music] what tools do media makers use to help an image like this one feel calm or inviting or cold and scary like this one I'm working on my film about the Michigan Central train station in Detroit and I want to show how welcoming the station is to everyone who visits but how can I do this hey Scholars I'm media literacy Maddie maybe you could help me let's study some images so that we can figure out how media makers create tone or mood each image in a video is chosen to help create a certain feeling for the viewer let's take a look at our images again this image feels calm and inviting it makes you want to lay in the grass and feel the warmth from the Sun and that is why this is called warm lighting warm light is yellow or orange is in color in video and Film Production the color of light is called color temperature many media makers would agree this type of lighting creates a calm feeling which we call mood or tone media makers have the advantage of using not only their words but also different production tools like lights to change the mood of their films have you ever watched a scary Halloween movie with a scene that looked like this the look of this scene was cre created by media makers who used special lights to make it look creepy scary this lighting is close to Blue and we call that cool lighting media makers can create other moods with their lights as well let's find Miss Cara she's watching a film about the March on Washington while also learning about lighting and tone hello Scholars it's so good to see you let's take a look at this scene from the documentary film Detroit's walk to freedom to the march on Washington 60 years of civil rights Legacy this film was produced by one Detroit for Detroit PBS unlike the scary house we saw earlier the lighting in this scene is very different remember when media literacy Maddie was talking about the calm mood she wanted to achieve when she wrote about the Michigan Central train station what kind of mood you feel when Miss Edith Lee Payne sits in the church pews she decided that we would go to Washington she would always stress to me how important it was for me to be the best that I could always be and I could achieve and be whatever I wanted to be it helped me be more of an American which is what I am the fact that I'm black American is secondary that doesn't Define me and and our colors should never Define us Dr King didn't want our colors to Define find us in order to create this mood inside of the church the media maker needed to bring in special lights which gave off a warm color temperature so the scene appeared yellow or gold this helps the viewer feel calm and comforted while watching the scene here is an example of what some of the lights look like do you notice that the color of their light is yellow and the mood of the room is calm now it's your turn to practice being a fil maker do you have a piece of paper and a pencil handy let's pretend it's a stormy night out what kind of lighting would you use to create a scene with a dramatic mood a mood that's a bit intense and exciting I'm going to write in order to create a stormy night scene I'm going to make the room dark I will add flashing lights to create a lightning effect as you watch different shows or movies movies notice how the lighting is used to create a certain feeling for the viewers this will help you understand the mood or tone of the show or movie better you might see bright lights in happy scenes and darker lights in scary or sad scenes how do these affect your mood [Music]