The document analyzes how lighting and location are used to depict the emotions of a character in a scene where a female astronaut is trying to fix a space station as debris floats dangerously close. As the sole character is in the vast emptiness of space, she seems vulnerable and alone without the safety of Earth. When the space station explodes, the darkness of space replaces the hopeful blue view of Earth, symbolizing the loss of hope for her survival. By the end, with her oxygen running low as she floats helplessly in the debris, only a sliver of Earth is visible, nearly extinguishing any remaining hope as the character expresses her dislike of being in space.

1. Gravity-how does the location and use of the light and
dark depict the emotional landscape of a character?
In this scene the space debris is floating at speed towards
the space station as the female astronaut is trying to fix the
part of the station. The location of the character being in
space depicts the character as being alone and far away from
safety. E.g. earth. This also makes the character seem
vulnerable and open to the space debris this depicts the
emotions of the character, as she knows the issue and the
danger of the rubbish. This is shown by her facial
expressions and her rushing to get back to some sort of
same area. However there is non-after the station blows up.
During the part of the scene before the explosion the camera
is looking down at earth. Earth is blue and very bright. This
symbolizes hope for the character. But when the explosion
happens the part of the station that the character was trying
to fix starts to spin round the chaos and destruction of the
station. The background therefor changes so we see only the
dark area of nothingness of space. This symbolizes no hope
for the character. Further on into the uncontrollable spin the
camera turns back into the direction of earth but the stations
tattered remains are covering most of it up symbolizing that
hope is being lost for the character. After the character is
being spun away from the chaos we can hear the distress of
her voice and her deep breathing as her helmet mists up.
This reminds us that due to her location she is very limited
on oxygen supplies because she is now stranded in space.
The camera then looks back at the station and its scattered
remains. The camera now is looking at mainly the darkness
of space; there is a peek of the earth in this shot too. This
shows that the hope is nearly completely gone for the
character, but not entirely. In conclusion the character
decides she doesn’t like space, she even says she doesn’t like
space at the end of this scene whilst still heavily breathing.