The document analyzes the lighting used in Rihanna's music video for "We Found Love" and how it helps set the mood. The lighting in most of the video uses blue and green tones with low key lighting to indicate a destructive relationship. One early scene in a bathroom uses dark shadows on faces that create distance between characters and contrasts with the typical brightness of bathrooms. Another favorite scene uses dark lighting that brings warmth but contrasts dramatically with the visuals to challenge viewers.

2. I think lighting plays a really important role in music videos, either to make it more visually
pleasing or to create a type of mood that the artist wants the song to be in. I thought I
would begin to analyse Rihanna’s ‘We Found Love’ because the lighting plays a important
role in this, and a change in lighting runs throughout. For the majority of the music video,
there are blue and green tones with a low key lighting to indicate the destructive
relationship.

3. The first scene in the music video is one of my favourites. The voice over becomes
really effective against the visuals. I think in this scene in particular the lighting
plays a vital role of setting the tone for the rest of the video. The dark shadows I’ve
the face create a distance between the two characters. It could be argued that
bathrooms are typically bright but here, it seem they are not. The contrast of
between appearance and reality, sets the tone for the music video instantly.

4. This is my favourite lighting in the entire music video, because it sets the mood of the
moment perfectly. The dark lighting brings warmth to the scene however, the visuals
contrast dramatically which challenges viewers.