How does lighting enhance the story

How does lighting enhance the story

Real world kitchen

Dark, Dull, dowdy 

Lights coming from outside

Makes house look old, cold and molded

Would smell mustered

Cold light 

Bright white, Sometimes blue, makes the room feel cold

Warm light often yellow/orange, makes the room feel warmer

Sad, bored, lonely, cold

Clear comparison/contrast between the worlds.

Not everything in the real world is perfect

Show us coraline isn't happy there

Other world kitchen

Bright, warm light,welcoming

Artificial light bulb over the table

Warm light often yellow/orange, makes the room feel warmer

Feels warm, welcoming, happy, safe

Makes the world seem perfect 

It is where coraline wants to be

The other world is the perfect web/trap to catch coraline

Atmosphere/mood- the way you feel in a situation

When comparing the real world and other world kitchens, lighting is used effectively to enhance the story. The real world kitchen uses a natural cold light coming through the window to make the space feel cold, bored and unhappy. The directer did this to show the audience that coraline isn't happy there. In comparason, the other world kitchen has an artificial warm orange lighting light that creates a welcoming, happy and safe atmosphere. Selick used this technique to show that coraline is happy in this perfect world. It is the perfect trap to  capture coraline. This can be compared to later in the film when coraline realizes the other mother is evil from this point the lighting in the other world becomes duller like the real world to show coraline doesn't want to stay there anymore.