This picture from the television show "Breaking Bad" does a great job at representing the idea of low-key lighting. In this image, most of the background is darker, which puts the primary focus on Walter. Also, Walters face is divided using light, the right side of his face is dark while the left is light. This represents the struggle that Walter is going through, and how he is basically split between good and bad and how he pretty much lives two different lives. Also the fact that the lit part of Walter's face is turned away from the camera shows that he is in a way turning away from good and going in a bad direction, and the way that the darkness covers most of his face shows how the bad side of his life is taking over.
This image from "Breaking Bad" is a great example of deep space. In this scene Walter is positioned very close to the camera, while his wife is across from him, farther away from the camera. This represents how
Walt and his wife are pretty much completely against each other, and do not agree with what the other party stands for. Also the fact that Walt is in the dark and his wife is in the light represents the fact that Walt has gone from being with his wife and living a more innocent life, to being in the dark, losing innocence, and being involved with bad things.
This image from "Breaking Bad" is an excellent example of frontality. This image makes the viewer feel less like they are looking into a separate world, but more like they are right there in the scene. This image makes the viewer feel like they are face to face with these two individuals, and it makes them really feel the suspense and intensity of this moment in the show.
The costumes in this scene from "Breaking Bad" may seem somewhat insignificant, but they actually play a huge role. The suits that the twins are wearing throughout the series and in this scene represent the authority that these two individuals have, and the fact that they are both always wearing similar suits represents the unity and companionship between the two.
This image does a great job at conveying the power of spacing in film. The spacing in this particular image represents how Joey, Walt, and Skyler (Walt's wife) are all so far from being close to each one another and so far from being similar people. The fact that they are all on different sides of the table shows how they all have very different viewpoints on things in life from one another.
Obviously, the viewer of this image from "Breaking Bad" will instantly be drawn to the high contrast color of the blood on Hank's hand, and this is important because the color red gives the viewer a sense of discomfort and pain, which represents not only he pain Hank is going through because of his injury, but also the pain he is causing to another individual with the gun in his hand, the pain that it causes him to hurt or kill another individual, and the emotional pain that everyone is going through at this point in the series.
In this image the primary color that fills most of the background is red, and in this situation the use of this color portrays the rage and anger that Walt is currently experiencing, and it helps the viewer understand what Walter is going through by emphasizing the emotion in the scene.
In this image, the idea of an extreme close-up is used to pretty much force the viewer see the emotions of Hank, because his face fills basically the entire frame. This is important because it makes the viewer feel like Hank is focusing his emotions onto them, thus letting them feel his emotions. This is another method used to make the viewer feel less like they are watching something from a different world, and more like they are a part of whatever they are viewing.
This is a great example of how a long shot can be successfully used in film. In this scene Hank is being attempting to walk with the assistance of another man and a walker. This long shot aspect of this image represents the idea that Hank has just begun the journey to recovery, and still has so much more to go.
This concept of "depth of field" is represented perfectly in this image. The focus of image is on Skyler who is looking at the camera, while Walter is out of focus in the foreground looking away from the camera towards Skyler. This technique is very important in this situation because it makes Skyler appear to be in a dominant position in regards to Walter.
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