High Maintenance Analysis
In the film ' High Maintenance' we see a large use of dark monotone colours and mostly cold lighting apart from the warm light produced from the candles. The director does this purposely because the cold lighting sets the tone of the film, one that is more dark in its nature as well as cold lighting having connotations of futurism and dystopian settings. This is important for this film since that is ultimately what the film is, a dystopian sci-fi drama. However, the partial balance of the warm lighting still gives the film a slightly more human feeling which is fundamental to the film, especially before the twists, because the directors doesn't necessarily want to give the genre away since it would make the twist less effective. The first plot in 'High Maintenance' is effective because it is both logical yet surprising. We do not expect the husband to be a robot at first and when this is presented to us there's a sense of confusion and shock, but once you re-wa...