I was watching the second movie of Harry Potter and I noticed that Lucius Malfoy, one of the bad guys, had a shadow on both the top half and bottom half of his face, but not in the middle. The use of shadows reveal that Lucius' character is not apart of the good guy club. When this scene is shown in the movie, his character is being thought of as a criminal. This way of lighting is reminiscent of the way a detective would have the lighting in a criminal interrogation. The use of both top and bottom light give an unnatural feeling and makes the audience believe that this character is not a good guy and should definitely not be trusted. I think the reason they leave his middle face lit would be to give contrast to his face and draw attention to his eyes. Because some people say that windows are the gateway into souls or something, the audience can see Lucius has a bad guy.
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