The next time I watch a horror film, instead of watching it in a theatre, I'm going to watch it at home alone in the middle of the night, with all the lights turned off, to maximise the potential for fear.
Imagine that you couldn't be who you were anymore, having all of your lights turned off". A number of other actors were considered for the lead role, including Oscar Isaac (who has a part in the film), Garrett Hedlund, Joel Edgerton and Colin Farrell.
In order to minimise vibration and electrical noise, my experiments were conducted under austere conditions: in the middle of the night, on an air table, inside a Faraday cage, and with all non-essential equipment – including lights – turned off.
Add strobe lights, turn off your lights, ANYTHING!:D.
After light turning off, only the second process is observed.
During sleep, all lights were turned off, and the light level was < 1 lux.
And then the distant sounds of gunfire, the rumble of tanks and the sudden darkness as all lights were turned off in the square hours before dawn on June 4.
All lights are turned off, to avoid having them "interfere with the equipment".
