In this picture from a scene in the film Soylent Green, a huge crowd and a scoop truck is seen with a building as the backdrop. This suggests that the location is an overcrowded city from around the present day. In the film this city is New York and it has a huge overpopulation problem. The size of the crowd in the frame suggests a larger one hidden of frame making the audience feel surrounded.
The costumes of the people would suggest that this is poor city which is also given by the outfit of the police who look cheap and unsupplied.
The lighting is slightly low key and has a green tint which is used to create a feeling of illness and uncleanliness. Adding a tint over a scene is quite typical of the thriller genre to help create a mood, like discomfort.
This image from Soylent Green shows the protagonist in a Soylent Green factory. His costume suggests that he is part of the many poor people in this version of humanity which could suggest that he is inferior to the world he is in, making him an underdog which makes the audience want to relate to the protagonist.
There are many props in his scene that help to create the factory feel of the location such as the giant funnels and the substance containers in the right of the frame. On the conveyor belt many packets of Soylent Green are being transported which are being used to make the character look inferior in numbers and power to Soylent Green.
The lighting is a mixture of low key and high key which is used to suggest the characters rush of fear and confusion.
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