The lighting in the film Emma is dull in the interior setting this gives a romantic atmosphere, and makes her look as if she has a smooth complexion, as the main light source are candles, which are subtle and did not show blemishes like modern lighting does. These added to her beauty and enact desirability to men. Other means of light in the interior settings are also subtle as there is no electricity; light sources are windows, and fireplaces. They also used rich colours in their furnishing that increased the darkness of the film. But in the exterior settings the lighting is brighter, but this is natural and subtle lighting, for example the weather. The director does this to create the scenes to look natural. There is a great contrast between Emma and Clueless as technology has improved and we no longer have to live in darkness. So there is extra lighting in Clueless indoors. Also because Cher’s house is modern it has neutral colours that repeal a lot of light and makes the rooms look bigger, unlike Emma. Out doors, like Emma, is bright and natural and is often sunny. The darker setting is in the party. The darker light gives off a more alluring side of you, which you would want in a party, as in the intimate settings in Emma.
The costumes in Emma are lavish and are very flirtatious. Women wear tight dresses that show off their cleavage, and men wear tight trousers and frilly shirts. Clueless and Emma are alike in clothing, the clothing Cher wears is short skirts and low-cut tops, but the men are different, as they wear more baggy and loose clothing. The reason they did this is because tight fitting clothing is not fashionable in the era that Clueless is set in, so to keep up with the time period they have to adapt it a bit. The props in both films are quite similar, in Emma the props are pastimes like sewing, taking tea, and then there are communication sets, like letters and newspapers. In Clueless the main props are computers, mobiles and televisions, so again, entertainment. And then there are more simple things like pens, pencils, and paper.
The camera shots in Emma has involves mainly profiles, as the actress who plays Emma is Gwyneth Paltrow, the director wants to make her long neck a feature of the movie by doing this. In Clueless the director decides to have more of a direct approach on the scene. One of the reasons he might have done this is because he wanted the girls in the film to be the main feature. This shot happens a lot when they are walking, everyone parts for the girls to come through; this is a great camera angle for scenes like this.
The way both girls spoke in the film is very prim; this is because of their wealthy upbringing. In Clueless it is a feature in the film, Cher speaks courteously, and other characters talking in slang. One character even asks Cher how to talk like her! But the things both women talk about in the different films are, in some degree, similar. Cher talks about make-up, boys, shopping, and Emma talks about her home life, men, clothes, and gossip.
The weather in both films is alike, despite the different scenery. In Emma it is very sunny, and there is only one part of the film where it rains and a few where it snows, in the winter seasons. The snow happened once during the journey between Emma’s house and a party she is travelling to and it rained once when Emma was looking in a shop in the local town. In Clueless it does not rain once, it is either mildly sunny or hot. You can tell the weather is hot because of the scenery lighting and because in many scenes you see Cher sunbathing or drinking a cool drink. The director has to make the slight difference in both films because Clueless is set in America, where it is a lot warmer.
In conclusion I think the films are alike in the aspects I have written about above. Sometimes the two films are different for example the camera angles, and clothing but I think this is only because the films are set in different time periods and have to be adapted for the era in which they set are.