To make the lighting look convincing, we turned off all of the lights within the storage container and sealed shut the doors with gaffer tape in order to make our location look pitch black. From there on in, we filmed entirely by the torchlight of our actor's props, and as a direct result of such given how some shots were a bit too dark, to help us light the set we cleverly placed tinfoil around the storage container under Matt's skilful guidance so that it remained out of shot yet successfully reflected the light of the torches and thus better lit the scene. In doing so, we had to be very careful that the tinfoil didn't get in the way of the actors and cause any unexpected noises or to fall into the shot. Whilst the technique worked, it wasn't quite as effective as we thought it might have been and so in retrospect I think it may have been wiser to have just filmed with brighter and generally better lighting, as we could have always made it darker in After Effects or some other editing software. All the same, hopefully when we see the footage next week, everything will be able to be seen.
An example of the type of home-made tinfoil reflector we created and how we used it when filming is ever so sort of explained within this video I found on youtube:
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