It's brighter, but still feels like the lighting range is too compressed to me. There are no
highlights, which makes the image look flat. Here are a few images I found on google, they all look like night-time but are more visually
interesting in my opinion.
Of course the subject doesn't
have to be well-lit, but in cases where that is not the case it's usually a silhouette effect:
Well, let me be honest here, they aren't the best examples for night scenes. The first one has a really low contrast and obviously a
lot of artifical light sources, where the scene with Jada only has one.
The second one again has very low contrast and is a brighter scene in general, plus I'm sure there's artifical light too.
The third one uses a spotlight that is so obvious and clearly just there to light the scene, that's nothing I would even consider doing.
And the last one, well that's good for a movie, but I'm always trying to light my scenes like they would be lit in real life. Of course I'm doing compromises here an there, but as I said, I think it looks good, and it seems the majority agrees.
The thing is, this is just 2 or 3 images, Jada enters the room, the background is dark (because night), the room is lit, so the next image is already brighter. There is really no reason to go into argument because of that.
Still, thanks for your effort, I apprechiate it.