Antony and Cleopatra before he leaves for Rome.

     Antony and Cleopatra's relationship takes several twists that one might not expect if they failed to notice details that serve as the precursor to 'unexpected' events. In the scene above Antony is reassuring Cleopatra before leaving to Rome, uttering the famous line, "I could never be more far away from you than this," before they kiss. After that kiss Antony holds Cleopatra as depicted in the specific shot above. The lighting and angle of this shot shows that Antony will be responsible for some following negative event.
     Lighting is a significant tool in conveying good and evil. Light is good and dark is evil in common association. Therefore, in the shot above the light illuminates Cleopatra's face after Antony has sworn his love, indicating her confidence in him and her identity as the good character. However, darkness from shadow is cast over Antony's face as he looks down and away from Cleopatra. This indicates the evil in his character and given the context of their previous conversation, Antony is likely to break his vow to Cleopatra in some way. Thus, the lighting serves as a symbol for the upcoming betrayal of marriage to Octavia that is revealed later on.
     Angles can give and take power from characters as well as highlight specific moments in a film. The angle of the above shot is a close up of Antony and Cleopatra. Close ups are often used to convey intimacy and closeness between characters. This makes sense considering they were kissing and declaring love a moment prior. However, the director's choice to remain in a close up while the lighting changes on the two characters further proves that the dark betrayal to be committed will be of the intimate nature. Therefore, the close up is evidence that the evil shown by shadow on Antony's face will come in the form of contradicting his promises of love only moments before.
     All the aspects of this shot formulate into the foreshadowing of a dark event to come, one where Cleopatra is hurt at the fault of Antony. This is exactly what happens and the choices of angle and lighting in this scene were intent on expressing that.