Lighting Homework- Amy and Maddie

 Here is our lighting homework:

Lighting exercise.

In class we have explained the main technical terms associated with lighting which is one of the areas of Mise en Scene that you will need to comment upon in Section A of the June exam. 

Lighting is also essential in your practical work.  In your upcoming thriller coursework it is likely to be very important. 

Task

You have to replicate TWO of the scenes taken from films/dramas below. 

1. You can do this task on campus during college hours or at home.
2. You will need to borrow up to two lights and tripods. (you can use more of your own lighting if you so wish)
3. You have to record the results on a stills camera.
4. Upload the final images to your group blog and comment on :-

·         how you achieved the effect re lighting,

·         difficulties you experienced

·         what you have learnt about lighting from the task.

(Don’t forget it’s a blog post so be creative)

1. This lighting effect is created by using two lights, both from behind with the charactors right hand light slightly further behind then the charactors left light. It is all back lit with no front or fill lights. The charactors right hand light is slightly brighter then the left hand one to make them stand out from the backround a bit more. - Amy

2. This second lighting effect is created by having two lights directly above both of the charactors, the right hand charactors light need to be a bit further back behind the top of his head and the charactor on the left has to have the light slightly more to the right of their face, this creates the shadows making one charactor seem darker or more evil then the other, it also sujests that the left hand charactor is hiding something.- AMY

 3. This third shot is made by having a lot of very bright and strong white ligths behind them, sadly we couldnt get the right darkness or enough lights to make the shot perfect but we did our best, this shot makes the person stand out from their backround and creates the illution that they are walking into the light so it could sujest that the charactor is dying or going to a better place. This also connects to the old 'walking into the sunset' theory this means that they are also walking into the unknown as you cannot see were they are going, this could be used to create suspence and is also good at the end of a film to create a clifhanger so that you could make a sequal. -Amy

1)     Effects created by positioning lighting in different locations in relation to subject

In the same way as you saw demonstrated in the class exercise, we would like you to photograph one person, six times, demonstrating the following lighting techniques.

• Frontal Key light only
• Key light and Fill
• Bottom up lighting only.
• Top lighting only
• Side light only
• Backlight only

Discuss what effects these create and how you might incorporate them into your own film work.