Friday, 7 March 2014

Lighting

This afternoon I sought after the advice of a peer on the Film Production course. This particular peer specialises in Cinematography, so his last few weeks have been very familiar with the KN Singh Studio lights. During our conversation I sought after his opinion by asking "what would you do if you wanted to depict fire through your lighting?" This information is rather crucial as our fire scene is rather dependant on the lighting and smoke effects.

He suggested a three point lighting system with the following ideas for one of the lights:

This fist suggestion made was to use red gels - which was something we already had in mind. He questioned whether or not we wanted to use sodium gels, because it would give off more vivid red lights. This is something that I will have to enquire and discuss with Chris Pinnock. He recommended cutting out a long sheet of gel, and having it constantly moved and waived around so that it creates a rippling effect. This would be effective in our concept because fire is not a steady source of light. 

The next suggestion that my friend made was to use a golden reflector along with the moving red gel screen. "The more layers of light, the better.  It's all about creating layers after you've established your basic fills and highlights." The golden reflector would provide a layer of warmer, yellower highlights to accompany the red highlights. 

Lastly, it was recommended that I asked Chris Pinnock for a "cookie cutter," which is apparently something that can direct light into shapes. According to my friend, if we moved this around we could get quite interesting effects, especially with moving light. This would be relevant as fire is not a steady source of light. It would be accompanied by our fill lights from the three-point lighting system. 




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