With Fergus and Sam, we have been going through the basics of lighting and how pivotal lighting is, and can be within Film and TV. Lighting can create atmosphere, effect emotion and many other things with just the actual placement of specific lights. So it was just about getting familiar with the equipment, experimenting and testing out idea's before potentially using this piece of kit.
(Trying to capture silhouette images.)
One idea that the group I was in wanted to try and have a go at was capturing silhouettes on screen, however it was problematic as the vast space that the studio has, an it's poor lighting really hindered our efforts of capturing such a shot. We then used many different coloured gels, to set different tones and to see then on the camera if you could actually get that sense of emotion that was being conveyed.
In these workshops I know we don't have much time to go over things a multiple of times and that's why when we're being shown things like this, i.e setting up lighting equipment, I really do appreciate it. These are all industry savvy skills that i'm taking into consideration and becoming more aware of as a filmmaker, as I want to apply all of this outside of the workshop and into real life.
hey jason - your recent entries in the blog are really strong. (the image from the lighting workshop is very cool - like something from a 1970's movie!). You need to get more in here though - contextual research into directors, and drama - as well as your project prep. On the right track - but work to do.
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