Practical: Lighting

Lighting:

I decided to do a practical to test Lighting, and how the different positions of it can have an effect. 

I started off with 'normal' lighting, where it was natural light using the sun. The light was shining through the window onto my model. This made the shot look dark on the model's form.

I then turned the model around so they were facing the light. This made them look bright on the shot and clear.




Later on when it was dark so I didn't have any natural light coming through the curtains, I used un-natural light with a torch shining onto the model. This was difficult as I only had a torch that had the same light intensity, so I couldn't alter that.

This shot is one with the light turned on, with no torch. As you can see it is clear and bright giving it the image of being filmed in the day time.

I then tried shooting one where it was completely dark and found it hard to make out the image in the image, however there is still a silhouette but is hard to distinguish. This would make it hard to understand what it happening in the scene, although this could still be effective in some cases.

I wanted to create a 'night-time' look that showed it to be dark but still make it clear to see what is happening clearly in the shot. In this image here, I used a torch positioned behind the camera and shined it on the model.

This shot was where I placed the torch closer and at a low angled shot looking at the model. This created a shadow effect behind the model and made her stand out on the shot against the dark background.

I also wanted to experiment with different light positions. I decided to place the camera behind the model to see what effect it would have. As shown on the image, it created a silhouette shot, which I thought would be effective in a horror film as it leaves suspense as to what the 'silhouette' is


Here are a few more examples of lighting positions:

(torch placed on the left side of the model)

(torch placed on the right side of the model)

This would be useful in our own film opening/opening credits as it can be used to show time of day, and can create a horror effect (light behind the model to create a silhouette) which shows suspense. 

I decided to use this knowledge of lighting to create a 'horror' scene with flashing lights and using different positions of lighting to show me walking down a set of stairs.