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| * [[http://www.amazon.com/Painting-Light-John-Alton/dp/0520089499|Paperback about $20, Kindle $15]] | * [[http://www.amazon.com/Painting-Light-John-Alton/dp/0520089499|Paperback about $20, Kindle $15]] | ||
| - | =?=== Lighting basics ===== | + | =?=== Lighting for specific task ===== |
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| + | ??? Lighting interviews | ||
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| + | ??? Lighting a moving actor | ||
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| + | ??? Lighting for night scene | ||
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| + | =?=== Lighting basics ===== | ||
| ??? Most basic things | ??? Most basic things | ||
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| * //The separation light//, or back, or hair light, is designed to help visually separate the subject(s) from the background. | * //The separation light//, or back, or hair light, is designed to help visually separate the subject(s) from the background. | ||
| * //The background light// can be the first or final light to be set for a scene or shot, depending upon the importance of the background lighting in the scene and your lighting style. It’s extremely helpful to have barn doors on this light, so you can control the direction of the light and prevent it from accidentally spraying light in the camera lens. Attach this light to a dimmer. | * //The background light// can be the first or final light to be set for a scene or shot, depending upon the importance of the background lighting in the scene and your lighting style. It’s extremely helpful to have barn doors on this light, so you can control the direction of the light and prevent it from accidentally spraying light in the camera lens. Attach this light to a dimmer. | ||
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| ??? Film Lighting Techniques ("painting with light") | ??? Film Lighting Techniques ("painting with light") | ||
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| * Creating Dimension: | * Creating Dimension: | ||
| * Lighting is the tool to make a 2D image —the frame projected on a screen—appear three-dimensional. To create a convincing three-dimensional image, the subjects and layers of the scene must be separated from each other. This is accomplished with light or color, creating contrasts of light against dark or dark against light, and by strategic placement of lights and color elements. | * Lighting is the tool to make a 2D image —the frame projected on a screen—appear three-dimensional. To create a convincing three-dimensional image, the subjects and layers of the scene must be separated from each other. This is accomplished with light or color, creating contrasts of light against dark or dark against light, and by strategic placement of lights and color elements. | ||
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| * Shoot a scene with several different lighting setups -reset the light for each scene- but make it look consistent. The aim is to make every shot look as good as it can, and create a pleasing visual composition. In some scenes, a character may be lit from completely different directions, or may have different colored lighting on them. If it’s done well, the audience will never notice the lack of continuity. | * Shoot a scene with several different lighting setups -reset the light for each scene- but make it look consistent. The aim is to make every shot look as good as it can, and create a pleasing visual composition. In some scenes, a character may be lit from completely different directions, or may have different colored lighting on them. If it’s done well, the audience will never notice the lack of continuity. | ||
| * Moving lights | * Moving lights | ||
| - | * Light a scene, but have the lights moving so that the lighting changes during the scene. | + | * Light a scene, but have the lights moving so that the lighting changes during the scene. This allows to create atmosphere, as part of the story or as a way of creating a reveal. For example, a light bulb swinging from side to side, or a flashing neon sign to create a disorienting feel, you could light a stage show, or you may have car headlights swing past, light up the scene, and then disappear again as the car pulls away. |
| * Handheld Lights | * Handheld Lights | ||
| * For example, a character using a burning torch to illuminate a cave. The torch only provides part of the light: the set is lit with a dim glow in order to provide some lighting outside the area that would actually be lit and create a more pleasing composition. Cutting to the close shot creates a contract in light levels, from the primarily dark screens at the opening and closing to a brighter shot in the middle of the sequence. | * For example, a character using a burning torch to illuminate a cave. The torch only provides part of the light: the set is lit with a dim glow in order to provide some lighting outside the area that would actually be lit and create a more pleasing composition. Cutting to the close shot creates a contract in light levels, from the primarily dark screens at the opening and closing to a brighter shot in the middle of the sequence. | ||
| * Silhouettes | * Silhouettes | ||
| - | * Can be created by placing a dominant, key light at the back of the scene. | + | * Silhouettes can be a way to add drama to a scene. Place a dominant, key light at the back of the scene. |
| * Shadows | * Shadows | ||
| + | * are used to add anxiety, mystery, suspense to the scene. | ||
| + | * [[http://www.cinematography.com/index.php?showtopic=60675|How to gain a raindrops shadow effect?]] | ||
| - | ??? Lighting interviews | + | ??? Inverse Square Law of Light |
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| ??? Various tutorials | ??? Various tutorials | ||
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| + | ??? Light Ratios | ||
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| - | ??? Light sources: | + | {{youtube>GasmmsK6k84?medium}} |
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| + | ??? Light sources | ||
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| * Type of fixtures that hold lamps: | * Type of fixtures that hold lamps: | ||
| * Open-faced and Fresnel-lensed lights -- hard light; | * Open-faced and Fresnel-lensed lights -- hard light; | ||
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| * Light Emitting Plasma (LEP) | * Light Emitting Plasma (LEP) | ||
| * Reflections and reflectors | * Reflections and reflectors | ||
| - | * DIY cheap solutions | + | * Tips and DIY cheap solutions: |
| + | * Dimmers. By changing intensity of the tungsten light, you change its temperature, thus the light color. | ||
| + | * Batten strip/Covered Wagon/Strip light: These are increasingly cheap to make and the most versatile. These consist of pony cleat porcelain sockets, wired in a series, and screwed into a strip of batten (any length you want). Zip wire (18/2 wire) and quickons are all you need to wire them together (if you're feeling ambitious throw a rotary dimmer on the end of it). You can use regular household Edison incandescent bulbs on this fixture just make sure you don't go over the max amperage of the wire. After you've done the electrical business, take a piece of chicken wire and extended it over the bulbs along the length of your fixture, leaving a couple of inches between the chicken wire and bulbs. This not only makes it safer but also allows you to affix diffusion to the fixture thus; covered wagon. | ||
| + | * Chinese Lanterns/ China Balls: offer an inexpensive, yet very efficient way, of creating a soft light source. They can be used off-camera, and yet when needed, they can be placed within a scene as a practical light. Affix the lantern over a bare bulb socket (make your own or steal one from a clip light or lamp). | ||
| + | * Clip lights: These are great low budget back lights. You can also cover the front with a lot of diffusion to make what so-called a "basher"; small diffused fill with a lot of punch. | ||
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| + | ??? Soft and hard lights | ||
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| + | ??? Negative Fill. What is it, how to use? | ||
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