Lighting: Editing Workshop

           

           

These two videos are footage from the low key lighting we did in the studio. We were practising Low key to get good shots for the Kuleshov effect which is where you use different things like food or other objects to represent how some one is feeling. To get this effect we made the room pitch black and the key light source was just a light on a phone. The equipment we used was a cannon 5d, tripod and the phone which was the key light. we were shooting on aperture f/22. The low key lighting is by far my favourite lighting technique that we have done. Its is really simple to do and has a great effect. I also think that the use of the table and bowl of sup looks really good swell as the colours of the table cloths and the bowl when slightly lit gives off quite a strange feel to it.

Health & Safety

Because we were filming in the dark there was some risks we had to consider such as people not walking around whilst filming as the lights were turned off and there was wires on the floor. There were also other equipment in there for photography such as lamps etc so we had to make sure they were stored away into the corner so they weren't hazards.

New Wave

These shots are new wave because we used an innovative light source, in this case a light from a mobile phone. We used innovative light sources as we didn't have a big budget, like new wave director Dennis Hopper, who used innovative light sources and reflectors throughout the film Easy Rider. This low cost approach to film making is what distinguishes new wave productions and sets them apart from more mainstream productions. Ever since Godard and the French new wave broke the rules of cinema in the early 60's with films such as Breathless, filmmakers have been given the freedom to make use of the resources that are available to them which has led to a distinctive set of stylistic practices. These shots turned out to be highly stylistic and give our production a really great 'look', they are some of my favourite shots that we have produced so far. They also follow the production design features that we set out in our brief for the shoot.