Entry 13 - Lighting and Storyboard
Today we discussed more lighting techniques. After Mr Andrews had a look through some of our storyboards, he realised that lots of people didn't know stuff about hotspots and exposures (me).
A hotspot is a spot in the shot/frame where the light shines really brightly specifically onto there. This creates a spot with bright lighting, eating up the rest of the light source. Therefore, a hot spot would be bad for film noir as lighting in film noir is essential.
To get rid of hotspots, you have to first tap on the hot spot and then lower the exposure of the camera. I'm not sure if this can be done for my phone (Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge), as Mr. Andrews only showed it for an iPhone 6.
Mr Andrews also looked through our storyboards today. The things he noted are:
1. Make it darker. It would be better if the shadow of the box is cast onto the face.
2. Put more light; have a balance. Too much noise and grayscale.
3. Make it canted and the shadow bigger. It would be better if he's placed on the line of third.
4. Cast shadow back towards the camera. Long shadow towards the ground cast onto the legs.
5. Move the camera 15 degrees to the right. Have the line in the middle on the angle, don't make it go straight through the characters head.
6. Use more frame space; zoom the characters in.
7.Maybe more shadow on the left and have the free frame space on the right.
8. Camera angle could be a bit lower.
9. Alright.
10. Have investigator more in the film to show power.
11. Higher shot and long shadows on the ground. The trick is to make the two crouch down to make it seem as if the femme fatale is really power.
12. Shadow could be more on the face to show that the femme fatale is evil.
13. Make background dark and get rid of hotspot.
In general he said:
1. When you're filming a shot consider eveything that is happening in the story. Is the character powerful or weak in this scene? Is he evil or nice?
2. The person with the most power should have the most real estate.
3. If there is one person in the shot, consider the power and the position that the character is in. Use angles and different camera positions to make that apparent. The less space the character has for them to move makes him weak. The opposite of this counts for the powerful. Make use of frame space.
In class, we tried redoing shots 11 and 13 since I couldn't do them at home (Lack of people). We tried it different lots of different angles and positions. Since we wanted the femme fatale to seem superior, we tried having her shadow big on the wall. We also wanted her whole body to be in the frame, while Jack's body was either cut off or taking less space than the femme fatale's. However, we still couldn't get the shots that we wanted, sorted out. We tried moving the light to make it bigger on the wall and put more harsh light on the femme Fatale's face, but it still didn't look good. Therefore, we're going to ask Mr. Andrews next lesson to help us out.
In addition, after thinking about using lower exposures and hotspots, I reckon I should film my whole interrogation scene again. I didn't have any idea about exposure :/ I think my film will be 120% better with the right exposure.
A hotspot is a spot in the shot/frame where the light shines really brightly specifically onto there. This creates a spot with bright lighting, eating up the rest of the light source. Therefore, a hot spot would be bad for film noir as lighting in film noir is essential.
To get rid of hotspots, you have to first tap on the hot spot and then lower the exposure of the camera. I'm not sure if this can be done for my phone (Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge), as Mr. Andrews only showed it for an iPhone 6.
Mr Andrews also looked through our storyboards today. The things he noted are:
1. Make it darker. It would be better if the shadow of the box is cast onto the face.
2. Put more light; have a balance. Too much noise and grayscale.
3. Make it canted and the shadow bigger. It would be better if he's placed on the line of third.
4. Cast shadow back towards the camera. Long shadow towards the ground cast onto the legs.
5. Move the camera 15 degrees to the right. Have the line in the middle on the angle, don't make it go straight through the characters head.
6. Use more frame space; zoom the characters in.
7.Maybe more shadow on the left and have the free frame space on the right.
8. Camera angle could be a bit lower.
9. Alright.
10. Have investigator more in the film to show power.
11. Higher shot and long shadows on the ground. The trick is to make the two crouch down to make it seem as if the femme fatale is really power.
12. Shadow could be more on the face to show that the femme fatale is evil.
13. Make background dark and get rid of hotspot.
In general he said:
1. When you're filming a shot consider eveything that is happening in the story. Is the character powerful or weak in this scene? Is he evil or nice?
2. The person with the most power should have the most real estate.
3. If there is one person in the shot, consider the power and the position that the character is in. Use angles and different camera positions to make that apparent. The less space the character has for them to move makes him weak. The opposite of this counts for the powerful. Make use of frame space.
In class, we tried redoing shots 11 and 13 since I couldn't do them at home (Lack of people). We tried it different lots of different angles and positions. Since we wanted the femme fatale to seem superior, we tried having her shadow big on the wall. We also wanted her whole body to be in the frame, while Jack's body was either cut off or taking less space than the femme fatale's. However, we still couldn't get the shots that we wanted, sorted out. We tried moving the light to make it bigger on the wall and put more harsh light on the femme Fatale's face, but it still didn't look good. Therefore, we're going to ask Mr. Andrews next lesson to help us out.
In addition, after thinking about using lower exposures and hotspots, I reckon I should film my whole interrogation scene again. I didn't have any idea about exposure :/ I think my film will be 120% better with the right exposure.
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