Well, my first shoot didn’t go well. The weather wasn’t great and my actor had an emergency to attend so she couldn’t make it. I guess I shouldn’t expect that everything will go smoothly..

However it was actually a good chance for me to try out and experiment with the lights. I borrowed the LED panels as well as the dedo lights from the tech office. I found an empty class and decided to pop in. Have to admit I wasn’t very sure of what I wanted at that time, but I still managed to get the chance to experiment which was pretty cool.

Basically my goal for this first shoot was to just try and see how the different lights could affect a particular scene. Since my location was in a classroom, I decided to film a typical student scene. I started out by using no artificial lighting, just the lights that was present in the classroom.

TAKE ONE : No artificial lighting. 

TAKE TWO : LED Panel @ 75%

TAKE THREE : LED Panel @ 75% + DEDO Backlight 50%

TAKE Four : LED Panel @ 75% + DEDO Backlight 50% ( 1/4 Blue Filter )

TAKE FIVE : LED Panel @ 75% + DEDO Backlight 50% ( 1/4 Blue Filter ) + DEDO Front (1/2 Filter Blue)

Light test 1 from Allison Teo on Vimeo.

Observation

To be honest, the first shot actually looked alright to me. It was definitely something that I would have gone ahead and film before embarking on this investigation. However, while comparing the first and my fifth shot, I realised that there is a huge difference between both.

In the first video, the subject was blended into the background. I felt that in general, the last take showed more details in the shot that was left out from the beginning. The only issue I have is that the shadows created by my front light is pretty obvious in the picture. That was something that I did not take note while filming.

Currently am considering the best way to edit a video to show my findings from this mini experiment.

LED Panels

DEDO Backlight

DEDO Frontlight + Camera