We discussed a lot, after the project one.
In fact, we all think the project one isn’t a good video, especially the seaside part, something not in the whole balance. For the project two, we decided to try something new. As there are too many uncontrollable factors to shoot outside and the limited time for us, we decided to film in the studio. From 3 pm to 9 pm on that Friday, everyone made the effort.
Jialu drew it, right, I know it’s hard to understand.
This time we didn’t use the one take model to film, and we only used two Arri 1000K light. These two points I think are the biggest differences, compared to the last time.
At the beginning of the filming, we faced a big question which delayed our filming time.
We were going to make this shot, and we thought we can achieve this feeling and effect by turning off all the lights in the studio, creating a totally dark space. However, it was not working because once we made this space in total darkness, every tiny light dot or area that we won’t notice usually came out. For example, the light of emergency exit sign.
Later, we got a help from our friends who also study in RMIT. He suggests us to turn all the lights in the studio first because it won’t matter too much when the Arri 1000K on. Well, suddenly I understood what we should do to create that. The Arri 1000K is powerful enough to light the character, we need to adjust the ISO on the camera, and the white balance.
We have two Arri 1000K, but in most of the time, there is only one was using, the one that we used the sunlight to light the character from the outside. The another Arri 1000K was just set there as you can see in some shot, it only used when Jialu stands in front of the light, she wants to have the backlight effect to increase the dramatic feeling of this video.
Don’t be confused about the shadow on her face, that’s the shadow of the bar, and the light on her body is the sunlight.
Moreover, this time we want to express the passage of time, we changed the light direction times by times, to imitate the sunrise to sundown. We added more details, compared to the project one. We prepared dry leaves, cigarette buts, and the coffee with milk (Meursault’s favorite drink).
The main light that we used as the sunlight in this video, created the lonely and non-hope atmosphere. Even because of the simple composition of the screen, the only light will guide the audience simply find out the object and pay more attention to the content and meaning of what we want to express.