Throughout the exercises, we haven’t used any lighting rigs, rather depending on natural light to illuminate our scenes. Natural light has been adequate for the exercises we have done so far, however as we are becoming more experimental with our shots and composition, it may also be useful to start thinking about how mood lighting can add another dimension to our scenes.

Lighting choices will be dependent on the script and the way in which I wish to interpret it. It is also dependent on the location chosen for the scene. My current thoughts are to not worry so much about setting up lights unless it is pertinent to my interpretation of the script and is a mood piece.

There are already so many other concerns to do with the camera positioning, framing, composition, angles, movement, as well as sound, that adding another element of lighting may become overwhelming. While lighting can add another dimension to a scene, it is not necessarily something that I want to worry too much about and would rather focus on beautiful framing and scene coverage.