3 Point lighting really interested me. I had heard about it before and used it before in films that I crewed on. It consists of a key light, a fill light and a back light and basically make things look very pretty, enhancing the cinematography (something I am very interested in).

Back when I was 16 I did a short course in film and we learnt about 3 point lighting and how it is classically used in Hollywood films since they love glorifying things and making everything and everyone good looking. I also remember hearing that Australian films tend to do this less due to their raw and stylistic nature. I am not sure if this is true but from what I’ve seen Australian films do have a more real and raw feel to them that makes them seem less like a typical Hollywood Blockbuster.

I loved the idea of playing around with all the lights so I am a little disappointed we didn’t get to in class. It seems odd that now we can just take the lights and do what we want with them rather than physically practising setting them up and all.

The gels and all the chances to play around with the colour temperature of scenes excites me. A lot.