Lecture 7 Lighting: What was covered? Do you think the content is relevant to your project? And why?

Week seven’s lecture covered the importance of lighting as a reason for the exposure we need for the project, continuity over the whole scene, spatial continuity to make shots match and to providing perspective to control the image in order to superimpose aesthetics. One of the main points the lecture outlined was that lighting is all about decisions and this helps when you know your location and medium.

This knowledge was extremely useful for our projects as it will help us not only light scenes properly, but take advantage of light when we have it and create the proper aesthetic when we don’t; therefore helping create lighting continuity across scenes and plan shooting. Knowing the transiting of the sun will also allow us to plan for the sun to rise in the east and set in the west, therefore adjusting our shots for continuity. In order to be ready for shoot day we should think about the placement of the camera in relation to lighting, manipulate the sequence where you shoot the shots and shoot tests to see how our medium handles situations and responds.