Exercise #8 reflection

For exercise 8, we shot two same scenes in two different location. It was supposed to shot in the west foyer and east foyer, but we failed to do that. Our group first went to the west foyer, it was very crowed with many people passing by, and it was very dark as well. We got a fluorescent light, but the socket there is not working, and also some people complain that  we block the entrance.  Our director Matthew decided to change the place to the another east foyer nearby. It was a small place but got a left , a large double door and a socket. We set up the fluorescent light, it was totally over exposed and we can see a strong reflected light block on the lift door. We couldn’t do much about the light, the space is so small. If we choose to do without fluorescent light, we can’t even see the actors’ face clearly. So I guess it depends on Matthew’s choice. I feel like he does not prepare too much about the scene, because I can tell that  he is not familiar with the script. From final edited clip, I think the lighting is totally out of control, and the white balance is not adjusted as well. The scene when they walk from inside to outside is not connected, it feels like missing 2 minutes story between each shots. The outdoor is very bright and has hard sunlight, we didn’t do any about the lighting, we just tell the actors to avoid sunlight when they walk. However, I really like performance by Jackie and Dan, they have done it very well, funny and entertaining.  The nest east foyer is much better than the west foyer, because it is not that crowed, and has more place as well. The lighting is kind too soft, and plus there are white wall around so the reflector is not really working at all. For this one Jialu decided to do one take, she also have tried to adjust the f stop when the camera is moving towards to the outside with hard bright sunlight, although it didn’t come out with a good result, because it gonna take a lot of practice to achieve it, at least we try to make it working.

This exercise is benefit on our ability handing the lighting in different environment ,such as outdoor hard bright sunlight,  and indoor soft dim light.