Film TV 1 – Analysis and Reflection 10

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

The main topic of the seventh lecture was lighting. More specifically, the lecture covered the power and capability of light, the different forms in which it comes, and how to maintain control over it in a film shoot setting.

One of the most useful points I found was about the power of cutters and blacks. Previously, I had underestimated the utility of using pieces of white or black cardboard to control light, but when they were used to demonstrate how to either increase soft light or take away fill light, it became clear that these little bits of equipment would be invaluable in a film shoot. This became very relevant to our short film project as the whole film was shot outside. Lack of powerpoints meant limited access to lights, yet it didn’t really hinder the shoot as we had cutters and blacks to help control lighting anyway.

This was basically another point from the lecture that became very apparent at the shoot: that lights aren’t always needed to light a scene well. Adding artificial light doesn’t necessarily improve the way a scene looks, nor does it demonstrate the ability of the cinematographer. As explained in the lecture, knowing how and when to take away light is just as important. Our shoot didn’t need added light. In fact, it needed less, as the shooting continued past midday even though the film’s story was meant to take place in the early morning.

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