Three-point Lighting
Three-point Lighting -
In this session, we spent our time looking at different lighting techniques within the studio and to understand the whole basis of three-point lighting. Three-point lighting involves using three lights in total - the key light which is the main light at the front view, the rim light which a light focused around the back of the setup and the fill light which tends to fill in any gaps of lighting to cover up any shadows or to achieve specific effects. Now, there were 4 different three-point lighting setups that we looked at and used, to test how lighting affects different aspects of filming. Whilst looking at these setups, we had to record the key factors of each setup like the health and safety side of things and the use of each setup.
The first setup our group looked at was arri lights that had different coloured gels which were used in this particular setup to create a horror lighting scene. These lights had a power usage of 900 watts in total, meaning they have a power usage of 300 watts each, and this created a rather bright atmosphere without the coloured gels. When the coloured gels were in place, it created a darker atmosphere or perhaps a colder atmosphere when we were using the blue gels. A good thing about these lights is that they have a decent enough focus so that we could focus the light a lot better on specific areas; this created a sharper effect with the lighting coming up from below the model, i.e. making the scene appear more horror like. Now when using these cameras, especially with the light being beneath the model facing upwards, we have to be careful to not blind the individual or cause any damage to their vision. There's also that problem with the cameras overheating or the potential problem of causing the plug sockets to blow. Luckily each socket can hold 3200 watts so this was an unlikely risk.
The second setup was again using arri lights but this time without the coloured gels. This
In this session, we spent our time looking at different lighting techniques within the studio and to understand the whole basis of three-point lighting. Three-point lighting involves using three lights in total - the key light which is the main light at the front view, the rim light which a light focused around the back of the setup and the fill light which tends to fill in any gaps of lighting to cover up any shadows or to achieve specific effects. Now, there were 4 different three-point lighting setups that we looked at and used, to test how lighting affects different aspects of filming. Whilst looking at these setups, we had to record the key factors of each setup like the health and safety side of things and the use of each setup.
The first setup our group looked at was arri lights that had different coloured gels which were used in this particular setup to create a horror lighting scene. These lights had a power usage of 900 watts in total, meaning they have a power usage of 300 watts each, and this created a rather bright atmosphere without the coloured gels. When the coloured gels were in place, it created a darker atmosphere or perhaps a colder atmosphere when we were using the blue gels. A good thing about these lights is that they have a decent enough focus so that we could focus the light a lot better on specific areas; this created a sharper effect with the lighting coming up from below the model, i.e. making the scene appear more horror like. Now when using these cameras, especially with the light being beneath the model facing upwards, we have to be careful to not blind the individual or cause any damage to their vision. There's also that problem with the cameras overheating or the potential problem of causing the plug sockets to blow. Luckily each socket can hold 3200 watts so this was an unlikely risk.
The second setup was again using arri lights but this time without the coloured gels. This
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