During a class lesson, we were having group discussions on ways of how to improve the quality of our video work that we done through the technical element of lighting. We needed to develop a sense of style on our own production work so to start with, we looked at how lighting effects sources and colours. We looked at a quote from 'Broadwell & Thompson' which was "In making a documentary", the film-maker may be limited to shoot with the light available in the actual surroundings.
Most fictional films however, use extra light sources to obtain greater control of the images. In most fictional films, the table lamp and street light you see in the mise-en-scene are not the principle source of illumination for the filming.” Most fictional films use light sources to get hold of greater control of the images.
We were then given two images from the film 'Forest Gump' to look at and were to have group discussions about the different types of lighting used in this shot that we notice as well as the shadows.
From this image we are able to see that shows use a lot of natural light which makes the lighting seem very soft it gives a cool and calm style to the shot. It also shows a lot of attached shadows but only if you look closely can you notice them. If you look under Forests' blazer sleeve you can see that both characters are placed under a tree due to the darkened light. The lightest part of the image is at the back on the right, which shows little sun.
This second image that we looked at shows a use of hard lighting which makes the image look very artificial. The hard quality creates a bleached effect on the clothes of the characters meaning we are unable to see any shape of attached shadows. If we focus on the background, we can see that it differs by a large amount in comparison to the first image. You can also see that the brightness is blurred out due to the amount of contrast in the image.
The next image that we were given to look at is a scene from the film 'Harry Potter' which we were told to have another group discussion where we noticed additional lighting they have chosen to add into this scene. The light source is intended to be coming from the old style street lamps. This would not however illuminate the characters enough and would cause a lot of shadow.
On the set of Harry Potter, the film makers in this shot needed to take into account the amount of available sources of light they had and how they will be able to use the sources of light. This is why the street lamps are used to add extra light.
Next we looked at two images of which we had to identify how different sources of light can create a specific atmosphere.The first image that we looked at is of a plain corridor with no movement or anything specific involved in it.
We can see that the hard lighting creates a reflection which bounces off the walls and doors of the corridor. We are then able to say that the light in this picture is therefore a source of natural lighting.
In the second image, the lighting is contrasted as shadows have been created below the lightsas well as other essentials of light that are hidden in the ceiling within the image. With this happening, we can now notice the middle of the corridor.
Next we looked at two images of which we had to identify how different sources of light can create a specific atmosphere.The first image that we looked at is of a plain corridor with no movement or anything specific involved in it.
In the second image, the lighting is contrasted as shadows have been created below the lightsas well as other essentials of light that are hidden in the ceiling within the image. With this happening, we can now notice the middle of the corridor.
If you look carefully, you can see another light below the character which reflects his face facial expressions. An additional light source can also be seen at the end of the corridor, which makes it noticeable and recognisable to the audience.
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