Lighting

I attended a lighting demo today and thought id share soem of what i have learned from the demo and also tips we've picked up from class, we went through a few different kits on how to set them up and where to position them firstly we looked a 2point lighting where the subject on the camera is light up by two lights one main light and one filler to light the shadows although this makes it look good it can still be improved, if the fill light is too bright it contrasts with the main light so its a good idea to pop a filter on the light to dim it down so it isn't so harsh this creates a slight on one side of there face, but to really enhance the lighting its a good idea to introduce 3 point lighting in which another light is placed behind the subject lighting the top of there head,this really helps to lift the subject out of the background. Another small tip i picked up which seems useful is to use a a spot light to light up the background, this just makes the background look more interesting rather than dull and dark. I really enjoyed the demo because it taught us some useful tips for future projects we were also able to get our hands on the equipment and get used to using it along with picking up tips on where to place lights as well, overall a very enjoyable demo which will put me in good stead for future projects.

Cut-aways

With our recent error shooting cutaways i thought i would write about what i have learned from my mistakes on my blog, we recently shot cut aways but didnt record the sound along with it!! Its impotant to record the sound even if you use voice over or music over the peice because your shot wont seem natural if there isnt any real sound to it!!! Ive also learned that its important to keep the continuity right for example if we shhot some one walking along to the left then the next shot they are walking towards the right it wouldnt look right, you need to be thinking what is going down on the tape at all times. In our documentary Hannah did one of interviews waering certain clothes as we didnt get the cutaways done properly we will need to make sure that she is wearing the same clothes as she was in the interview otherways the continuity will be wrong. remember you can never get enough cutaways becasue you never know what might need patching up in the edit so shoot as many as you can and you dont have to use them all.