Lighting Workshop

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2. Effective Lighting • There are four aspects of lighting that you need to remember: • Intensity • Direction • Quality • Colour Paul Rudd BSSC 12-2002 Page 2

3. Your task is to write down the slide number and record the direction and intensity of the light. You also need to indicate the mood or ambience that is created be the different lighting techniques. Paul Rudd BSSC 12-2002 Page 3

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24. Developing a Lighting Plan Good lighting never happens by accident. If you want to get the lighting right in your SAT, you will need to develop a lighting plan for all of your scenes or images. The correct balance of light is difficult to achieve and requires planning. Paul Rudd BSSC 12-2002 Page 24

25. By completing the following exercise, you will be developing your knowledge and satisfying a component of two different tasks. By developing a lighting plan you will be enhancing your knowledge of film narrative, which is part of your coursework for this outcome. You will also be developing skills for your Design Plan, which is worth 10% of your overall mark. (1/3 of your SAT result is derived from the plan itself). Paul Rudd BSSC 12-2002 Page 24

26. Imagine you are to shoot a scene in a movie in which the bad guy plots the murder of the hero. This is a crucial scene in which the motivation of a major character is revealed for the first time. You want the audience to immediately understand that this character is a bad guy. What lighting techniques can you use to get this idea across to the audience? Your teacher will give you a sheet on which to lay out your lighting plan. Paul Rudd BSSC 12-2002 Page 24

27. Indicate where your light source(s) are to be positioned. Take into account the four values of intensity, direction, quality and colour of each light. You can shade the areas which will be in shadow if you wish. Paul Rudd BSSC 12-2002

28. Intensity=40% Quality=floodlight, negative ambience Direction=wide-angle, downwards Light from directly above: Colour=green gel Intensity=50% Quality=positive ambience Direction=narrow-angle, upwards, to the right Light from below and to the left of camera Colour=clear/white Intensity=60% Quality=, positive ambience (to provide contrast) Direction=narrow-angle, downwards Light from front, below and to the right of camera Colour=light yellow gel Paul Rudd BSSC 12-2002

29. Can you notice the difference between the last image and this one, which has a more typical overhead lighting arrangement? Which is more effective at communicating the idea that this is a bad guy? Why? Paul Rudd BSSC 12-2002

30. Homework (while watching television tonight). Write down a paragraph that outlines the lighting plan of any scene that strikes you as particularly powerful. You can do this during the ad break, (unless the show is on the ABC or SBS)! You will need this exercise for your next media class. Paul Rudd BSSC 12-2002