Lighting Workshop

 In today’s lesson we had a workshop where we started to look into studio lighting for music videos. 

The first light that we looked at is a film making light called a red head light. 

The first step that we were told is to try and correctly position the light as close to the top camera as possible for the best results. This is called single point lighting.These lights are very bright and tend to have a really harsh shadow. However l, these lights have the tendency to end up blowing. So in order to resolve this possibility. There is a form of mesh stopping the glass from the bulb going everywhere. 

For a softer lighting effect we can use a form of semi-transparent paper called frost to diffuse the lighting for a damper effect. I recon that in our music video we will most definitely be using frost for our lighting in our music videos. 

Three point lighting is one of the most commonly used light techniques used. Often found on live TV and interviews. The three points are the Key light which is the main light, the Phil light which is meant to be slightly less powerful than the key in order to get rid of shadows. The final light is called the back light. The name of the the light that we are using for this is called a blonde due to its colour. This backlight is brighter than al of the others. The technique to using it is that you need it to be raised and slightly pointed down. This gives the shot a sense of depth to the shot and edges out the main character or object in focus. 

One of the lights that really struck out to me were the fluorescent lights due to the colour that they radiate in the shots that our teacher was using as an example. Having two colours that are contrasting have the ability to also compliment the subject in focus. With this lighting technique i feel as though we are going to be able to achieve some really good looking shots when we begin our production stage.