Because we are filming the majority of our trailer outside in a field we cannot use professional lighting such as the ones seen to the right because we have no source of electricity. This causes us many problems. We want the first section of our trailer to be filmed in the dark but we need some kind of lighting so the characters can be seen. So to try and overcome this we came up with a few ideas the first was to film in the daylight and then edit it to make it look as though we filmed in the daytime. But if you look at our second set of shots video it can be easily seen that the shadows from the sun can be seen on the floor making the clips look like they have been filmed in the daylight even with editing involved which is what we did not want. Our next idea was to simple film in the dark but use lots of torches to light up our character. Although this was better (see third set of shots) on some clips it is easily seen that we used these which is also what we do not want. So when we go filming again us have decided we will get even more torches but this time get big ones and place them on the floor so we do not have to hold them on the character but just so there is a background light and the character can be seen so it does not look wrong. Also it means there is not a person running along with 'Lilie' trying to keep lighting on her, if there are lots of torches perhaps in a line.
Thursday, 8 December 2011
Lighting of the trailer
When filming our trailer for the movie one of the hardest things we discovered and still discovering is how to use the lighting.
Because we are filming the majority of our trailer outside in a field we cannot use professional lighting such as the ones seen to the right because we have no source of electricity. This causes us many problems. We want the first section of our trailer to be filmed in the dark but we need some kind of lighting so the characters can be seen. So to try and overcome this we came up with a few ideas the first was to film in the daylight and then edit it to make it look as though we filmed in the daytime. But if you look at our second set of shots video it can be easily seen that the shadows from the sun can be seen on the floor making the clips look like they have been filmed in the daylight even with editing involved which is what we did not want. Our next idea was to simple film in the dark but use lots of torches to light up our character. Although this was better (see third set of shots) on some clips it is easily seen that we used these which is also what we do not want. So when we go filming again us have decided we will get even more torches but this time get big ones and place them on the floor so we do not have to hold them on the character but just so there is a background light and the character can be seen so it does not look wrong. Also it means there is not a person running along with 'Lilie' trying to keep lighting on her, if there are lots of torches perhaps in a line.
Because we are filming the majority of our trailer outside in a field we cannot use professional lighting such as the ones seen to the right because we have no source of electricity. This causes us many problems. We want the first section of our trailer to be filmed in the dark but we need some kind of lighting so the characters can be seen. So to try and overcome this we came up with a few ideas the first was to film in the daylight and then edit it to make it look as though we filmed in the daytime. But if you look at our second set of shots video it can be easily seen that the shadows from the sun can be seen on the floor making the clips look like they have been filmed in the daylight even with editing involved which is what we did not want. Our next idea was to simple film in the dark but use lots of torches to light up our character. Although this was better (see third set of shots) on some clips it is easily seen that we used these which is also what we do not want. So when we go filming again us have decided we will get even more torches but this time get big ones and place them on the floor so we do not have to hold them on the character but just so there is a background light and the character can be seen so it does not look wrong. Also it means there is not a person running along with 'Lilie' trying to keep lighting on her, if there are lots of torches perhaps in a line.
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