How do you light a scene if you're gonna go handheld? Especially when the scene calls a lot of camera movement. How do you maintain the lighting?
lighting How exactly do you light a scene if you're gonna go handheld.
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a lot of camera movement does not translate to one long shot. Break the scene up into shots, and reposition the lights every shot???
a lot of camera movement does not translate to one long shot. Break the scene up into shots, and reposition the lights every shot???
You light from above. Hanging lights, flags and scrims will
avoid getting the stands in the shot.
avoid getting the stands in the shot.
All of the above. Take a look at your shot list, see what can be broken out. If you are trying to do long takes, find ways to hang lights out of the shot, use practicals, or hide them within the set. That last one can work, but takes time and care to make sure they are out or hidden at all angles of your shot.
And you can also use lighting that is visible. Existing lamps etc in the right places as fill...
Is this a generic question or is it for something specific, like a specific set/setting/scene? Can you describe the environment, time of day, mood, what the actors are doing and the feeling you want with the camera.
As a generic answer. I enjoy most the films where the light varies as the camera and the actors move around in a space.
Cheers
Gregg
As a generic answer. I enjoy most the films where the light varies as the camera and the actors move around in a space.
Cheers
Gregg
Try to pause frames in different movies and figure out what the lighting setup must be. Its good practice and ull learn a lot that way.
And as David said, The Office mostly has overhead lighting which suits their subject matter and at the same time gives them the freedom to move the camera quite a bit.
And as David said, The Office mostly has overhead lighting which suits their subject matter and at the same time gives them the freedom to move the camera quite a bit.