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cinematography What is the white board and screen for?
- Thread starter RaymondLeggs
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Can you be a little more specific? There's a lot going on in that 18-minute video.
The white board and screen you are talking about (around the 4 minute mark?) are used to light outside scenes. The white board is a reflector, which essentially means they are using the sun as natural light, and are controlling it by choosing which way angle it will hit the actors at.
EX.
http://d1ax9dx3gero0.cloudfront.net...producing-harsh-sunlit-shots-before-after.jpg
http://www.natashaleighblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/beforeafter3(pp_w860_h666).jpg
http://static.squarespace.com/stati.../5092f42ee4b00927707a3f02/1351808046304/1000w
http://www.alexbeadonphotography.co...ads/2011/06/ReflectorLovin1(pp_w650_h325).jpg
Certain boards and diffusers will be used to change the color tone of scenes, and can make the lighting harsher/softer/lighter/darker/cooler/warmer.
EX.
http://d1ax9dx3gero0.cloudfront.net...producing-harsh-sunlit-shots-before-after.jpg
http://www.natashaleighblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/beforeafter3(pp_w860_h666).jpg
http://static.squarespace.com/stati.../5092f42ee4b00927707a3f02/1351808046304/1000w
http://www.alexbeadonphotography.co...ads/2011/06/ReflectorLovin1(pp_w650_h325).jpg
Certain boards and diffusers will be used to change the color tone of scenes, and can make the lighting harsher/softer/lighter/darker/cooler/warmer.
The white board on the ground here? :
http://youtu.be/mcQl5rP5IeE?t=3m30s
That's being used as a bounce board
Later on there's the net & a handheld bounce board:
http://youtu.be/mcQl5rP5IeE?t=4m10s
Fwiw, the net's a "double" (with the red trim). A "single" has green trim. You'll see scrims used on lighting, with the same colours. It cuts down the light passing through it. Light control is extremely important on set; even outside.
Btw, you can get that handheld bounce board at Home Depot for a few bux, in the insulation aisle. Silver on one side; white on the other. Cut it in half, if you like, to make square "pizza boxes" - and improve them with by covering them in different materials for different purposes. Maybe some matte metallic silver instead of hi-relflect. Play around.
...and that's all I'm examining for you, from that flick. It was awful.
http://youtu.be/mcQl5rP5IeE?t=3m30s
That's being used as a bounce board
Later on there's the net & a handheld bounce board:
http://youtu.be/mcQl5rP5IeE?t=4m10s
Fwiw, the net's a "double" (with the red trim). A "single" has green trim. You'll see scrims used on lighting, with the same colours. It cuts down the light passing through it. Light control is extremely important on set; even outside.
Btw, you can get that handheld bounce board at Home Depot for a few bux, in the insulation aisle. Silver on one side; white on the other. Cut it in half, if you like, to make square "pizza boxes" - and improve them with by covering them in different materials for different purposes. Maybe some matte metallic silver instead of hi-relflect. Play around.
...and that's all I'm examining for you, from that flick. It was awful.
