Lighting exercise

Lighting


There are many types of lighting used in movies these include; The key light, The back light, The filler light, Under lighting, Top lighting, Low and high key lighting,Film noir,
The key light is the brightest and most influential lighting.
The back light helps contract the effect of the key light and makes a silhouette.
The filler light helps soften light shadows and makes the person on camera look more youthful.
Under lighting is when the main source of light comes from below the subject, it is mainly used in thrillers and horrors.
Top lighting is when the main source of light comes from above the subject it gives the person on camera a more glamourous look.
Low key lighting is created by using key and back lighting this creates a sharp contrast between bright and dark colours, it also creates distinct shadows. Low key lighting is also known as the CHIAROSCURO.


This is a scene from the 1922 film Nosferatu where low key lighting is used to make a sharp contrast between the dark and light colours in the scene.
High key lighting is made by using more filler lights this makes the lighting seem more realistic to the  viewers.

This is a scene from the film Suspicion where lighting is used to create tension and highlight the milk.

Sound exercise

In this film we were trying to create a mysterious atmosphere where the good guy seen walking at the start of the scene is taken by a psycho killer seen leaving bloodied up at the end.
In this scene we tried to used diagetic and non diagetic sounds. These were the car sound which cant be seen and the door closing. We also used a sound at the end which didnt fit in with the scene, this didn't however create the effect that we were hoping for.
The best sound effect was when the door closes as we fitted in the sound just perfectly so that the audience hears it just as the door closes.
The car at the start of the scene didn't fit in very well however as we are new to the editing software this was the best that our ability allowed us to do.
I think the sound effects were used quite well and I am happy with the scene.
Overall I think this was a good attempt as it is our first time using the microphone and we are still getting accustomed with the editing software, I am happy with this scene as all of our problems can be fixed with practice.

As Media Studies- Written Assignment (Camera Angles)

My Video

In this video the story we were trying to portray is the good guy being chased down by the bad guy. In the end the bad guy kills the good guy and walks away as if nothing has happened. The bad guy is a serial killer who is on a rampage. The baddy hits the good guy with his signature murder weapon, which is a big rock!

In this video we tried to use every camera successful angle that was listed however we do not think we captured a tracking shot and a tilt shot this is because we couldn’t find a place to use them in the atmosphere that we was trying to create and we couldn’t find a suitable place in the story line where those camera angles/ shots would smoothly fit in.

We chose to do the shot types and camera angles that we did because it fitted in with the mysterious atmosphere that we were trying to recreate. I think that the angles and shots we used made the scene come across how we wanted and all of the angles and shots in the right places. The shots and angles that we used made our scene look smooth and professional.

In some the shot was a little shaky, this is because this is our first time ever filming and we were still trying to get used to the equipment, which was provided. However towards the end of the video the filming gets a lot smoother as we became more comfortable using the equipment provided.

In the beginning of the scene as we were trying to get used to the equipment you see a pair of feet running however there were supposed to be 2two this did not come across in the video as the first persons feet was out of frame. After this point though our framing was relatively successful. You don’t ever get to see the murderers face as this was deliberately cut out to keep the mysterious atmosphere.

Overall I think our scene was very successful as for our first attempt we used to correct angles, shots and the scene was pretty smooth and nice to watch. You can see how the quality of filming improves as the scene goes on this is because we began to get comfortable with our equipment. To make the scene better we could have framed the earlier shots better as some aspects of the shot were cut out or even missed out completely but overall I thing that as a first attempt our scene was very successful indeed!