Lighting & Lighting exersise

Year 12 Lighting Excercise

In media studies we have been looking at various different techniques of lighting.
These include:

• Key light
• Back Light
• Filler light
• Under lighting
• Top lighting
• Back lighting
• Low key lighting
• And High key lighting

This is our video we created showing the different types of lighting.

Key lighting is one of the most important light in this excercise. It is the main light that that is commonly seen throughout many films.

Back light is light seen from the behind the characters of a film. sometimes creates a silhouette.

Under lighting is the light seen from below a character to create a 'spooky' mood. Normally seen in horror and thriller films.

Top lighting: Light seen from above, specifically to show the whole of a character. Can be used to represent a good character or a super hero.

Low key lighting

High key lighting

Cinematography/Camera excersise

Cinematography

During the first couple weeks media we started to create a short but detailed thriller presenting the different types and techniques of camera angles

Our group decided to make a thriller with silence and added sound effects for better film effects. We made sure we used the majority of the shots of the camera angles learned in the few weeks into our short piece. These angles included Medium shots, close ups, long shots, crane shot, extreme close up shots, point of view, over-the-shoulder, tilted shots, low angle high angles and panoramic views.

Example of close up

Example of Low angle shot

Example of high angle shot

Panoramic

Over the shoulder

Example of the point-of-view shot

Crane shot

We chose the medium shot commonly because it is used a lot in many films and is a good angle to use at the start of films and for a few people in one scene.

We used the crane shot in a part of our film for a bigger and more visable scene for chases, movement and confusion.

The over the shoulder camera angle was excellent for the first scene as a conversation was taking place. We also wanted the character who's shoulder was being filmed over to be mysterious so we made sure his face was not seen during the film. we also made sure that he was fidgeting with his foot to catch the audiences attention and show more information about the character.

We captured a point of view shot of the chaser trying to search for the person being chased when he lost him. 

I was rarely using the camera but tried my best to hold the camera steady when filming, our teachers told us to use the tripods to more advantages for more steadier shots. 

The things we did well was mainly the editing of the film as we had a lot of outside-side of the classroom knowledge also with good ideas. Next time we will need to complete our film in a shorter time for more editing. The big improvements we have to make for next time is the steadiness of the camera, seeing as it was some of our very first times filming, we will continuously get better and be more creative.

Key technical components of a film (macro + Micro)

Key technical components of a film can be divided into two key categories:
Macro and
Micro.

Genre
What is Genre? The term refers to a category of media products that are classified as being similar in form or type. for example: Western type Genre, Action, Thriller etc.

Narrative
The narrative is the way events are revealed to the audience.
Story: a story is basically a series of evens that often are referred to as the plot.
Narratives can also be split into two different categories. Linear and non-linear

Linear is the sequence of events that are shown in the order that they took place-Beginning middle and end.
Non-linear is a sequence of events that are revealed out of the expected order. for example Pulp fiction.