Comm 231 September 17 2015 Class 4 Lighting Color Additive color system Red Green and Blue Two Primaries Yellow Magenta Cyan get wheel on slides Hue color positions on the color wheel Brightness the addition of black or white color Saturation purity of color no complementary colors in it Full saturation has no Complementary Color Desaturation comes from mixing with the complementary color Color temperature Define The degree of blue or red in white light measured in the kelvin scale For example white light that has more blue in it has higher temperature white light with more red has lower temperature Incandescent lamps soft or warm white compact studio lamps photofloods Common light Source Temperatures Adjusting Light Temperature Color In regards to color design on your film what are two things you can do to make the color or the red flames of the shot appear Give it a cyan background cut from cyan to red source wearing a cyan shirt to make the tip of cig pop What is magic hour Good quality of light no direct light but its lighting the sky A when sun is just below the horizon i e before sunrise after sunset Q What are three ways you can control color in your production A Color Palette the color of objects on the set Filters colored filters on camera lens and light sources Time location time of day of shoot will affect color as will location of shoot Basics of lighting White Balance telling the camera the color temp of the lighting scheme aim camera at standard white card set camera that this is the standard white Lighting kit pic on line A Reflectors bounce light in direction you want it to B Cables C Lamps D E Gloves F Bounce Cards Stands Types of lights incandescent light halogen or tungsten lights floret lights LED kits HMI reproduces day light or moon light comes with generator Control of light a Wattage B Barn doors fit over the lights C Black wrap to make shapes to narrow the beam of light D ND filter on camera mostly used outdoors E Soft Box Umbrellas light inside goes through white material F Gobo cool pattern on set aka flags or cookies Diffusion Equipment Gear 2 Patterns Three point lighting Key light mostly in front of your actor Fill light illuminate the shadows not equal to key using a bounce card Back light Kicker or Hair separation between subject and background Three point lighting Key light Key light and backlight Key light back light and fill Q How do you compensate for shooting a subject against a bright window during a day light situation A increase the indoor fill to match the outside source And color balance the indoor light to match daylight color temperature by putting a gel over the light Q How can you improve the look of shooting in a bland environment A add lighting pattern or Add prop of wall decorations Q How can you achieve the look of three point lighting with only two lights A use a reflector to bounce your key Lighting styles Low key high contrast big bang you can see everything Lighting through Atmosphere back light to make them look dramatic Dialog in ADR record it after the fact cant have it being recorded Lighting Setups Exterior night time 3 Carnival lights Street lamps dull Ex Natural light days of heaven High key sitcoms soaps comedies Low key horror mystery Three point china town Abstract apocalypse 4
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