Key Lighting/Fill Lighting/Backlight

Key Light

Key light is one of the most important things that a Cameraman/Photographer could use in a lighting setup. The purpose of 'Key Light' is to directly aim at the person or at the object, to highlight certain parts of the face, or components of the object.

Key Light often only uses one light only that is directed diagonally in front of the person/subject, and the camera is placed in front of them. The position of the person/object can also effect the presentation of the photo/video.

Fill Light

In film or photographic lighting, a fill light may be used to reduce the contrast of a scene. It is usually used to fill in the darkness on one side of the person/object, They usually use this technique in things like films, staging and interviews. This photo is a great example of Fill light 

Backlight

Backlight is a form of illumination, where a light is placed behind the person/object. Any light can be used as a light, from natural to un-natural, the light is usually placed above the person/object, they can also be placed directly behind the subject so it gives it a bright glowing silhouette effect. They can also be referred to a hair lights.

  

5 Shot Method = Interview with J.J the Guitarist

Guitarist: J.J

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXljdpo5I4A

In todays lecture we edited our 5 shot method that we filmed last week, we used Adobe premiere to edit these clips to make an interview.

I started by going down into the performance space and filmed George (J.J) playing the guitar, after we had done that we went to the studio and filmed the interviews as the performance space was too loud. We had to film it and record the sound on a different piece of equipment.

The equipment that we used was:

• Cannon 50D
• ZOOM H4N
• Tripod 
• Props

photography results!

Rule Of Thirds

My Photo - we went into bath and took our own photos of many things to fit into certain types. I took this photo then photoshopped the grid onto the the photo. As you can see the circle map in the middle in the centre of attention and the rest o the grid is background.







Photo from- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rule_of_Thirds-Grand_Canyon_Horse_Shoe_Bend_MC.jpg -  This photo is an example of the Rule of Thirds, i found this photo on google images, which i searched specific photos which can be used by other people. As you can see by this photo this is the Grand Canyon Horse Shoe, this photo is split into thirds to emphasise the middle island the the river going around it. (In the middle third) and the rest of the thirds are background/foreground.                        

Creating Balance

When we went into bath and took this photo to create balance. the main object in this photo is stick on the floor, also with the the bike in the top left corner creates balance but the stick is still the main object as it is in the picture completely unlike the bike.

I got this photo from wikipedia. This photo is a good example of Creating Balance. The main object in the picture is the beetle, but there are other things in the photo like sticks and moss which creates balance because there is still a lot going even though the photograph has the focus on the beetle. 

Depth of Field

This photo we took when went into bath i thought it would be good if i focused of the background and blurred out the bike so it shows that the bike is closer to the camera

Camera Shots

Yesterday we were set a task to go and film some scenes using certain camera shots that we studied,
we filmed a few short clips and we are going to put them all together to create a short film.

We used a Cannon Camera and we also had tripod to film some steady shots, we filmed over the shoulder, wide shot, close up, twoshot, extreme close up. We then out all of thiose together in Adobe Premiere and learnt how to add test to a certain clip.

Earlier in the lesson we looked a some behind the scenes of the film 'The Hobbit', We looked at how the scenes were set in a actual hobbit village also they showed us how many stuff they took to the scene to film what they need to.

In shorter words Pre-production is key!

After we watched the blog clip, we looked at  what we could do when filming our short film.
so we looked at all of the camera angles we saw in a particular clip then planned on what we were going to do when filming

I learned that how much money goes into filmes and keeping everyone on the project happy. also i learnt how to use the camera and how to work with it (actors side)
i learnt how work with the Adobe Premiere edting software 

Importance of Pre-Production

Importance of Pre-Production

we watched a video of a blog, this blog was a video about scenes and locations behind the camera of the film The Hobbit. When i saw the blog i only just realised how much work is put into the film for it to be released correctly.
The importance of Pre-Production is really important to make sure that everything is falling in the right path. for example, health and safety is key to make sure everyone in the crew and the cast are not in danger, also things like catering and accommodation is key as the crew and cast will have no where to stay and nothing to eat if it isn't supplied.
In the blog they had 150 lorries to transport there equipment such as props, cameras, and loads more stuff just to film a certain moment of the film.
As i was watching the clip i found that the money and the budget. it was amazing finding out how much money they actually spend on the movie