Tech Stuff and Editing

 

What Goes into It?

Week 2 Post 4

Lighting:

Lighting is an important aspect when developing picture in films. I think that considering a lot of my film will be visual, that good lighting is necessary. Down below are certain lighting techniques that can be used for my film.

• Use key lighting when you want to draw attention to a subject or make it stand out from the rest of the scene.
• Use fill lighting to counteract shadows, or to bring up exposure and decrease the contrast in a scene. With fill light, your viewer can see more of the scene clearly.
• Backlighting is used to create a three-dimensional scene, which is why it is also the last to be added in a three-point lighting setup. This also faces your subject—a little higher from behind so as to separate your subject from the background.

These three lightings are considered "three-point lighting," which are main lighting techniques.

• Side lighting brings out the textures or edges in a scene. Using side lighting creates a better sense of depth in a location. It can make subjects seem farther off by accentuating the space between them.
• Bouncing light off the ceiling creates more diffuse illumination and results in even, soft light. When you need more ambient light across a whole environment, bounce light is a great choice.
• Hard lighting emphasizes changes in contour, shape, and texture. Use hard lighting to create a more intense look.
• Use high key lighting for dreamy sequences, or situations that require overwhelming brightness.
• Use low key lighting for moody scenes that require a film noir look or for nighttime scenes.

An issue that is approaching is bringing a huge light into a hockey rink, where other people will be. Unfortunately, I most likely will not have a whole ice rink to myself. With this, using the natural light from the rink and the camera angles to create different lighting will be important. These leads to camera angles.

Camera Shots/Angles:

Down below are pictures of my notes on camera angles. I will be using this to guide the camera. This is super important in my film opening. I plan on a majority of the shots to be medium, close up, and extreme close ups. There will be only a handful of others, like an establishing shot in the beginning, and few long shots.

When I do the actual filming, a more in-depth description of the shots and angles will be talked about.

Editing:

The editing of this film has to be quick and close cut. This is important so that the clips are not to dragged out. This will also help the pace of the film and keep it connected throughout. The sound editing will most likely be one of the hardest for me. In order to make the sound, you know, sound good, I will need to pull the sound and edit it on its own, and add it back in. TBH this sounds difficult.

Down below are editing notes:

Sound:

As mentioned before, the sound is going to play a HUGE role. I will have a future post just on sound!

Mise-en-scene:

This is the placement and usage of scenery and stage properties. The mise-en-scene will be for the most part simple, due to the fact that I will be establishing the location of a hockey rink, with hockey players in gear. Most of the properties will play out on its own because of the location. Using an actual hockey rink for filming makes this process A LOT EASIER. No setting up, no extra supplies!

Filming:

The issue here is that I do not actually have a real camera. Using an iPhone for this may be difficult and maybe even blurry. If I can try to find a real camera, that would awesome, if not the iPhone 11 will have to work.

Citations:

Types of lighting in film: Basic techniques to know - 42 ... (n.d.). Retrieved February 20, 2022, from https://www.adorama.com/alc/basic-cinematography-lighting-techniques/