Film light took my interest before the semester. Keeping in mind that this will be my last studio, I wanted to make it something that would combine theory and practice as an amalgamation of what I’ve learned and experienced so far. I’m excited about the prospect of learning about ‘film light’, lighting in my youthful understanding of film is just ‘lighting’ for the sake of lighting a scene. To provide or emphasise key features of the characters, however my understanding is that they just do this and the purpose it serves. I would like to understand how they do this, in that what day conditions combined with set lights create certain moods or atmospheres for the shot in mind.
Having spent the first week already in class, my mind has been opened to how to think about lighting a scene. Terms such as Hard Light and Soft Light that can be applied to all the films I view but also in real life. Something that Robin pointed out is thinking about a shot that you see in real life or film and how to go about recreating that shot on a camera. Things like understanding where the source of the light comes from and the diffusion of the light depending on if it passes through anything. Even from the first week of classes I have learned so much and opened a new way of analysing when it comes to film.
In this course, I’d like to broaden my way of thinking when it comes to analysing and creating film. Where as previously mentioned in class by not only thinking about lighting, framing or camera movement but combining all those factors to create a worthy piece. One project I’ve had in mind for a while ever since I’ve seen the studio pitch is that lighting a character/s in different scenes that represent different moods, I envision the subject to recite poetry and change their mood based on the lighting and it will reflect on their articulation of the recitation and the lighting. Having this vision in mind, I think it would be a good exercise in creating a piece with all my prior and current knowledge on display.
