Samantha Phelps

Week 9 excercise: http://www.mediafactory.org.au/samantha-phelps/2018/05/04/week-9-excercise/ Class 18 shoot: http://www.mediafactory.org.au/samantha-phelps/2018/05/10/class-18-shoot/ Group Project Test Shoot: http://www.mediafactory.org.au/samantha-phelps/2018/05/10/test-shoot/ Group Project Second Shoot: http://www.mediafactory.org.au/samantha-phelps/2018/05/16/film-light-2nd-shoot/ Lady Bird Scene Analysis: http://www.mediafactory.org.au/samantha-phelps/2018/05/22/lady-bird-scene-analysis/  

I’ve been really enjoying doing the lighting scene analyses this semester, so I decided to do one more for our final assessment. I’ve picked this short scene from Great Gerwig’s Lady Bird (2017), which changes between three very different lighting conditions within a short period of time….

For our group project, we produced a short scene in two locations, outside a restaurant in the CBD called Magic Mountain Saloon, as well as the inside of a car on the street. The entire scene was shot at night, as we were really interested…

This week we filmed our scene again but this time with lights and a slight variation in location due to the usual issues in acquiring permission to film. Having reviewed our footage from the test shoot, we decided what lights we would bring and which…

This week our group did a test shoot in the location we’re hoping to shoot in. We decided to go at night, when we want to shoot our final project, but we didn’t bring any lights with us. We wanted to get a sense of…

This week in class we set up the classroom to look like a dark study, using a desk lamp as well as dido, bounce and cutting boards that Robin brought in. The scene was a short sequence in which a man is haunted by his…

On Monday, we were set the task of recreating the “Colin and Cath” scene we shot as a class a few weeks ago, but this time we could only artificial light. We weren’t allowed to use any sunlight or the lights already installed in the…

This week in class we each presented our group’s ideas for our projects. I was particularly interested in the presentation by Adele, Andrew, Kerry and Ryan and their idea to use the same script a number of times to make multiple versions with each of…

  I first became aware of Reed Morano’s work after seeing The Handmaid’s Tale, of which she directed the first three episodes of, and although she wasn’t the cinematographer on that project, the way every shot in the show looked so beautiful and considered that Morano’s…