Reflections
For this exercise, we were tasked to experiment with lighting and photography. We took turns behind the camera and sought to achieve shots that played a lot with shadows in a noir-ish sort of style. It was my first time having access to lighting equipment and I learnt a lot about the assembling, handling and dismantling. The lecture for that week was about Three-Point Lighting, something which we tried to practice as well.
We shot our photos in the dance studio and in the tutorial room, learning a lot about creative placement of light sources in order to produce shadows stylistically.
Perhaps one drawback was that we had limited room to practice our skills and had to take turns with other groups in using certain areas. With more time and space, I feel that we can definitely benefit more from this exercise.
Overall, I think this was an interesting exercise that really placed us in the shoes of a cinematographer, getting a sense of the types of lighting challenges that they face in order to achieve the look that they have in mind.
For this exercise, we were tasked to experiment with lighting and photography. We took turns behind the camera and sought to achieve shots that played a lot with shadows in a noir-ish sort of style. It was my first time having access to lighting equipment and I learnt a lot about the assembling, handling and dismantling. The lecture for that week was about Three-Point Lighting, something which we tried to practice as well.
We shot our photos in the dance studio and in the tutorial room, learning a lot about creative placement of light sources in order to produce shadows stylistically.
Perhaps one drawback was that we had limited room to practice our skills and had to take turns with other groups in using certain areas. With more time and space, I feel that we can definitely benefit more from this exercise.
Overall, I think this was an interesting exercise that really placed us in the shoes of a cinematographer, getting a sense of the types of lighting challenges that they face in order to achieve the look that they have in mind.