2. What does cross-lighting mean?
3. How can you put these into practice in your next film?
I learned how to correctly direct someone to move/turn a light, by saying "lamp left/right", you're directing the person behind the light to turn or move the light based on their left or right. If your subject is facing at an angle, their Broad side is the side that faces nearest to the camera, and their Short side is the side of their face that is furthest from the camera. Cross-lighting is when you use two lights to help support each other when lighting two or more subjects. For example, if you're filming a two shot, you can have a light act as a backlight for one character, and if you angle it correctly, it could also act as the key light for the actor across from them. If you set up another light the exact same way for the other person, you'll have a full set up that only requires you two lights. I think this is a really helpful concept to understand because it'll help save us a lot of time trying to figure out lighting set ups and from assembling and moving lights.
No comments:
Post a Comment