Jojo Low Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 I need some suggestions on how to light up this scene. Right now there's nothing but a 150w Dedo light point down on the character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Young Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 What's the scene about? What feeling are you hoping to get across? Right now it feels like a cold night. If this is the first time we're seeing this set, the audience may be interested in what's tacked up on the wall behind the child. You could reduce your contrast ratio to show more information on the wall, but that could also digress from the feeling of a cold night. It really depends on the two questions above. Nonetheless, it actually looks good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jojo Low Posted June 24, 2015 Author Share Posted June 24, 2015 Thank you AJ Young. This is like the first shot of the shortfilm. I want the audience to learn that she (the character) is obsessed with aliens. The feeling I want to the viewer to come across is dark (like a cold night) but also surreal at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Hartman Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 How is the viewer supposed to deduce that this is a bedroom? A camera pullback? Isn't the aliens obsession thing telegraphed by the obvious "I want to believe" poster on the wall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jojo Low Posted June 24, 2015 Author Share Posted June 24, 2015 (edited) Thank you Jd. A camera pullback and a bird's eye shotYes, you can tell that I try to make the alien obsession thing really obvious. The problem for me is the lighting. I want to add some surrealism to the lighting (but keeping the cold night feeling).and also seperate the character from the background. : ) Edited June 24, 2015 by Jojo Low Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted June 24, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted June 24, 2015 It's a bit harder to create separation with lighting in an overhead shot since the background is the floor, but the general ways are either to use an edge or backlight, or to frame a dark edge against something bright or a bright edge against something dark, or to use color to create separation. So if you have a dark head, you can either create a glow or pool of light behind the head to create separation, or put a back or edge light on the head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jojo Low Posted June 24, 2015 Author Share Posted June 24, 2015 Okay. I'll probably go with a glow or color separation behind the head. Thank you David. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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