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Lighting for overcast day


Sushanta Barman

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Is it required to light for overcast day in a forest ? Lighting can be done for a mid shot or close but for wide it's not possible so will it look ugly? I have seen movies such as The witch ( which was done in natural light ) but it was superb, how can I achieve that kind of lighting ? And how do I have a good contrast between the characters and environment ? 

 

Here is two photo of our recent reckee shoot. 

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A lot of the daytime look of The Witch seems to be down to the overcast skies and grading. They may have used negative fill and bounce on the closeups. They may have shot at specific times of day to get the light direction they wanted.

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Looks like the above is a reasonable guess:

 

 

 

https://www.indiewire.com/2016/03/how-director-robert-eggers-and-dp-jarin-blaschke-created-the-look-of-the-witch-61934/

"Blaschke: Once we waited for the gloom, the grip department would just give it a little shape. The light tends to come from one direction and I’d just further take down from the other direction. The base light had to be real overcast weather and we’d just put some nets and solids on the side to strengthen what the light was already doing."

 

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