Hello everyone! Today we will be focusing on lighting techniques concerning budget, colors, and tone. As we know, my opening will utilize a horror genre so today I will be researching on how these techniques can be used in a horror genre or analyze video essays that go into depth about how to construct lighting for horror films. Now without further ado, let's get started!
How to Develop Lighting Schemes 𐙚
As I've surfed YouTube and shuffled through countless videos I have found two very helpful videos that will pertain to my project and the first one talks about the different methods horror film producers take in order to develop a certain tone in horror movie. They talk about low-key lighting, back-lighting, background lighting, natural daylight and much more.
Now what are each of these and how can I make use of them? That's a great question! To first develop examples of how I can utilize these techniques, we need to dive into each one of these and construct a basic concept of each and how they're used in horror films. Below is the video and techniques I chose to analyze with this knowledge embedded.
This technique emphasizes shadow and utilizes one key light to create shadows on the character's face.
Example:The character is notices something or has killed a victim and is reflecting upon that moment
Back-Lighting
This technique is useful for creating sillouettes and shadows where the back of the subject is shown to the camera. The light source will be towards the viewer.
Example: A character could be just done with something he did, turned off the light and is walking out the room with only the light shining on his back.
Background Lighting
Adding a source of light behind the subject to add a deeper tense or mood within a scene instead of having a completely black background with no depth. This technique would typically be combined with low-key lighting to add a tone to the horror.
Window Lighting
When creating a daytime scene in my case, having a light pointed towards the outside of a window into a room can create a light that is more available to adjust when filming if not met by proper standards.
Example: The subject is looking outside to see a faint cop car light in the distance.
Note: The lighting methods above are chosen from the video are strictly researched in order to develop my project in relevance to the techniques I was taught in class and will be able to execute them professionally.
Horror Lighting on a Budget 𐙚
As I mentioned before, I'm not looking to spend money on a bunch of new lighting equipment. Therefore, in order to aid my solution, I found a wonderful video that will help me get that same professional lighting shown on my film opening within a strict budget. This will allow my video to have the same tone, look, and aesthetic as a professionally filmed video while also utilizing the techniques that I've learned from the video above.
This video goes into depth and includes an example for each technique utilized with just three lights. This is also used with can lights and used with three steps. I will go on to analyze these lights and include examples of the subject the speaker used in this video.
Have a natural light from windows and maybe utilize intense light without having to use gels that change the color. Instead adding a blue hue to the colorization of the camera in settings or editing the lighting can help create that blue or red dramatic effect we want.
Example: The changing blue and red cop car colors are interchanging from the natural light of the window.
2. Practical Light
The light has to be physically in a scene probably from a lamp, ceiling light, or a blue light used in medical centers like hospitals.
Example: The subject could turn on a lamp from a dark room and have it shine from behind them.
3. Rim Light
This enhancement from a rim light will finish the job that the practical light wouldn't particular be able to do on its own.
Example: The subject is in the same position but the lamp isn't shining on their face so we would have to add a rim light to enhance the light or give the illusion of placement from the practical light that's in our scene already.
Now with this research I will be able to recognize what scenes will require me to adjust the lighting and how to combine my efforts from previous class notes that I have made in order to develop my full opening. Stay tuned for my upcoming storyboard of my full opening and more progress that will be made on my film opening. See you next time! 🎀
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