Lighting
Michael Massey has five tips on lighting for people who do not have access to industry standard equipment, these are:
- Use natural light (sunlight, in shadow, in mist, through rain) depending on the effect you need and bearing in mind that you need to be flexible about the time of day and weather conditions.
-Use cheap artificial light (as long as risk assessments have been carried out) you could use candles, firelight, torches, car headlights, security lights, neon signs and street lights.
-Create colour filters, you can easily shine light through coloured liquids, vases, ornaments.
-Position the light source for effect (lighting a scene from above, below or in an obscured way will create different kinds of atmosphere)
- Lighting a scene is a scientific process, Massey says "Once you have explored what your light sources can provide, experiment with the interaction of light with the objects in your frame" (KI)
- Use natural light (sunlight, in shadow, in mist, through rain) depending on the effect you need and bearing in mind that you need to be flexible about the time of day and weather conditions.
-Use cheap artificial light (as long as risk assessments have been carried out) you could use candles, firelight, torches, car headlights, security lights, neon signs and street lights.
-Create colour filters, you can easily shine light through coloured liquids, vases, ornaments.
-Position the light source for effect (lighting a scene from above, below or in an obscured way will create different kinds of atmosphere)
- Lighting a scene is a scientific process, Massey says "Once you have explored what your light sources can provide, experiment with the interaction of light with the objects in your frame" (KI)
Famous Horror scenes - lighting effects
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