Lighting

There are many types of lighting that we could have chosen for our music video, but we chose to use a hot backlight and a soft fill. This is most notably shown in the film Schindler's List.  

This shot has a hot backlight and a soft fill to create shadows around the object, this focuses the attention of the audience on the object. The effect here is to influence the audience to believe that this is a serious man and in turmoil.

Knowing what we needed to do, we decided to make some examples of our own. This is the finished pictures. We did this by using a hard backlight and a mobile phone for the soft fill at the front. I think that the photo shoot went well as we got some good pictures to use.

Other Types of lighting

There are many different types of lighting that we could of used. One of these is high key lighting, this makes the picture look brighter, this is usually used in comedies and musicales as it makes them seem more lively and fun, but is also used in dramatic scenes to emphasise the intensity of the situation the characters are in.

   

Another type of lighting that we could have used is low key lighting, this darkens the picture. This is usually used in horror films and mysteries as it has become a convention of these films as it adds intensity and makes the viewer feel more tense in the scene.

 

You can also add both low key and high key lighting together to make High and low key combination, this is most notably used in westerns, when a outlaw walks into a bar. Where there is a hight key exterior and a lower interior of the saloon, makes a shadow effect over the character.

 

One type of lighting is called Backlighting, this is where there is a hard light at the back of the subject, this creates at glowing effect around the shoulders of the subject, whereas there is a darker shadow at the front.

From this i have learnt many different types of lighting that last year we would never think of doing, this gives us a more creative idea on what we are going to do for the music video. The lighting that we chose is good as it gives the scene that we will use it in lighting that will make it better to look at.

From researching the different types of lighting, we have chosen to use the lighting from Schindler's List a hot backlight and a soft fill. We will use this one because it fits the genre that our music video, this is a breakup, from the mans side, in it he is depressed and feeling lonely, using this lighting will make it easier for the viewer to understand because of the darkness in the lighting. We won't use the others because they do not give off the same vibe that the Schindler's List lighting does.