Lighting

An important aspect in our production is the lighting in which the location we film in. Since we are going to be in different places with moving shots, the lighting has to stay consistent as possible. 

Since the various places we will be filming in are either outside (like by the pool) or in a mall/store, we most likely will not be bringing our own lighting. We will be utilizing a technique called "available light." This is an example of a film using the sun as their primary light source. 

Since we are filming a segment of our film opening outside, we have to take inconsideration of the time of day. We obviously cannot film the main characters walking outside during night time if we need the sun as our main source. 

Also, since our film starts out as happy and energetic, we want the sun to be bright so our shots have amazing lighting. Looking up the weather will definitely benefit us so we can avoid cloudy skies or rain.

When recording the specific segments that are not outside, we needed to search for particular lighting that will perform well on camera. In the first couple of parts of our opening, the main character will be in a house as she is getting out of bed, brushing her teeth and getting dressed. 

At first I thought that using natural lighting from windows would be sufficient for these shots, but my partner disagreed. Ethan said that by using studio lights, our video will be well lit and the quality will be higher than just using the sun shining through windows.

These studio lights that I have found in my house are efficient because they are super powerful. This allows us to not use a continuous light on the camera, giving us flexibility if we wanted to manipulate the lighting like using umbrellas in order to accentuate different shots. 

I cannot wait to see what these look like when we actually start to film!!!!