“Filming is the art of drawing with light” This quote highlights the importance of light in filming. Light is not only limited to enlightening objects, it also involves the aesthetic and visual composition . With all that a visual piece of art full of dramatic and expressive power is created. However, to do so, one must learn several artistic tools in addition to the technical knowledge of equipment such us types of lights and their characteristics and effects be that inside a studio or outside it. This course is designed to deal with the fundamental rules and concepts of internal and external lighting.
Objectives
At the end of this session, course participants should be able to:
Understand the concept and methods of internal and external lighting
Lighting the location having a single camera or several ones
Respecting the filming restrictions without neglecting the lighting
Perceiving the dramatic, aesthetic and psychological dimensions of lighting
Level Expectations
Lighting properties
Artificial and natural light sources and the difference between them
Types of lighting and their equipment
Basic types of filters and how to control the color temperature
Reflectors and monitoring the light sources
Using lighting as a source of information
The space: ( description of shedding light on the space)
The time properties (timing, seasons, weather)
The atmosphere (color temperature and the concept of hot and cold)
Aesthetics: lighting and the artistic composition of the picture
The dramatic and artistic effects of lighting
Building the lighting:
Direct and indirect lighting
Availing of the location’s properties whilst filming
Silhouette
Determining the shooting locations and creating lighting balance
The concepts of key light, diffuse and backlight
The relationship between lighting, decoration and background
