Mastered Things
- "By positioning your actors in a way that places the sun to be behind them to hit the back of their heads, you are essentially doing two things. First off, you’re protecting their face from taking in all of the sunlight which will not only make them look bad, but also cause them to squint. And secondly, with the sun behind them, they will naturally have a backlight that will separate them from the background and create a nice rim around their heads, with nice even lighting on their face."
- "Blue hour is the short window of time after the sun goes down (or before it comes up) where the sky is still colorful, but the sun isn’t visible. And Magic Hour of course, is the hour leading up to sunset or just after sunrise. Both of these times of day are ideal for shooting as the natural quality of light outside at that time of day just can’t be beat"
- "This really does go hand in hand with choosing the right locations as if you choose a perfect location, the art department may not need to work as tirelessly to ensure you still get the light that you need, or conversely if you’re stuck with a location that just isn’t working, they may be able to save the day."
Viewpoints
- So many things learned in this, especially on the first page. I'm not much of a video production guru, so the stuff about everything is just really mind-blowing and I wouldn't have thought of any of it.
- Magic and Blue Hour sound like a pain to film in. Can't you just, like, green screen that in? That's probably just my lazy brain doing lazy things though.
Question
- If it's actually harder to film with nature's lighting, then why wouldn't you just want to do it the easier way? Is the heightened cost of electrical lights all that much more?
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