From the course: Learning Cinematography: 2 Working on Set
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Plan the lighting
From the course: Learning Cinematography: 2 Working on Set
Plan the lighting
- So, when planning the lighting we want to think about the entire sequence. I want to build off of a basic setup, I want to think about the turn around. The turn around is where we go from the protagonist to the person, to whom they're speaking. And above all, I want to avoid needless relighting, okay? So now, the way this setup works, he's going to, he'll start here, and he crosses in, camera dollies this direction. All right, so that's, this is essentially our master. So, one of the things, how much room do we have on that trombone? - About two to three feet of play. - Okay, 'cause that might to be left there depending on how we see his height as he walks through this. - Okay. - Also, that might have to be a little bit warmer, depends on cool that feels in the background when we actually get the lights up. - [Tall Male] Okay. - How are we doing with that? - We've got some, we've got some CTS. Do you want me to add a quarter CTS? - Okay, all right, that might be necessary. - Okay. -…
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