Lighting

Throghout filming we also needed to make sure we had the correct lighting to highlight the actresses in a certain way that we wanted to and keep the tone of lighting to correlate towards the tone and emotion of the video. We realised that we wanted a lot of natural lighting as our video was created to realism and this meant that our scenes did not need to be tempered with unnatural lighting.

Inside
One location in which we needed to control the lighting was in the bathroom scene, which is our main location and where the most important part of the film happens.
The photo below shows the bathroom in it's natural lighting, which is where the main light and mirror lights are turned off, and the blinds are open but not pulled up. As you can see it looks rather dark and the only light is coming from the window. We could encounter a problem of it being too dark if there was no natural lighting coming from the window.

 

 



We then decided to control the lighting of the room and turn on the main room light to see if this effect was any better. By turning on the light we have allowed to make the whole room to become a lot brighter, however when doing this it gave a yellow tint to the room which is something we didn't want. This is because it made the mood and tone of the room a lot more optimistic. This lighting also leaves us vulnerable to shadows which could be a problem when filming as we cold capture our own shadows in the shot.

 

 

 

The other alternative form of lighting that we altered around with was the lamps located next to the mirror. This would again create a brighter setting, however we were still encountering the same problem of that it gave a yellow tint to the room and we did not want this to happen at all. Another problem which would also arise from turning on the lights by the mirror is that when Alice is looking at herself in the mirror it may light up her face too much. Also as she is moving towards the light parts of the room it could give the feeling that she is moving towards optimism and happiness which is not something that happens.

 



 

 

 

When tempering with the blinds we decided to open and close them to see the effect of the lighting of the room when we do this. When shutting them we realised that the room was much too dark as this was the only part of the room we were receiving light from.

 



 

 

 

Having the blinds open was much more effective however this would be an unpredictable way to acheive the right amount of lighting we wanted for the room as we would make sure that it is sunny outside so that light can shine in, which is not something we can control.

 



 

 

 

The photo below is shown we acheived perfectly the right amount of light for the room. We decided to pull the blinds up so that all of the window was showing. This would allow for a lot more natural lighting to shine through without some of it being blocked by the blinds. This means that even if it not that sunny outside it will not matter as enough sunlight is being allowed in that it will overcome this problem. This is essential to maintaning continuity as it means the lighting in this room will always be the same and therefore in the editing stages of our video we would not have to change the lighting of different shots.

 



 

 

 

 

Classroom Scene

For the classroom scene we will keep the main lights on and pull all of the blinds down. However, we will not have the same problem of using the main lighting in the classroom scene as we did in the bathroom scene.This is because the lights are spread out across the room and therefore the lighting will not be focused in one area. Again as our video focuses on realism, we felt that the lights needed to be on, as often a classroom is well lit, and although it is not natural lighting this is something we cannot help. Putting the blinds down also elimnates the problem of what the weather will be like and how this will effect the lighting of the room.

 

Outside Scenes

In our outside scenes, it was almost impossible to fully control the lighting as we cannot control the weather at all, and this became difficult as we found it hard to predict what the weather would be which hindered our filming process slightly. To overcome this problem, we have planned to try and get all of our outdoor scenes filmed on the same day so then the weather will be the same throughout and continuity will run through.