Lighting practise shots

Here we practised with light, in preparation for my thriller open title sequence task. Me, Niamh, Rae and Courtney have practised various lightings, on different shots. All the photo's were taken with Courtney's iPhone 6, as we could easily edit them on her phone, and transfer them to blogger.

For this shot, we attempted the 3 point full lighting. We couldn't create it properly as we didn't have all the equipment needed, so we improvised. We used the flash lights on our phones, Niamh was stood at the back of me with the flash light on, this was the back light. Then Rae was stood in front of me with the flash light shinning on my face, this was the full light. Courtney stood at the side of me with the flash light on, whilst taking the picture; this was the key light. We tried to create a 'normal' looking scene, as you can see I am the object in focus. The shot looks very average as I'm looking into the distance. The colours in the background are average, as we exposed more light from the lights above us to create a creamy background.

The purpose of this shot was the create background lighting. The shot created a silhouette of Rae looking out the window, as you can only see the outline of her.  Although this shot is common in romantic films, it is useful for a thriller as it builds up mystery. The pathetic fallacy could be that the whether reflects the characters mood, as it is dull and rainy outside. The whether is usually gloomy in a thriller, therefore this shot goes well with the genre we're trying to create.

This type of lighting is called Chiaroscuro lighting, it is commonly used in horror films, and dramas. We have achieved this lighting through contrasting black and white, we did this by editing the photo on Courtney's phone. In the shot, there is harsh lighting on my face, created again by the flash light on Courtney's phone.  Immediately, the audiences attention is drawn to my face as it is a bright white colour, whereas the majority of the bavckground is black. Although some of the background is white, it isn't as outstanding as the shot is a close up of my face. 

For this shot, the lighting we used was artificial. We made this light ourselevs through the photo effect called 'process', this lighting effect can be found on iPhones when you click the camera icon.

The one circled is the process effect. We chose this particular effect, as we wanted a shot which had a mixed blue, grey and harsh yellow. The shot makes naturally darker objects seem blue, which contrasts to their normal colour. It also makes lighter objects seem yellow, giving them lighter tones. Therefore it gives the effects of light and dark which work together to create this effect.