Lighting

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Lighting

• Digital Image and Sound Manipulation

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• NB Basic Health and safety issues in relation to
  lighting
• Do not directly touch or handle lights that are
  in use or have just been used without protective
  clothing.
• Lights are extremely hot and consider that this
  heat is also capable of setting fire to objects
  or fabrics located near to a lighting source.
• Check electrical connection points and make sure
  that all cables are safe and secure.
• Check emergency exit areas are clear and
  accessible.

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Peer Assessment 2 - Lighting

• NB Health and safety issues in relation to
  lighting
• Do not directly touch or handle lights that are
  in use or have just been used without protective
  clothing.
• Lights are extremely hot and consider that this
  heat is also capable of setting fire to objects
  or fabrics located near to a lighting source.
• Check electrical connection points and make sure
  that all cables are safe and secure.
• Check emergency exit areas are clear and
  accessible.
• This assessment has been designed to improve
  lighting skills.
• In pairs or as a group etc. study creative
  lighting techniques.
• Light in 3 different locations using your own
  research and the lighting techniques discussed in
  the lecture.
• Use a wide shot to show the lighting setup.
• Then show how lighting techniques have improved
  your results.
• For example a shot prior to lighting and then
  after the lighting setup.
• Consider using the gels, reflectors, silks etc.
• Practice lighting until you are satisfied with
  the quality of the results.
• During the group peer assessment you will
  critique both the quality of lighting and shot
  composition.

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BBChttp//www.bbctraining.com/onlineCourses.asp

• DV Lighting Safety Course
• Cool Edit Pro 01 The Basics
• Cool Edit Pro 02 The Editing Process
• Cool Edit Pro 03 Multitrack Packaging
• Cool Edit Pro 04 Mix Down and Housekeeping
• Microphones and sound for radio
• Interviewing for radio
• Minidisc for Radio
• BBC News Styleguide

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Key Light Main light. Usually the strongest and
most influential on the look of the
scene. Placed to one side of the camera/subject
so that this side is well lit and the other side
has some shadow.
Fill Light Secondary light placed on the opposite
side of the key light. Used to fill shadows
created by key. Fill usually softer and less
bright than key. Can also use fill light as a
flood instead of the key.
Back Light Back light placed behind the subject
and lights from rear. Instead of direct lighting
(like key and fill), it provides definition and
subtle highlights around the subject's outlines.
This helps separate subject from background and
a three-dimensional look.
www.mediacollege.com
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KEY LIGHT By placing key light above and to
left we see the volume of the oranges (i.e.
spherical). Also position on floor by the shadows
cast and they are stacked on top of each other.
However image lacks detail in the shadows. To fix
add another light to the right of oranges to
illuminate darkened areas. This light is called
the FILL LIGHT.
FILL LIGHT Fill light illuminates areas which
are in shadow when the key light is placed. The
fill light then, is placed after and in relation
to the key light. As the job of the fill is to
allow a little more detail it should not be as
intense as key light. Example key light is about
2-3 times brighter than the fill.
KEY AND FILL The image now looks better than
it did with just a key light. There is more depth
and detail. Neither too dark, nor too washed out.
However we can add more. The right side of the
oranges are a little lost against the background.
In order to counteract this we can add a RIM
LIGHT.
FINISHED IMAGE By adding a subtle glow to the
strongest high-lights (those created by the rim
light) and by softening the image to limit that
super-crisp "CG look" the image can be improved a
little more.
RIM LIGHT Rim light placed behind objects and
angled so light glances off the object surface at
the narrowest angle. The intensity of light often
quite high and brighter than the key. Due to its
intensity and placement it creates a line of
bright light around the object and in doing so
lifts the object away from background. The rim
light is used to ensure that a dark object does
not blend with a dark background.
FINISHED The rim light has lifted the oranges
away from background, the orange at the bottom
right was in danger of disappearing into the
background. The image still has contrast and a
good range of tones from black through to white.
The floor shadows and the shadowing of one orange
onto another are still showing each object's
relationship to the next, but there is detail
even in shadow areas on the fruit.
Basic 3 Point Lighting http//www.andrew-whitehurs
t.net/3point.html
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PRE-BOOKED EQUIPMENT DATES LIGHTING (Gels
18.50 from Peter Hughes) (NB Take TV Monitors
Cameras when booking equipment)
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BOOKED EQUIPMENT DATES JIB AND TRACKING Peer
Assessment Week 8 (Nov 8th )