Lights! - Journal Entry 3

Goal – Students will discover the importance of lighting and how to better control the lighting of an environment or the lighting within an environment

What you see is what you get, unless of course you cannot see what you are getting. In video it is easy to make the common mistake of lighting assumption: ‘My eyes can see things well, therefore this will make a great shot.’ A filmmaker must always be aware that no camera has the ability to take in as much information as the human eye. The best that can be done will only be done with assistive lighting and lighting tools.

For this journal entry you will need to write a description of how you would use a 3 light kit or our existing studio lighting to light an interview or a special guest on a talk show. Find an image online to reference with a link or describe the setup in thorough detail. Draw or explain how the lights are positioned and why they are positioned in this way.

Read the article “Light Right – A Crash Course in Lighting Video” (http://www.techlearning.com/shared/printableArticle.php?articleID=12800456) for in depth information on lighting. Search google and youtube for help with lighting as well.

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Due on Wednesday 10/14