Post 20: Film Language in Own Film - Lighting

Our group went into a dark room and used a torch on a skull to show the different effects of lighting and how changing positions of the light can change the effect that it gives. By doing this I was able to learn more about how light can effect how we see things. Therefore, when filming I will take this into account.

When researching lighting I found that there were two types of lighting that can be used, natural and artificial.

Artificial lighting is the deliberate use of light to achieve a practical or aesthetic effect. Sources such as lamps or natural daylight.
Natural lighting is a portion of the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun, in particular infrared, visible and ultraviolet light.

When filming, it would be best that we use natural lighting but also a combination of artificial lighting to. As we're filming a lot of scenes outside it would be quite dark as we're filming during the winter months. However, this can allow the film to have a dark and gloomy effect which is similar to the plot of the film, creating a pathetic fallacy. Also, we would use artificial lighting whilst filming inside otherwise the rooms will be too dark and it would look good on camera.