Challenge Project 31 -  Advanced Lighting: using color filters

 

Goal:              Shoot a sequence of 3 shots in a set in a dark place (outside at night or indoors, in a dark situation)

 

Method:        Light your location using color filters on the lights to get a cool, dark look while maintaining enough light to avoid "speckling" (aka, digital noise)

 

Objective 1: ..Choose a location where you can shoot fairly close shots in a pretty dark situation (simulating a building interior at night or without power is good). Plan to shoot medium and/or close up shots. Compose a sequence of 3 shots to make a brief story/scene (the total length of the 3 shots should be 20-30 seconds). Choose a good color filter for the job and set up your lights with the filters. You may want to shoot a test shot and review it on a TV monitor before moving on to Objective 2.

Objective 2:   Set up your lights for the first shot and shoot it.

Objective 3:   Adjust the lights for the second shot and shoot it.

Objective 4:   Adjust or reset the lights for the third shot and shoot it.

 

Hints:

• Don't trust the camera's display - check to see that your lighting is working well by using a TV monitor.
• You may need to move lights closer or farther from your subject to get the right lighting.
• If it looks a little too bright to be "realistic", that's probably OK, but this is tricky

 

NOTES:         Be sure to:

• Slate your shots (e.g., 'CP 4, Objective 1, take one')
• Don't trust the camera's display - check to see that your lighting is working well by using a TV monitor.