Video Lighting Basics - Three Point Lighting

The three point lighting are Key light, Fill light and back light.

the key light is the key for the set up it is the main source for illumination you point it at a 45 degree angle from the right set up. You want to add definition from the head and shoulders. When you place it in the correct angle you can see the difference in shadows.

To fill light is to fill in the shadows you have the camera in a 45 degree angle from the opposite light. You want to make sure the fill light is less intense. You can move it away so it is not as intense. You get even light from both and makes it more soft.

The backlight is placed behind the subject, you place it above so it only goes on the subject, it has to be a low intensity to create a rim on the shoulders and head. It creates a better image and illuminates the scene.

We could use the key light to create the shadows to make it more intense when he is getting possessed. As our idea is based on light and getting exposed lighting is key to our film. By using all the lights it will create a better effect on the character and it will show a more psychological setting. At the end to create the bright light we can use a key light but place it in front of the victim to create him going into the light. Example its like 'deer in the headlights'.

Make-Up considerations for our film

The pictures above show how we want our actor to look in the film. This is quite rough with bags under his eyes to show that he isn't feeling right, wither tired or depressed? He is going to wear quite simple or dirty clothing to show that he either cant be bothered or that he has previously been involved in something to make him look that way.

Here are two videos that will help us to achieve this:

•http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEZIlYn2Wo0&feature=related

film outline

I have written the film outline so it is more clear to work from. 

This is the outline for our film, split into 10 segments.

This is the Shot List.

PITCH

Se7en and Kyle Cooper notes

True Blood notes on open title sequance

Film Outine for horror film

Storyboard template for opening titles

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MOVING PICTURES (STORYBOARDING) THE SIXTH SENSE

What is the purpose of storyboarding?

How can you show lighting? Camera movement? Angles?

a nightmare on elm street and script example for layout.

This is a script taken from a nightmare on elm street, this script has no dialouge written on the sheet, but it does say the stage directions. what the character is doing, shot angles and props being used. 

this script is telling the actors in details what is happening in the shot and when so they can visualise the set and location and then get in character. 

This is a script with dialouge, it shows the stage directions so the actors know where they are going. It shows how to set out a script in the correct way. This script shows locations also details where the location is. Name of the character in BOLD and centered. Off camera dialouge, this is where the character says dialouge but are not in shot. Any editing decisions made and voice overs used.

Second sheet with ideas on for title sequence

Grid of title ideas

Textual Analysis Grids

Laurence's Textual Analysis

Peter's Textual Analysis

Rachael's Textual Analysis

Here is our textual analysis' we did for homework. We had to watch three different films and analyze them answering the questions on the sheets.

IMDb User Ratings for True Blood

This shows that people in general aged 18-29 are the most likely to watch 'True Blood' according to the user ratings on IMDb. Males are the second most likely to watch this.

Comments from others about our pitch

Here are the comments from other groups based on our pitch feedback. There were some good ones and some not so good ones but by using these comments we can correct our ideas and hopefully learn by them.

Nine frame screen grab of 'True Blood'

This is a nine frame picture of the title sequence from 'True Blood'. It was taken from the website 'Art of the title'. We can think about what to put in our titles by looking at examples like this.

Kyle Cooper

Kyle Cooper is a title designer and has worked on over 100 title sequences including titles like se7en, dawn of the dead, spiderman and superman. Kyle says that the title is the most important part of a film as when you are watching a great title sequence, 'you forget about everything else'. Kyle likes to use animations in his title sequences and enjoys using weird things like micro-organisms in them. This is good because it is original and not many people would use things like that when designing title sequences, which is why Kyle Cooper's title sequences are always the best!

Se7en

The opening sequence to this film is very good as it instantly shows the story line  to the audience. It also shows the genre of the film as a psychological horror as there are clips of strange and abnormal things going on, for example, the subject is developing pictures of what looks like human experimentation, taking clips out of newspapers and shaving his fingertips to stop fingerprints from getting onto any of the things he is doing, which seems rather suspicious.