Lighting in Indie Filmmaking
Part of the Video Series How to Make an Indie Film
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Lighting in Indie Filmmaking
Hello, I’m Corey Turner on behalf of Expert Village.com and today we are talking about low budget movie making. Okay, the next piece of equipment which also is extremely important and it is nice that we can hear our actors when we film them but we got to be able to see them. That means we have to talk about lighting. We are talking about light. This is a light kit that we actually used on our last children’s show and the movie before that. But first let’s talk a little bit about the lights we used on our first movie. I had gone to a hardware store, bought a basic can, bought the highest wattage of lighting I could in light bulbs and that is what I used to light my first movie. Which it turned out fine and if you are creative enough, you can find ways to work around that. If you are shooting outside, the natural sunlight is going to help. So go back to your hardware store. For about $8.00 you can buy a large sheet of insulation that has silver on one side and you can use that to balance and reflect that into your actor’s faces so you can get rid of the shadow. That will help you with lighting outside and also help you with lighting inside if you have some light that you need to redirect around the room.
Hello, I’m Corey Turner on behalf of Expert Village.com and today we are talking about low budget movie making. Okay, the next piece of equipment which also is extremely important and it is nice that we can hear our actors when we film them but we got to be able to see them. That means we have to talk about lighting. We are talking about light. This is a light kit that we actually used on our last children’s show and the movie before that. But first let’s talk a little bit about the lights we used on our first movie. I had gone to a hardware store, bought a basic can, bought the highest wattage of lighting I could in light bulbs and that is what I used to light my first movie. Which it turned out fine and if you are creative enough, you can find ways to work around that. If you are shooting outside, the natural sunlight is going to help. So go back to your hardware store. For about $8.00 you can buy a large sheet of insulation that has silver on one side and you can use that to balance and reflect that into your actor’s faces so you can get rid of the shadow. That will help you with lighting outside and also help you with lighting inside if you have some light that you need to redirect around the room.
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