Our second day of filming didn’t go so smoothly… Lighting is NOT our friend. We were filming the gun scene today, which meant we needed to somehow figure out a way to get the lighting work to make the background dark but the subjects (Jessica and the doll) bright. We decided to shoot in my dads office which had neutral/dark tones as the color scheme, which was much better for filming this particular scene than it would be in my room (which had a bright color scheme). We put black garbage bags over the window of the office, which made the room almost pitch black if the door closed and no other light was turned on. However when we added our strategically placed lamps and flashlights and had Jessica stand in the position in which we wanted her to, we could still see the background no matter what we tried. After much frustration from trying everything we could to make the background dark on my DSLR, we decided to use filmic pro on my iPhone7 (which helped our problem immensely, yet didn’t solve it). Then Daniel, the artistic mastermind, had the idea of putting black garbage bags on and hanging from the wall. Once we found enough tape, put them all up, and tested the set with lighting- it was perfect. We were able to manipulate the lighting to make the background barely show at all! DIY tricks really can make a difference.
Throughout filming we still had many issues trying to get the perfect lighting for the shot we wanted, but everything ended up working out. A huge issue was trying to get the doll to stay on the table when Jessica slammed her hands on it. We ended up gluing the doll to the table, and when we needed to move the doll, we would move the table- very fun. We not only made Jessica look like a "baddie" with the dark lighting, but with her costuming/makeup as well. We wanted her to be wearing all black, but needed something about her to pop-which is why we chose her to wear the purple lipstick. The purple lipstick also added to the blue tone which we tried to emulate through digital methods on the filmic pro app. This shoot definitely took a lot longer, but all our time trying different things and trying to find the best option was totally worth it- the shots came out beautifully.
Until next post!
Nicole Abuid
F. (2014, March 28). How To Light For Darkness! Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15tYFWR4cvA
The Basics of Lighting for Film Noir. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://filmmakeriq.com/lessons/the-basics-of-lighting-for-film-noir/
D. (2016, March 24). How to Shoot in Low Light. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Flh31ZosL-Y
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