About Our Lighting

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Hey fellow bloggers! Welcome back and thank you for reading. Today, I'll be covering the lighting of me and my teammate's film opener, "Jump Ball". I'll be discussing how the lighting affects the mood, and if it was edited or filtered at all.

To begin, I'll be talking about the mood and feel the lighting of our project creates. At first, we used multiple phones in order to get more of a professional and bright shot, like when our main character was walking through his dimly lit home. Instead, we opted to keep the lighting natural. The bright light of the sun returned through the window when our character started to play his music, so we think it was a good touch. Without a doubt, we'll be keeping the natural lighting of the bright, South Florida sun throughout our film. We also think it contributes to our setting as it takes place in Miami.

When we shoot our basketball court scene at night though, it will be more of a challenge. Of course, we want it to take place at night time to show that our character has been working on his game all day, but it won't be completely visible. Remember, we need to capture our main characters face, and the lights on a outdoor basketball court at night simply aren't bright enough. Since we obviously don't have access to expensive lights and equipment, we'll be gathering some of our friends' phones and shining them simultaneously to create a sort of makeshift spotlight.

As far as editing and filters, so far we've chosen to not edit any of the lighting. It seems unusual, but since we were going for more of a natural look, it makes sense to not change up the editing too much. However, we may apply filters in the future to get more of a clean and crisp shot, in order to make things look more visible.