Hello everyone! I’m currently going to school for film making and one of my favorite parts is lighting the films. So much so that I've decided to write my thesis on it, but I’m finding I don’t have enough experience yet. It involves all aspects of lights from electricity to lighting design so the topic is broad. Would anyone with more experience be able to answer some questions and talk about things that they don’t teach you in school? It would be a huge help if anyone is interested.
Cinematography : Any Cinematographers/Gaffers Able To Talk? by Matthew Fry
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Question away.
What would you like to know.
I’m basically looking for primary sources to use on my paper. I have questions ready, but for the paper it needs it to be similar to an interview. If you guys are interested still I’ll send you some questions and we can talk.
Send them over.
Matthew- PM me.
Me to.
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Stage 32 is largely about sharing. Post your questions here since others will learn from the questions and the answers.
Agreed. It would be so helpful to all of us if these people offering help would do it in public.
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Here's some of the QA I have so far. 1. How do you put a gel in front of a very hot light? 2. If you want a scene to have a strong color, how can you light actors without drowning out that color? 3. What are some ways to light an actor while leaving the set dark? Basically high contrast. 4. All the outlets we’ve used have been 15 amps 120 volts, what else should we be prepared or? 5. When working with fuses, are there any fail-safes to keep them from burning out? 6. If you want to have a lot of lights on a location shoot, how do you hide the in the wide shots? 7. Most of my outdoor shoots have used little to no lighting and it often doesn’t look good. What are some ways you light outdoors? 1. Wear gaffer's gloves 2. Using contrast ratio. You control intensity of the background and foreground by measuring the footcandles or f-stop 3. Exposed for the actor and lower the lighting on the set 4. watts divided by volts to make sure your lights do not exceed 5. same as 4. label each outlet by it's amperage. 6. you have to get creative with set pieces, ie placing a cupboard here and there to hid a light etc. 7. Depends if you're shooting night or day. During good daylight you wouldn't need much light but bounce and reflectors. During night you'll need a fast lens to get a enough light o the sensor of film
Wow, Matthew Fry, you can get all these questions answered if you can attend today's live interview with Joey Rassool an expert cinematographer. He's on Oct. 16 at noon PST. You can watch here live http://webtvtrailblazers.com or catch the replay over the weekend. Good luck!
Where are you going to film school?!