Lighting Workshop

• To get the best quality focus, we should zoom in and focus on eyes then zoom back out
• We should place sand bags on lighting tripod to stop them from falling over
• Lighting flaps get really hot (don't touch without gloves)

When shooting the face we should light from the back or the side, not directly in front

We should use soft light, not hard. This can be achieved through:

• High altitude lighting:

• White diffuser

• Bouncing the light back with a reflector disc 

We should also try closing the iris to see where the light is and where it needs to be filled in



Adding two gel filers and a diffuser to the back lights

This adds a bit of light to the left side

• The final step should be to use white balance (not just a piece of printing paper)
• Blue screen as a daylight filter
• Black card to reflect shadows
• Colour stop to check exposure in shadows and highlights

For more tips we can use Cinematography.com