Week 7 - Production Schedule and Lighting

Hi,

This week in the lecture we learnt about how to put a production schedule together. It's a lot more complicated than I thought. Even though it is complicated, as the producer, I've been putting it together and it is making everything so organised! It is extremely necessary I think so we make sure the set is ready, the costumes and props are ready, the cast are ready and the crew are ready. It also helps to make sure that we know that all the crew that are needed on set are ready. For example, our opening scene has no dialogue so a boom operator isn't as necessary.

In the tutorial we were in the drama theatre rather than the computer lab and learnt about red head lights. Josh taught us about the Red-Head lighting kits and how to set up the '3 Point Set Up'. Before we do this however we need to maximise the already available light (eg. lights in the room, natural light etc.), and analyse where the logical source of light would come from. It's good to reflect light on something else to light the subject, rather than shine a light right on them. It makes it seem more natural and less harsh. Josh recommended that if we are shooting in a small space to try and only use one Red-Head as they get REALLY hot.

The three aspects of a '3 Point Set Up' are the back light (hair light, corona), the fill light and most importantly the key light. The key light is the one we should always set up first, and use the other two lights to support the first.

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