Blog #6: Scene Materials

Blog Post #5 Inspired Lighting

The Maltese Falcon uses lighting to put her in jail before she's there.




The exorcist uses lighting to show the terror of our villain.




Baraka is one of the most beautifully shot films in history, using slightly askew lighting to tell a narrative that is equally askew of out world.




Days of heaven, which i watched thanks to you, is just stunning. The golden hour lighting turns landscapes into portraits.



Stark color contrast is used in The Last Emporer to assign meaning to visuals. Red for menace paints our protagonits.



Raise the red lantern floods every shot with color, making it essential viewing for a film that breaks all the rules so well.



The Third Man is iconic for it's pitch black blacks and it's huge exaggerated shadows.




The Cook, The Thief, His wife, and Her Lover is a film with a very unique visual style. The frame is always crowded with stuff which is all lit perfectly. I can only imagine how they made this work.

(with abotu 30,000 K, right?)



Amelie is a very saturated film which adds a unique flavor to it. But when it comes to films enhanced by a color tone..



O Brother Where Art Thou, for good or ill, introduced us to orange and teal. The color correction duo that every blockbuster since has strives to imitate. Howeever what always set this apart was the beautiful natural lighting that went along with this color. Everything pops.

Blog Post #4- DSLR Strengths and Weaknesses

DSLR Strengths:
These cameras are:
Small, so they are easy to transit and easy to set up for difficult shooting positions
Beautiful, great crisp clear images with vibrant color
Versatile, the lenses make these cameras extremely adaptable
Dramatic, the beautiful depth of field creates shots that simply take your breath away
ISO, great for filming low light scenes

DSLR Weaknesses:
Expensive, While you can get almost any kind of shot with these small guys, you might want to be more cautious than with a cheaper camera
Very Shallow Depth of Field, these cameras get in focus beautifully but they also get out of focus easily, this means that you won't film movement very easily.
Time Consuming, switching out lenses and resetting the focus every ten seconds can be a bit problematic
Audio, the mics are just very bad.
ISO, a great tool can become a crippling crutch. If you ever loose sight of the gain for grain trade off you jeopardize your entire shoot.