In lesson work: Lighting workshop

In the second lesson of the lighting workshop we learnt the different positioning of the lights and how they can portray your characters, along with some more rules listed below-

Lighting Safety:

1. NEVER mount one of the lights outdoors without someone manning it at all times
2. ALWAYS switch the light off when not in use
3. ALWAYS make sure the light is parallel with one of the legs
4. The lights are HOT so ALWAYS wear gloves
5. NEVER look directly into the light
6. ALWAYS warn people when you're going to switch the lights on
7. ALWAYS work with lights at a low level to start with
8. ALWAYS use a surge protector
9. NEVER try and replace a bulb
10. REMEMBER to include the lights in the risk assessment.

We learnt about the standard method of lighting in video film and photography, this is known as three point lighting.

The technique uses three lights, called the key light, fill light and back light.

From our group Stephen nominated to do the lighting workshop as only one person from the team needs to pass the workshop. Therefore Stephen will be in charge of lighting on shoot.