Emanuel Leggett TV Production Blog

Lighting workshop_02 In today's workshop, we were working with the Tungsten lights as in the previous I only used the LED lights. As predicted in the last blog, I did struggle with getting the hand of these lights as the only way to reduce the light they give off is by either reflecting them off a surface or to put a disk in front of the light. At the start, I didn't really understand the lights, but luckily I had people in my group that have used them in the previous workshop so they had some idea of how to set them up and what position the should be placed. Our first little task was to recreate some lighting techniques from a book Ferg gave us. To begin with, we couldn't seem to get any of our lighting to look remotely close to what was seen in the book. This was when Ferg was trying to help us out by saying that lighting is not just about putting light onto the subject it's can also mean taking it out of the scene. So we were trying to have the light facing to...

Lighting workshop_01 We looked at the 5 key qualities of lighting: Brightness / Intensity Colour (colour temp) Quality (hard/soft) Angle (relative to the subject) Shape Brightness: With brightness we need to think about the exposure ration, this means what sections of the frame have the most light. Also, the key light would be the main source of light in a shot. Colour Temperature: One thing with the colour temperature is that you need to think about the Kelvin scale when filming. Another thing with colour temperature, we also must think about what grade and style we are looking for. For example, blue colours would suggest an uneased environment. I used this in my last project making the room look cold which helped give the audience a sense of discomfort as they don't know what's going to happen next. One director that really uses shifting colour palettes throughout his films is Dennis Villeneuve. He has directed the likes of Blade Runner 2049, Sicari...

Casting Notes 14/01/19 What cast do I need?: Break down your script into the requirements of cast You should aim to “cast” all of the main characters Any passerby/extra types of characters can be filled in by friend. You must cast people appropriate to the role! You cannot change the sex, age, or ethnicity of your characters just to make it ‘easier’ to cast It’s fine to change the character from American to British to make it easier to find location and cast If you have to change the character make-up Character profiles: Once you have broken your script down for casting requirements create a character profile for each of the cast required Casting rules: Always be very clear in your communication that this is a student project. You should offer, as a minimum, to any actor working on your project: Travel Expenses, food and drink, and a copy of the finished project. You should not be paying them a “fee”. Paying them a fee would turn you into an employer ...