For all of the departments that exist on a film set, all of them rely on one department for a fundamental need. That need is power. The set lighting department—my department—is responsible not only for providing power for the lights that we use on set, but we’re also responsible for powering other departments, like camera, […]
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Movie Lighting: The Fly Swatter Moonbounce Recreating the soft, ethereal glow of moonlight in film production is a challenge that has tested cinematographers for decades. You can’t simply point a powerful light at your scene and call it a night. Natural moonlight is diffused, bounces off surfaces, and fills shadows in a way that a […]
I’m going to talk about how I light day exteriors and how I use specific types of lights to light day exteriors.