INDIE FILM LIGHTING
BACKLIGHTING AND SMOKE
This page has a couple examples of lighting from behind and using a fog maching to create a popular film look.
Backlighting Smoke with a RED GEL
THIRTY DOLLAR FOGGER --This is an inexpensive party fogger that works great and can fill up a small home in a couple of minutes.
Barn Maquette -- model for a simple two wall set
Barn Maquette -- This is a small set piece I built so the camera could photograph an actor approaching an old barn. This window is made out of 1"x 1" pieces of lumber and plywood. The glass shards are plastic CD jewel cases. This makes it safe to transport and easier to film actor close-up work safely as well.
BROKEN WINDOW -- This is a small set piece I built so the camera could photograph an actor approaching an old barn. This window is made out of 1"x 1" pieces of lumber and plywood. The glass shards are plastic CD jewel cases. This makes it safe to transport and easier to film actor close-up work safely as well.
This is a small set piece I built so the camera could photograph an actor approaching an old barn. This window is made out of 1"x 1" pieces of lumber and plywood. The glass shards are plastic CD jewel cases. This makes it safe to transport and easier to film actor close-up work safely as well.
BREATHING DOOR
This is a prop I built for Halloween 2004. It is framed like a set flat and it is covered in carpet foam. I trimed the door with molding and left the corners open. This helped to make it not too ridgid. Someone then pushed the 'flexible' door from the opposite side. This gave the door a breathing effect so it would bend and bow out as people approched it. The door was backlit and was translucent creating a silhouette of the people pushing on it from behind. Beams of light poured out from the broken glass lookouts at the top of the door.
Ligting Set-up From a theatre scene from DEC 2004
Lighting set up schematic
This is an example of a simple way of creating a drawing using "MSPAINT" and/or "Photoshop." It's a great way of communicating to the crew what your goal is. It it also helps to put your ideas on paper and see them fleshed out. This will help give you a sense of reality to your project planning.