Film
Game Day
About the Film
During the winter of '08 I took a class called "Lighting and Field" at SCAD. We're mainly learned about lighting techniques, basic filmmaking principles and how to work with 16mm cameras. For our first project we were to split up into groups of five and make a film. We had about a week and a half, from beginning to end.
Each of us rotated through the role of Director, Director of Photography, First Assistant Camera, Second Assistant Camera, and Grip. The director of photography is responsible for all the filmmaking aspects of their scene - the shots and the lighting - while the director concentrated mainly on the story and the performances.
So, my scene was the fireplace scene. I lit it with a pretty straightforward "back cross-key" lighting setup. There are definitely some problems (especially with the master shot), but I think the closeups look nice.
This assignment was essentially about lighting. We experimented with the lighting setups for each scene, and tried to make it look as though each scene progressed throughout the day. But I hope we've made a somewhat entertaining film as well as one that succeeds technically. There are definitely a lot of problems with it, but for the schedule we were on I think we did a pretty good job.