Everything you need to know about blocking
Writers spend most of their time worrying about the words that the characters on the screen will say. Sound engineers worry about how to make sure the words can be heard and how to mix them with music and background noises. Lighting designers spend their days figuring out how to make sure the people, places and things can best be seen. Directors of photography figure out what lens, camera angle and camera movement will make things look most attractive. Then it's up to the film director to figure out how to bring all of this together.
In this overwhelming collection of things that need to be overseen, one thing that is often overlooked by beginning directors is blocking — the movement of actors from place to place in a scene. This involves things like where the characters sit or stand. Why do they sit or stand there? How do they move from one place to another? How to track screen direction? This is where directors work very closely with the director of photography and the lighting designer. Read more.
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Cameo lighting explained: What it is and how to use it
Cameo lighting sets the subject against a dark background. Thus, this technique allows the focus to fall strictly on the subject, rather than what is in the background. In short, the technique is often employed as a way to convey something about the highlighted character — that they are somehow isolated, contemplative or more important. More importantly, the lighting sets the mood of a particular scene while putting the concentration solely on the talent. A scene lit in this style will usually feel mysterious or melancholy, but cameo lighting can also be used in more cheerful scenes in some instances.
Similar to the Rembrandt lighting technique, cameo lighting is another distinct type of chiaroscuro lighting, also known as mixed lighting. Chiaroscuro is a term that means light and dark.
Simply put, the reference is to the high contrast light and dark style that affects the whole composition and scene. Chiaroscuro lighting is one way to create a three-dimensional quality on a two-dimensional plane, with the pools of darkness contrasting with pools of light. Read more.
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