Lighting and Set Design

Adjusting the lighting for White Set-Up

Lighting:

For our three internal set-ups we have programmed lighting in the studio. We decided that each set-up should have differing lighting in order to differentiate between them and correspond with each mood we are trying to create.

The first set-up is where Georgie first enters the studio and sees a cupcake waiting for her. This scene also includes shots with overlayed Alice in Wonderland footage. For this set-up we are using white spot light on the subject (and the cupcake in front of her) along with white light on the backdrop. This will hopefully create a bright white appearance for this scene.

The second set-up is the balloon scene. For this, in keeping with our colour scheme we have lit the white backdrop with blue and pink lights while lighting the floor and subjects with bright white light.


The final studio set-up is performance. This lighting for this set-up proved more difficult to programme as we wanted a specific look which was harder to get than plain white light. We also had to test this lighting extensively in order to get it right, as shown in the video below:



Through testing it with people and using the camera, we were able to get a much clearer idea of what it would look like for the real thing. As there is not much going on in this scene except for performance, the lighting was incredibly important. We decided on three spotlights; blue for the two DJs and pink for the female lead. This was because it created a differentiation between the two, thus making a great impact, and was in keeping with our colour scheme.

Our external set-up will be in the forest, and so in order to get natural lighting we are going to start filming very early in the day in order to maintain natural brightness. This will be difficult due to the time of year, but we are going to try to ensure that there is consistent lighting in these scenes. In addition, if some scenes do appear to be dark, we will fix this in grading as a last resort.

Set Design:

We have a different set design for each four of our scenes/setups. A brief outline is given on these in the following Prezi: (page may need reloading to view Prezi)