This week was very interesting and important as we learned how to set up the lights on a set. I realized that this part of the process takes more time than I would have thought, and we need to plan accordingly once we start shooting.
Steps to consider:
1) Turn off the lights available on location, and change the light bulbs to higher wattage ones
2) Always follow your natural light source if there is one (e.g. window, visible lamp etc.)
3) Remember the "three point set up" (Key Light, Fill Light, Back/Hair Light)
Especially when filming a dialogue, it is important to get a natural looking light on the characters, so that they neither look too bright (no shade on their face), nor too dark (half of the face is a shade, so that one eye can hardly be seen). Also the shades that the lights create behind the characters or other objects have to be eliminated, which can be a challenge in a small location.
Due to those lessons we decided as a group to think over the locations for our production in order to either use natural light as much as possible and to use rooms that make it easy to set up lights.
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