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Feb 26, 2007 26 min

#11 Wk5 - Lighting

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Practical Lighting Tuesday night's class began with how to set up 3 Point lighting, the classic TV news lighting. 3 point lighting consists of the main light, Key; secondary light, Fill; Backlight or Kicker, which separates the subject from the background and Background light. 3 points of light, 4 lights, an amazing paradox. I describe our efforts setting up the scene. By the way, I mistakenly used the term "baffle" when referring to a fabric grid we use on the Rifa to direct light forward. I don't know what it is called and I couldn't find it on the Lowel site. Thursday night we used the same lighting techniques to recreate a night scene and I include pointers on how to do that. Podcasts for filmmakers Finally, I introduce a new segment, reviewing podcasts that I feel are valuable learning tools for anyone interested in working in the motion graphics field. Tonight I'm profiling the VFX Show. Mentioned briefly is episode 5 where the hosts talk about their favorite DVD extras that include helpful movies on production techniques. Take a look at DVD Breakdown for reviews of DVDs and descriptions of the extras. I also mentioned a book by Robert Rodriquez, the guy who gave us El Mariachi and Spy Kids. It's called Rebel without a Crew. Chapter Titles 00:07 This Week 00:45 3 Point Lighting 01:53 Key 02:18 Fill 03:29 Backlight 04:00 Kicker 05:19 Background 06:55 Exercise: News Lighting 08:54 Night Light 12:22 Exercise: Night Lighting 14:07 What is Podcasting? 18:07 The VFX Show 22:49 DVD Extras 25:25 Close

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