Over the past week I have booked out equipment from the loan shop in order to test out different equipment and to note down what technical equipment will be appropriate to use for the production of my documentary. I carried out some test shots in which I mostly focused on lighting and tested out 2 light modifiers which were the Aputure Spacelight and Aputure Lantern Soft Light Box with the Aputure Light Storm C120d.
This image shows the set up of using the Aputure Lantern. The aputure spacelight was not appropriate for this particular set up and the spacelight itself did not provide a flattering effect on camera(using the GH5) as the lantern light modifier. Testing out these light modifiers is useful and convenient as I am able to test which equipment is suitable. I carried out some test shots using the Aputure lantern alongside the Aputure 120D.
This image was taken with the same set up as shown above. The intensity of the led is at the lowest, 10, which is appropriate for this particular shot as when I colour grade in Adobe Premiere it will essentially look much ‘cinematic’ and overall aesthetically pleasing.
As opposed to the image above, the image below shows a clear difference in lighting as I only used motivated lighting in the room. This was the set up I used for my screentest which was suitable at the time as it was a rough idea, though the image above clearly shows technical skill which I will apply to the final documentary.
The next few images shows the same shot but witht eh light intensity at 20, 30 and so on. This was mainly for me to see the difference in low light and a brighter image; overall, just testing.
Before filming commences I want to test out different lenses and this is mostly for the sit down interview section. I was inspired by an existing documentary ‘I Was in The Black Eyed Peas. Then I Quit. | ‘Almost Famous’ by Op-Docs’ in which the film maker used a wide angle lens, focused on the subjects face, for the sit down interview. This technique could be added to my documentary as because the topic is so personal and focused on one person, a closeup of the face as presented in the example documentary would add to my documentary creatively.
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