I am wondering how to light for an Independent Film, it‘s a horror and takes place at night. I don‘t know what type of lighting to use, how much and how to edit it so it looks like it‘s night time? Please help?Thank you!!
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Can I have a couple hundred pages? You can actually do pretty well with auto headlights if you can only afford to go that route, but you need to soften the light make it less focused so that it will spread better and cause fewer hard shadows. Shine auto lights thru a bed sheet and it will produce a less hard edged light. Remember to make the shots tight. If you use a wide shot you have to start lighting a lot of background sets or the thing is going to look like a pool of light in the middle of a black screen. Another trick you can use in the edit (assuming video edit) is to take the exposure down a couple of stops and boost the blue end of the spectrum. This was the old Hollywood system of getting night scenes that were actually shot in the day. underexposed and shot thru a blue gel they can pass for night IF YOU ARE NOT SHOOTING IN BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Once again you need to soften the shadows to make the night feel real. Shoot on an overcast day and you can get away with it. If you are using electric light you need basically a key light and a fill light for each major view. Look at any nighttime movie shot. One side of the face is brightly lit the other is dimly lit. That's not luck. Both lights need to be set up and placed the right distance away to balance the level of the light correctly. GOOD LUCK!
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