During the spring semester of 2009, I took a class entitled: The Art of Film. We surveyed a large collection of foreign and independent films. Our professor, Mike Landrum, emphasized the role of that cinematographers play in constructing the artistic wonder behind each film. In fact, the very first movie we watched highlighted some famous cinematographers and their works. So, during that semester, I was paying attention to the various lighting effects for the movies we watched.
Reading Chaptaaa 6 about lighting brought back memories of that class. Specifically, how painstacking the work can be in order to produce a particular lighting effect for the film. The science of understanding light, technology of contributing light, and techniques of distorting light are very complex. However, when artists can comprehend all three and put them into practice, the product can be astounding.
I hope that my videos will progress in terms of lighting effects. Usually, I might go as far as turning one light off and turning another on -- but the techniques spread well beyond that! If I can incorporate greater visual/lighting effects, perhaps my videos will not bore audiences (but, they'll probably be bored anyways).
Ah. Oh, well.
Mike is a good friend of mine, and he has an incredible knowledge of film. It's great that you had an opportunity to take his class. And I'm glad that you are drawing on that knowledge as you consider your own work. I hope that the readings, demos and exercises will lead to a slightly more advanced process of lighting than you've described here. I'm sure you'll figure out a few things and impress yourself as well as the rest of the class, and hopefully me too.
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