Lighting in Music videos and Short films

Lighting 

Lighting is commonly used within films, TV shown, music videos and photographs. It is used mainly so you can see the centre focus, it also used to add effect to a certain shot, either positive or negative.

Lighting in Short Films 

For short films usually lighting is generated more naturally because it often uses more generic settings such as a house or a forest. Because of these settings lighting does not need to be forced because directors tend to want to use as much natural lighting as possible because it adds a sense of realism to the short film. Below is an example from a short film called transitions, in this cafe scene there is clear evidence that only natural lighting is used.

Lighting in Music Videos

Within music videos, lighting is used as effect to create an atmosphere that is linked to the genre and lyrics of a song. For example, dark lighting if the video includes negative imagery. The lighting can also be brighter if the imagery is more positive.

These are my own examples of side lighting that is one of the lighting techniques that i will be using when doing my music video. I have decided to foucus on using soide lighting as i thyink thatr it adds the most effect.