Light Kit and the Use of Color

This was an aspect of the film opening that I added a few days before I started to film. I am kind of glad that I decided to use this piece of equipment because it turned out to make some shots look better and I feel that it will make emotions seem more clear.

A light kit is a piece of equipment That I suggest a lot of people use. Not only is it good for three-point lighting, but if it brings the ability to use LED or color, it will help as well. The use of color and shots will make the emotions and feelings of the characters or situation come more alive. For example, in my film, I used blue light to represent the mellow and sad feeling that the characters felt after their argument. Other colors may also help for other situations if you want to make a character look ominous or you want to make a scene look romantic you can use red lighting. Many colors can be used for many different situations.

As many of you know, colors represent different emotions and feelings. The use of color in films is very necessary. Without color in many films, those feelings and emotions would not be able to be conveyed as well. In the type of film that I did, which is romance, the use of color is very important because the characters feel also emotions throughout the film. Since they feel so many emotions, sometimes it is a bit hard to understand which emotion is being felt. So instead of trying to use camera work or composition to convey those feelings or emotions the use of color can replace those techniques. Not only does it replace having to do good camera work and good composition, but it also makes the scene look more pleasing/aesthetic. For example, in my original plan of my storyboard, I did not think about using the color blue for two of the scenes I was just going to use dim lighting so that it looks dark and shows that the characters are upset but instead I used blue light. The blue light made the shots look better and it also will help the audience feel the emotions that the characters are feeling. If I had more shots within my house or in places where I could use the light kit, I would have used it but in the only other scene within my house, I used the natural lighting within the bathroom because I felt that the shot needed to look more natural.

Overall, my experience with the light kit Was as good as it always is. I have used a light kit a few times and every time that I use it, it goes well. The only difference between the light kit that I use now rather than the ones that I’ve used before is that the ones I’ve used before have LED built in them and it also bigger. The light kid that I used for this project, though was smaller, but to be honest, it was a bit better than the one that I’ve used in the past. Even though this one was smaller, the light felt stronger and also it seemed to have more potential, but I was not able to use it to its full extent. If it weren’t for my friend, I wouldn’t have been able to use this light kit so thank you friend for letting me use it even though she said that it was very new and she wanted me to be careful with it. I, of course, was careful with it and I used it as best that I could.

Now it is time for me to start editing and doing all sorts of post-production and also getting ready for the CCR.