Main Task: Lighting

Another aspect of mise-en-scene is light. These are the main types of light:


Ambient light: The light already present in a scene, before any additional lighting is added.

Hard light: Light directly from a source such as the sun, traveling undisturbed onto the subject being lit.

Soft light: Light which appears to "wrap around" the subject to some degree. Produces less shadows or softer shadows.

Artificial light: Light from a man-made source, usually restricted to studio photo lamps and domestic lighting.

The lighting we will be using in our main task is ambient light when artificial light is not present, and soft light when the artificial light is. We are filming indoors only so this applies to all of the scenes and frames. The reason we decided to use this type of light is to show the school atmosphere and make it clear it is inside. It is also to make it more realistic, hard light might imply a studio feel and we do not want this to come across.