27. lighting


 


27. lighting




I’d say that lighting was one of our main concerns throughout the project. Right away, we were well aware that we’d have to be careful with when we chose to shoot. Since our setting had a window, it wasn’t like we could just shoot at any time of the day and pretend it was actually night, because the view outside would give us away. But we also had to choose a time that had relatively consistent lighting. As pretty as it would’ve been, there was no way we would’ve been able to shoot at, say, golden hour. The lighting changes immensely over just 5 minutes during that time, and that could affect the shooting if we needed to redo scenes, as well as the consistency of the shots.

 

Our use of natural lighting wasn’t exactly out of will, but more so out of need. Much like sound, we didn’t have the equipment necessary to do what we wanted to do, so we had to make do. Just four girls, a couple pennies, and a phone with a tripod mount. I won’t lie and say that it was a stylistic choice, because it wasn’t, but I found that it did end up adding to the atmosphere of the film opening. It felt more real than if we had been under sterile, hospital-looking lighting. It gave the project personality, though I’m still not sure if I’m just gaslighting myself into liking it, lol.

 

In my ideal world, if I had it may way, I would’ve built a set inside a big warehouse and set up some fake landscaping outside, using maybe a green screen for the outside view. Not because I like wasting money or building sets even though I do), but because that way we could control the lighting while also keeping some of that natural feeling. Choosing the right hue of light could very easily create that natural light while also allowing us more control over it. I would’ve probably kept the lighting soft, quite happy and summer-y at the beginning. But then when Gigi gets the text from her father that he won’t be able to make it, I would’ve darkened the light, imitating the way it looks when the sun hides behind the clouds. I think that really could’ve been a subtle-yet-not way to emphasize that feeling of disappointment.

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