Introduction
This week, KK explained lighting in VFX to us, including the role of lighting technical director (TD) in VFX and simple lighting knowledge.
I will also use the knowledge learned this week to analyze 3 frames of my favorite film.
Process
This is the responsibility and skill requirements of TD:
In the previous course of Design for narrative structure, film language and animation, I have analyzed the knowledge of lighting.
As for PBR, I also talked about it in my collaborative project. Here, I will share a good video tutorial and notes:
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV17k4y127q2?p=6
https://www.bilibili.com/read/cv11291883?from=note
Next, let’s analyze 3 frames:
In this frame:
1. Key light is on the right side, which is the sun; Fill light is on the right side, because the shadows of Judy and Nick are not very dark; Rim light is behind them, so that their backs are not too dark.
2. It can be seen that the lighting ratio in this screen is not too high, about 4:1, which makes a natural transition from key light to fill light. So this is also a high-key lighting and soft light.
3. Because this is a sunrise scene, the color temperature is about less than 2000k. Because Nick told Judy about his childhood, the relationship between the two became close, so this color temperature can enhance the atmosphere.
In this frame:
1. The key light is in the middle of the screen, derived from the light of this small house; the fill light is in the opposite position, allowing the audience to see the wolf’s face clearly; and I guess there is no rim light, because the key light is the rim light.
2. In this scene, it is obvious that the lighting ratio has reached 5:1 or even higher. Here I am a little hesitant, because if it is no fill, I shouldn’t be able to see the wolf’s face clearly. But there is no doubt that this is a low-key lighting and hard light.
3. This is a cold color temperature, because it is at night, and to express the nervousness of Nick and Judy, cool colors will be more suitable.
This is one of my favorite frames, here:
1. The frame is obviously divided into two parts by lighting, one is the bright part and the other is the dark part. The contrast between Nick’s light and shadow in the sun is obvious, but Judy’s in the shadow is not.
2. So there are two color temperatures, cold on the left and warm on the right.
Conclusion
I think lighting will be an interesting course. This is my first lesson on lighting in graduate school. I hope I can learn more in the future!