For our short film we plan to use different levels of lighting, for example the pool scenes we will be using naturalistic lighting, so the lighting will just be from the general surrounds and the time of day. We used this in this scene and the beginning of the house scene as they were set during day light hours.
When it came to lighting for the bar scene we had a range of lighting possibilities as there was four different lights to choose from and each panel of lighting had its own dimmer switch, which we could use to set the mood. When we had the establishing shot and the tracking cam of the bar we focus the lights on the engravement of “Smith’s E
st. 1957” on the wall and made sure the bar was lit up, making the fine cognacs and champagnes visible behind the bar. Most of the long shots used in the bar scene were lit to make the bar seem seductive, which produced a romantic feel which we were looking for. We also used several low angle close ups of the couple on the sofa. In these shots we made the lighting more dominant over the male to show that he was in control and was the strongest character. We feel that the lighting in this scene was very effective and helped us achieve the style and feel we wanted.