MCD402 Assignment 2 Solution and Discussion

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Critical Analysis of Film Lighting
Lighting for film is a marriage between the cameraman, his film and the processing lab. Film lighting techniques are heavily dependent on the knowledge of how a particular film stock will react to a particular type of light - in respect to; intensity, contrast and color temperature. A multitude of image qualities are available by manipulating; exposure, color temperature and film processing.
Q. What type of reflectors have been used in the Film? Discuss. (05) Note: you can select any other movie if the given is not accessible.
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Q. Watch the Pakistani Movie “Yalghaar” and conducts a critical analysis of the movie in terms
of the intensity, contrast and appropriateness of lighting in it. (10)
Lighting for TV Production MCD402
Department of Mass Communication
Virtual University of Pakistan SEMESTER FALL 2019
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Solution 1:
The solution was required in the following manner.

• Watching the movie.

Analyzing the movie in terms of;

1. Intensity of light. (Is the intensity of light appropriate or it exceeds the required limit? A discussion was required on this aspect).
2. Contrast. (Is the contrast suitable enough to impart a good impression? A discussion was required on this aspect).
3. Appropriateness of lighting considering the scenes.

• Giving examples.

Solution 2:

• You were required to highlight the reflectors used in the movie.
• After watching the movie.
• You have to make a supposition regarding the type of reflector used in the scenes with a brief detail.

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@zareen said in MCD402 Assignment 1 Solution and Discussion:

Yalghaar” and conducts a critical analysis of the movie in terms
of the intensity, contrast and appropriateness of lighting in it

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Q. What type of reflectors have been used in the Film? Discuss. (05)
A reflector is simply a tool that reflects light. A reflector doesn’t create light like a flash does, it simply redirects the existing light, or sometimes redirects the light from a flash or studio strobe. That’s important to understand for two reasons. The first is that the light from a reflectors isn’t any brighter than what is already there, so you can’t use them to light up a night portrait unless you are also using a flash or other light source as well. The second point to understand is that the quality of the light will match the quality of the light that’s in the scene. For example, if you’re shooting at sunset, the light that bounces off the reflector will have that same orange hue.

But, there are a few exceptions. Reflectors come in different types and colours, and the colour of the reflective surface may change the light that’s bounced back. A traditional white reflector simply bounces the light, and the light is nice and soft. A silver reflector doesn’t change the color of the light much, but it is a bit brighter than light reflected off a white one. Gold reflectors are designed to change the color of the light by warming it up a bit with an orange tone.
Since reflectors don’t create light, their primary purpose is to fix shadows. If you are shooting a portrait outdoors during the day, a reflector can be used to fix odd shadows on the face, or even to prevent a backlit subject from becoming a silhouette. Basically, a reflector is used in this way as a replacement for the fill flash.

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