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Different Types of Lighting L ighting plays a key role in moving image; "Lighting is fundamental to film because it creates a visual mood, atmosphere, and sense of meaning to the audience"- David Lynch (2013). The correct use of lighting tells the audience where to look on the screen, can be indicative of the character's psych key and often contributes to the genre that the film is classified as. In the photography studio, we used a three point lighting set up with various different types of lighting to explore how this affected the atmosphere and mood of the footage. Rembrandt Lighting Rembrandt Lighting is a popular lighting set up named after the Dutch painter Rembrandt who used this particular style of lighting within his portraits int he 17th century. It is made up of one light source illuminating half of the face, and a triangle of light illuminating the other side of the face below the eye, known as a chiaroscuro. The light source must be higher than a...

New Wave Film Brief I plan on creating a new wave film, focussing on the effect that Brexit is having on the working class in the UK. My film will be two to three minutes long and the narrative of my film will follow the story of a woman, representative of Britain, dancing with the devil of the Conservative Government. I intend to shoot footage in an interview style with my peers, asking for their opinions on the current political climate and the government which I will then edit in a jump- cut manner with stock footage from political sources to demonstrate the swiftly darkening opinion of the 'tory' party in the youth in Britain. Further to this, I intend to make a statement within my film, insinuating the demise of the UK at the hands of our Government; in order to do this I intend to use low-key lighting in a dimly lit room, personifying Britain in the character of a woman  and I will shoot Britain dancing with the devil, using edge lighting and rembrandt lighting to gi...

A Contextual Study Exploring the American New Wave from 1969-1987       This writing explores the American Cinematic New Wave from the period of 1969-1987, taking into consideration social, moral and political influences on cinema and upcoming directors. I will investigate the flourish of a fresh creative freedom that the new wave brought to America, allowing a generation of passionate filmmakers to break through the boundaries of traditional Hollywood films. Works such as ' Easy Rider'  ( Dennis Hopper, 196 ), ' Taxi Driver' (Martin  Scoursese , 1976',  and  'Full Metal Jacket' (Stanley Kubrick, 1987)  embodied the raw self- awareness and evident rule breaking of new wave cinema, with a determination to shatter studio censorship within films and to present their audiences with a different, more cynical and critical perspective on the societies which they portrayed.    The Second World War altered Hollywood productions t...