Digging Deep- 'Big Lights'

Day  13

We started at 10:30 am. We started with finishing few shots that were left from Soumee’s shoot.  While I was taking the second shot, Sir asked me to find the sweet spot for taking that shot. I chose a place where my camera is little lower than the character. The character drinks the water from the bottle and keeps it on the table while sitting on the sofa behind the table. But the spot that I chose was going  out of the energy point between the character sitting on the table and the character to whom she is conversing. So it’s better to place your camera in a zone where  the the energy flows between the characters. 

The placement of camera plays an important role in conveying the point of view of the director. If you place the camera at a distant from the character it shows you are more into observing the character and if it is place near or very near to the character then it shows that you are more into whats going inside the mind or what feelings your character is going through. The camera becomes the best buddy of the character.

I enjoyed the job of a cinematographer thoroughly. It’s a huge task to be able to visualize someone else projection through script or dialogues. After you succeed in visualizing, it’s again a responsibility to be able to present it to the director while taking the shots.

POST LUNCH

We went through various types of light that were present on the floor. Also we learnt the techniques of mounting them on the stands, knowing the functions of the knob etc. The lights that we saw were 5K, 2K, Baby, and also the use of the cutters.

By the time we came back and set the shots for Jubraj, it was already 5p.m. So we decided to come back and take the shot tomorrow.