Week 6 - Lighting Iteration & Shoot on Stage
2/11/2025
Feedback from Mentors
Shot Changes:
- Variation in the shot angles
- Shot 2-3: floor to wall transition
Lighting / Composition:
- Shot 5: backlit crowds, add flare in comp
Stage:
- Place camera trackers
- Add foreground / background elements on stage
Cards on Shot 3 and 5:
Original Light - Spot Light
Rect Light
Plane Emission
Rect Light on Shot 3
Before we shoot on stage, we decided to place the cards in the scene to bring in more reflection onto the actress and the heels. The images above are the lighting test to see if the cards were placed in the right direction as the original light that was used on the scene. In the first row, the left image is the original spot light, the right image is the rect light. In the second row, the left image is the emission plane and the right image is the rect light placed on the shot 3.
Because we need a same placement of the cards on shot 3 as well, I placed the gray ball, chrome ball, and black chrome ball on the right and used them as the reference to place the cards in the same direction.
I placed the rect light first because the plane emission was hard to tell whether it was positioned in a smilar angle. So, I then replaced them with the emission plane. ealized that. and replaced the rect light to the plane with the emission for both shot 3 and 5.
Also, the crowds cards were replaced and reorganized by Tianze after I rendered this shot, so the people wouldn't appear more than once in the scene.
LED Volume Stage:
On stage, the cards with emission was too bright and causing the shadow on the LED screen. We reduced the emission which helped to create some reflection on the heels. We also added the additional light on stage to light the actress with the right light temperature.
The image below was the final setup we did on the stage.
Shot 5:
Shot 5, composited by Julian
We have our additional shot on March 4th, and before the shoot, I will be working to brighten the scene because the light we had on the stage was, and better way to use the cards to we would have more nice reflections on the heels as well.
Shot 4:
Week 5
Week 6
The backlit emission was too lit so I decreased the emission intensity of the cards, and also turned off the light shaft from the spot lights. I also increased some roughness on the stage floor so it would