Chapter 3 - Take Home Question

1. You are to supervise the lighting of a face cream commercial. The script calls for an ECU of the model’s face. The novice LD (Lighting Director) suggests using a fast falloff “to accentuate the nice bone structure of the model’s face.” Do you agree with the LD? If so, why? If not, why?

Answer: I agree with using a fast falloff. The reason being, because a fast falloff will cause a lighted area such as a jawline, to change abruptly into a dark shadow the minute there is no more surface. This allows for the jawline to be properly accentuated and makes it stand out amongst the rest of the face. You could use this concept even for a larger person and make it appear that they have a solid facial bone structure.

Image Bank Assignment

I chose the gallery of Larry Burrows. What captured my attention was the way the photos were taken. All of the subjects in the photos were shot candidly and were not directly aware of the camera. But each picture you had seen saw them performing an action of sorts. Primarily based on Vietnam, you saw soldiers fighting courageously to survive and to help their fellow soldiers.

(In the image above, you see Vietnam soldiers taking in P.O.W's onto a boat)


Larry Burrows (29 May 1926 in London – 10 February 1971 in Laos) was an English photojournalist best known for his pictures of the American involvement in the Vietnam War. (Wikipedia, 2011)

He was best known for his picture which was shown on the cover of Life Magazine on April 16, 1965.

http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0302/lb_index.html

A Hard Day's Night - Photojournal Picture Comparison

I saw this image and it instantly captured my attention. The facial expressions of the band as well as the positioning of all of them. The positioning itself reminded me of the train scene and the hooligans they had caused throughout the ride.

Reaction to The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly was an interesting movie. It was the first time I had ever viewed a movie spoken entirely in French. I normally watch Hindi (Indian) movies with subtitles so it wasn't hard to grasp the concept of watching a movie, trying to understand it completely through subtitles. I was really fascinated by how the director was capturing the entire experience of what the gentlemen was going through. Placing yourself inside the characters' shoes provides much more depth and emotion rather than showing it from a 3rd party point of view. Hearing the characters voice in the movie allowed us to not even need to see his face. It makes me wonder, what if we closed our eyes and watched the entire movie. Would we be able to experience and understand what was happening in the movie. I think I might have to rent that and try it out!