When filming our 2 minute film opening, we had to take into consideration the natural lighting that we had to work with. The natural lighting either benefitted the shot, made the shot or made the shot quality worse.
In this screenshot, the hand held camera shot of the main character entering the back building is very unclear and the quality of the shot is quite bad. If the natural lighting was shining into the back building, the eerie details and run down look of the building could be seen and would improve the shot and would really improve the shot. It would also add to the conventions of the genre as markings on the walls that related to the psychological genre could've been seen.
To improve this shot and to let more light into the back building, we should've either shot it from a different angle where natural lighting hit the inside of the building, or purchased artificial lighting to improve the quality, however this method is expensive and quite impractical.
The next screenshot of the main character walking through the front main building is made better just from the lighting from the sun hitting the main character at the right point. The sun on the main character puts most of the attention on her, which is what is meant to happen as she's exploring the building. The sunlight also falls on the walls behind her, which brings attention to the markings on the wall, which add to the conventions of the genre. The way that the natural light falls shows the details of the building nicely.
To improve the shot we could've further positioned the camera angle to let more of the sunlight in to show up more of the building. I feel though that the natural lighting from the outside has really made the shot special and has worked well with the angle we shot at.
The last screenshot is of the main character leaning over to pick up the killers' match box on the floor. I think that the lighting in the angle doesn't necessarily do anything special for the shot, however we did not have to play around with the editing brightness settings to improve the quality of the shot. The angle we shot at let enough natural light in so that the shot was of good quality.
Evaluation-
In order to improve our other shots, we should've changed the camera angles so that it let in enough of the lighting from outside to naturally brighten the shot. By doing this, we could've achieved a better quality in filming and the audience would've enjoyed watching the film opening more.
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