Location (Lighting)

One issue that we identified during our research into location is that the building we are filming in does not have any cealing lamps. Since we are filming at night we had to think of alternatives in order to light our scenes.

The first thing to consider were light sources.

Key light
Many great filmmakers live and shoot by the rule of "Switch on ONE light and then go from there."
It was therefore essential that we found a suitable source for our key light.
Luckily, Oli's dad owns a pair of bright lamps which fit the purpose very well.
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Filler lights
We all had a look at home and these are the lamps that we found and are now planning to use:

These desk lamps are great as filler lights as they are small, mobile and each one has a different brightness.

The second thing to consider was how to control the light.

Whilst doing some research on the topic of lighting a scene I found this video.
It inspired us to use bounce boards when filming our movie. Bounce boards are brilliant for reflecting light onto the actors faces, or in the case of a coloured board, create a certain mood.
I found these white A1 foam boards at Hobbycraft, and we decided that they were a great alternative to a professional (and more expensive) reflector board.

White foam board from Hobbycraft