Recently I took part in a Lighting Workshop and I was tasked with the role of observing and reflecting upon events as they unfolded, however what I found most interesting about the workshop was not how various people's roles worked or how to best organize a shoot etc. but rather the results of the shoot and how they were achieved.
The goal of the shoot was to create a scene of a criminal cornered in an alleyway by the police. The shoot took place in a studio environment and we did not have very much in the way of set and props at all, however by the clever use of lighting, black boards and a smoke machine we were able to create a very convincing scene that had a style that appealed to me greatly, very dark and shadowy with bright vivid colours. As I watched the group work I was amazed by how much they achieved with very little.
This is very interesting to me and I am eager to pursue this approach further, as this not only solves my budget issue but also creates a great visual style. Unlike the Dogville approach, which also has it's merits, this approach does not require me abandoning my desired epic visual settings, rather it changes them into a more achieved able and interesting visual style.
Another example of this approach would be one of last year's Lighting workshop which achieved the same inspiring effect and visual style, I find the name Neo-Noir to also be very apt. Perhaps looking into last year's influences would be useful?
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