Set up lighting and camera for stop motion animation
Overview
This Standard is about your ability to light sets in a way that creates the correct ambience and style of the production, and your ability to set up the equipment that is needed in order to film stop motion animation. You are expected to recommend the lighting and image capture system(s) and equipment that will need to be used, in agreement with the producer or director. You will also be required to supervise the installation and testing of those systems as well as adjusting and monitoring their use throughout the production. This standard is for you if you set up lighting and camera for stop motion animation
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
determine the requirements that will affect your work by analysing
briefs, scripts, visual references, storyboards, colour keys and
technical and production parameters
- generate ideas on the use of lighting for each set to meet the
design brief
confirm the lighting plot with relevant people
source and recommend the equipment required to meet design,
technical and production demands and budget constraints
- supervise the installation of lighting equipment to meet production
schedules
- supervise the installation of image capture, motion control and
ancillary equipment in line with directors requirements and
production schedules
- deal with equipment shortfalls or failure in a way that minimises
disruption to production schedules
- make sure that equipment is installed and tested before
production starts, in line with relevant health and safety guidelines
and statutory requirements
- light sets and conduct tests to confirm that lighting and other
equipment meets requirements
- adjust equipment to meet production and aesthetic requirements
of specific scenes throughout the production
- make sure that equipment is checked and maintained in line with
manufacturers instructions and health and safety guidelines
- remain flexible and adaptable to new directions, creative
requirements and technical developments on an ongoing basis
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
the design, style and look of the production and how lighting
impacts on it
- the production parameters, such as budget, schedule, digital
pipelines and edit suites being used
- the technical parameters, such as aspect ratio and format of final
deliverables
- the types of equipment and its uses for lighting, image capture,
motion-control and ancillary equipment
- the power source and flow and any safeguards, in terms of watts
and amps
- any resource constraints that may impact on choice and use of
equipment, such as availability of equipment and power, time and
people
- health and safety legislation, regulations and codes of practice
that are applicable to lighting and studio safety
- image capture equipment, theory and techniques and their
limitations
lighting theory and techniques sufficient to carry out the role
colour theory and how lighting works in films, painting and
photography
- how to create different moods and effects such as times of day
and seasons through lighting and camera lenses and how it is
used in story and character
- the importance of light, shade and intensity, the impact these
have on colour and how shadows behave and can be used
the way shading and reflections behave and can be used
the effects of set scale, camera format, and heat on practical
depth of field and how post production compositing might avoid
these problems.
the effect lighting has on shots when imported into digital formats
the impact your work has on those people who are animating and
shooting scenes
- how to effectively work alongside the key people involved