It’s been a huge concern to many filmmakers on how to trick their audience by shooting day scenes at night. Well finally video maker has come out with a fool proof guide to get you shooting your night scenes when the sun is up.
Remember to get close and never shoot the sky. I know that when Spencer filmed a few songs for Hazards he wanted to get days scenes into night scenes, but he never shot the sky. Pick your backgrounds carefully. Heavily wooded areas seem to work very well.
Dimming the light, or rising the contrast. You can achieve this by darkening down your image. Do NOT iris down, darken down.
Simple things such as lighting a candle or using car high beams can really help sell the shots. Also try to get as less audio or excess noise as you can, seeing as most people wouldn’t be up at this hour of the night.
Another trick is to get the sunset. Twilight is a good time to get a transition shot in. If the audience sees the sun go down then they will almost automatically assume that it is now dark out.
Make sure to cool down the color temperature on your camera. But most importantly keep your shots simple. This guide is suppose to makes these kinds of shot easy to manage but if they are incredibly extravagant than it will make it a lot harder for you. To read the full guide visit the Day For Night guide at videomaker.com.
How can this apply to class and what you are working on right now?