Ok. I just got done experimenting with different lighting angles and took a variety of pictures and I still have more I want to try, so I will put out the link and have you guys see how those look.

The astronaut was just to help me get the camera view at eye level, but there are two men chatting in front of a little grocery shop in the daytime.

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Last edited by AgentMichaelScarn22 (September 1, 2016 (06:39pm))

It's much better now, although the fact that everyone has two shadows is a little odd. If you put something like tracing paper over your lamp to diffuse its light, it should eliminate that. It's not such a big deal if we're not going to see the floor in the film, though,

And yes, bring the camera right down if you can. When we look down from above, it becomes very obvious that we're looking at little toys, rather than real living characters.

Feinstein. did you forget to put a link to your photo or is it just me?

I like the star background but I would try dimming the lights down a bit because batman has to much glare on him.

I used a sparkly fabric from here: http://www.fabricsinmotion.net/catalog/ … cts_id=160

There weren't any lamps shining directly on the backdrop, but the glitter picked up enough light from the ones shining on Batman.

And to brickorbrack: The glare was probably caused by my laziness in not putting any diffuser, such as paper, on the lamps...it might be too late at this point, as I've already started filming, but I will try to remedy that in the rest of the shots that are similar to this.

Might want to add some backlight to make Batman pop out more from the background, given that both are black.

Example

I've been wanting to experiment with different types of lighting so I tried to make a night time scene in my main character's bedroom, just curious on some thoughts about these shots. Right off the bat I think the window looks weird but I'm not sure how else to make it.

Last edited by awesomeoptimus (December 9, 2016 (07:48pm))

Thanks for the feedback, I agree with the set design comment that is something I definitely need to work on. I should probably start by getting more base plates so I won't just have green haha.