Lighting is a key element directly required for good film making, as it is essential in providing the best detail for the camera's. Lighting can also be used to provide mood to the piece, casting shadows over the actors face can be efficient in providing to characters persona's or mood. Shadows are also a great way to bring out the three dimensions in a set, in contrast bad lighting direction can lead to very flat and boring scenes.
Furthermore considering the light levels when filming is important as I discovered during AS media, in which we planned to shoot a night scene and we ended up having roughly 10 minutes of good light at 5pm, with footage afterwards becoming very grainy and almost unusable.
When directing lighting it requires some thought and consideration to provide verisimilitude for the audience, such as using soft key low angle lighting to create the feeling that the sun is setting. Perhaps framing a light source to provide a shadow on a wasll as if the light was entering from a window are some things that if approached correctly can give a scene a better sense of realism and cinematic effect.
Dark/Night time scenes.
Scenes that may need to be shot in the dark can be shot midday as this provides good lighting and is required to pick up the details and definitions on camera. The scene can then be edited post-production to reduce the lighting levels which provides a night time tone to the sequence.
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