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Irmaria

This was a collaborative film project I worked on. I was the Lighting TD, Lead Lighter, Compositor and Technical Director on the film. I managed a small team of lighters and compositors to help us meet strict deadlines in order to complete the film. This video is password protected due to it being looked at as a submission for film festivals. If you would like to watch the full film please contact me through email or LinkedIn and I can give you access to enjoy this beautiful heartwarming film that is a tribute to the victims of hurricanes Irma and Maria. Below are clips of the shots I am responsible for lighting and compositing in this film as well as a breakdown of my process for lighting this film.

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Shots I Am Responsible For:

The Lighting Process

When starting to plan out the lighting process for Irmaria it was decided early on that we wanted to have the light also illustrate the emotions felt between Mom and Mia throughout the story. We went for the stylistic choice to represent the storm with blue light and to represent the heartfelt moments between Mom and Mia with warm candlelight. 

Mood Board

In the beginning, I set up a master light set up that equally distributed the warm and cool light in the living room area. Once the lighting team started to receive animation we then began having either warm or cool light be more or less present depending on the emotions being conveyed in that scene. As the film moves onto the bathroom setting the cool light is much more present due to the impending storm and the room is only accented by candlelight. As we began to get the animation for those scenes we accented the characters with the candlelight to highlight the touching moments shared between Mom and Mia. 

Shot 31

The final shot is the most important and impactful shot of the film. The process for this shot was very entailed. The bathtub starts off with an overall blue tone accented with candle lights. As the roof tears off; intense, bright cool light floods the scene along with the storm pouring down into the scene. We can see the storm in Mia's eyes to heighten the emotions that she is feeling. For this shot, we used a gobo light with the image sequence of a simulation of a roof tearing off to cast the shadows into the tub without having to place a simulation in the scene. We then composited in the various levels of rain and also highlighted the intensity of the bright light from the roof and rain from the storm in Mia's eyes.

Shot 34
Shot 34

 We were able to achieve this stylistic lighting setup with creating various layers that contained our blue lights, candle lights, character lights, and rim lights so we then could break down and have more artistic control when compositing to achieve the desired aesthetic. 

Node Tree

Through the choice of having the color of the light represent the emotions of the story paired with the heartwarming and emotional animation, we were able to convey a beautiful and touching story.    

Breakdowns

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