Making Better Movies with Moviestorm Vol 3: Sound and Light

Lighting a virtual movie scene is also far quicker, easier and cheaper than lighting a real set. You don’t need lots of
bulky equipment, and you don’t need to worry about whether you’ve brought the right color gels. You can place a
light wherever you want it simply by dragging, without having to think about supports or gantries – and of course,
there’s no risk of a poorly secured light falling onto the set!
Moviestorm’s lighting tools are relatively basic compared to more advanced 3D software, and they certainly don’t
compare to the flexibility you get in real life, but they’re sufficient to try out some of the basic techniques you need
to know. You’ll still find it useful as a pre-production tool. When you start to block out a scene, you can very quickly
get some idea of how you want it lit. You can show this to your production designer, DoP, set designer, and lighting
crew, and they’ll immediately have a better understanding of how you see the scene. They probably won’t set up the
lights in anything like the same way you did, but they’ll be able to create something that captures your vision.
Movies are “painting with light”
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