help Shooting Afternoon to look like morning

[mikesdca]

I need to establish the opening of my movie taking place in the early morning and then the rest of the movie is in the late afternoon. I only have the actors after 5pm. What can I do to simulate a morning environment for the first scene.

[TheDVshow]

hmmm, good question… “establish” being the key word

Use activities or visual clues related to the morning in the scenes you shoot:

Paperboy (or girl) delivering the paper
fake dew on the grass
people eating breakfast
stock footage of the sun before you shoot your close-ups
someone leaving for work with a glass of orange juice in hand…

Also use audio clues like:

birds
light and bright music
etc…

be creative.

[Anonymous]

Is the first shot inside or outside?

Inside
Use warm gels (I used honey once for morning type light)
Get lacey material for curtains and set up light going through them.

[mikesdca]

I’ll be filming an opening scene that takes place in the morning and the rest of the short takes place in the afternoon

[Anonymous]

In your editing program, if you’re using one, take the footage and on the RGB settings turn down the green and the blue a tiny tiny little bit. You want warmth, but also a little pink to it to marry the orange. This is just my opinion, but I think you should definitely add morning sounds and habits to convey the time as stated earilier.
-Casto

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