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Lighting a Horror Scene With LEE Filters

Gaffer Elena Armellini demonstrates how she uses lighting gels to visually support the story.

In this video, gaffer Elena Armellini takes viewers behind the scenes as she lights a horror scene. She and her crew black-out the location's windows to give themselves full control over the interior lighting, and then she employs different coloured LEE gels to underscore the scene's tension.