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Nicola Daley |
| Nicola Daley is an award-winning Cinematographer. In 2006 Nicola was awarded the Best Student Cinematography Award at the National Australian Cinematographers' Society Awards for the short film 'Debut'. She worked on the 2007 Oscar nominated film 'The Saviour'. In 2005 she was awarded the Australian Film, TV and Radio School's High Achievement Award in Cinematography and she shot the 2005 Tropfest winning film 'Australian Summer'. Nicola has won numerous gold, silver and bronze NSW Australian Cinematographers' Society Awards for her short films, music videos and commercials. 'Debut' was also invited to be screened at the prestigious |
2005 Camerimage Film festival in
Poland. Nicola moved from England to
Sydney in 1999. Since then she has
worked at rental house 'Lemac Film and
Video' for three years, where she was
involved with the technical side of cameras.
She was accepted into the prestigious
Australian Film, TV and Radio
School to study Cinematography in
2003. Nicola has experience with film,
video, and HD and in all areas, from
music videos to drama to documentary.
She owns her own Sony HDV Z1P camera.
At the moment Nicola is shooting a
documentary with renowned Australian
documentary director Curtis Levy. www.nicoladaley.com |
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Using The Lowel DV Creator 44 Kit |
 Above, Nicola, behind the camera and next to interviewer Below, subject lit with Rifa 44 & Pro-light 
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I use my DV Creator 44 Kit mainly for
interviews, as I do a lot of documentary
work. I find the Rifa 44 a fantastic light for
interviews, as it is so kind to faces, in
terms of it's quality of light. And it is so
easy to pack up, and packs up so small
too! In fact the whole lighting kit is great
for my documentary work, as I seem to
spend an awful lot of time lugging gear in
and out of cars and locations and the last
thing I want is endless boxes and separate
stands etc. So the kit I have is great
as it suits my needs and is incredibly compact too. In the photos, I have used the Rifa 44 as the main key light for the interview, with a piece of ND gel clipped on the bottom to put a subtle gradation across the chest of the interviewee, to concentrate the audiences' eye to their face. I have then used the Lowel Pro-light with some 216 diffusion as a nice backlight to separate them from the back ground. I then try and use some natural light or a practical lamp in the background to give the interview more depth and life, depending of course on the location and the interviewee and what the subject is they are talking about. I love to have a good look at a location when we arrive and try and use the natural advantages of that particular location to best suit the interview and the subject matter of that particular documentary. |
