Tips for directing a movie project. 10 points for clear and descriptive answers?

1. I want to shoot the scene where a group of people approached you with the sunset behind them. The problem is, we can't see their faces. Is there a tool that we can use to light up these people while making it look natural? Would giving these people torches be sufficient enough to light them up?





2. Using real people in a MASSIVE cavalry charge is impossible, right? Sure, there are movies where cavalry charges are involved. However, these are usually small (50-200 people). The problem is, no matter how well trained the the stuntsmen are, there would be big injuries in MASSIVE cavalry charges. For the massive cavalry charges, we can only use graphics, right?Tips for directing a movie project. 10 points for clear and descriptive answers?
give them torches to hold and then use indirect lighting on the subjects. This will give the illusion the light is coming from the torches





Massive charges are hard. In films, their is always a wide distant view to show the size of the group, and then tight shots of the action, where you only need 20 to 30 people and horses.Tips for directing a movie project. 10 points for clear and descriptive answers?
When shooting scenes the sun is usually kept behind the camera to maintain visibility.





To counter the problem of having the sunset in the background in direct lighting must be used in roughly equal brightness to the light being shone behind them. Therefore the lighting must be brought closer to the faces of the actors. Alternatively, you could look into using filters on your cameras that would dim the bright sunset and draw more attention to the detail on the actor's faces.





When shooting large scale cavalry charges one must shoot a portion of actors and then digitally reproduce larger numbers, or shoot the same actors in different locations however this is difficult and impractical - so I would recommend visual effects software.





Hope this helps!