Research into Lighting!

Since a lot of the scenes I am going to be filming will be taking place in the dark, (mostly in the garden where there isn't really any proper lighting available) I've decided it's probably a good idea to research how I can improve the lighting.
The camera I will be using is just a simple Canon HD camera, and I have no professional power lighting, but a few lamps and lights that I should be able to gather from around the house and borrow from friends.

I had a look at some videos and tutorials on how to make light reflectors from tin foil and cardboard, like this one here. Unfortunately I don't have any gold foil, so I'm just going to use silver foil, which should work just as well!
http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to-make-folding-reflector-from-cardboard-and-foil-269663/ 

I've also been researching how to set up lighting properly and have found out various ways of doing it, which look relatively simple and actually possible to do.

 

In terms of intensity, the key light must be 100%, fill must be 50% and separation light should be 25%.
I quite like the look of the picture on the right, as it appears simple and easy to do. I will have fairy lights, lanterns and as many different types of lighting as possible, so the homemade reflector should pick these up, hopefully.


These were the lighting reflectors I made to try to improve the lighting, using tin foil and cardboard. They worked a lot better than I had first expected.