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Lighting
Without light you have no image
Carefully controlled lighting directs the viewer’s attention
Light quality
Hard light: Casts sharply defined deep shadows
The sun, candles, unfiltered tungsten lamps
Soft light: Cast soft shadows with undefined edges
Over cast day, lamps with diffusers, light reflected from certain source
Contrast range – latitude
Latitude describes the contrast range that a camera can represent
The difference between the lightest and darkest areas of the picture
Low key
Features high lighting contrast, with dark shadows and bright pools of light
Associated with night time, mystery, tragedy and horror.
High key
Features a more even distribution of light
The light will be evenly spread meaning most of the set will be lit
Lighting equipment
Tungsten lamps
Most common professional light
Range from 150w up to about 24,000w
Consists colour temp of 3200k
General lighting set ups
Three point lighting
Even when numerous lights are used they will perform one of the functions of the three point set up
Use the basic set up as a starting point for your lighting
Key light
Usually the brightest light
Casts primary shadows
Can be hard or soft
Fill light
Used to fill out shadows caused by the key without causing its own shadows
Usually softer than the key light
Back light
Creates a bright outline around the subject
Used to separate the subject from the background
Helps create depth