Light Exercise!
During lesson we completed an exercise on lighting. We focussed on several different lighting techniques. These are;
- Key Light is when the main light is on the focus point (character ) ,this could be done simply to show the attention on the character or to soften out shadow effects.
- Back light is the light is placed behind the focus point which is most likely used to create a silhouette which remains in the dark or it could be done to create a mystery character due only being able to see the shadow this could be used in a horror film.Which could create awareness and frightening effects.
- Low key lighting is when a light is placed below the focus point and it is used to create images with high contrast between dark.The light areas this tends to block the background slightly and mainly focuses on the actual part where it needs focusing this could also be seen as creating a chiaroscuro effect.
- High key lighting is when the light is placed above the focus point and tends to illuminate the focus point with bright light and focus more on the light.
- Filler light, which is also known as a 3 point lightning, consists of three different angled lights located in the front, back and side mainly to bring out features of a character. This is used in interviews or on tv to make someone look naturalistic.
- Top lighting is when the light is placed above the focus point most likely to illuminate any shadows and it usually maintains a high amount of light.This can give out a high contrast on the focus point.
- Under lighting tends to block out the background and only allow you to visually see a particular face which could be seen in most horror films and making it look asif the character is evil and up to no good. However there are other scenes where this could be used in a opposite manner to being evil , such as making a person look innocent by looking up with the light.
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