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Lighting

Fundamentals of Lighting

Purpose of Lighting : To get a proper exposure in order to improve picture quality

  1. Illumination
  2. Mood creation – according to scene, romantic etc, colour lighting schemes
  3. Atmosphere creation
  4. Illusion
  5. Time & place establishment
  6. Emotions
  7. Effects

Lighting Scheme will be changed according to the following

  1. Camera
  2. Set
  3. Costume
  4. Location
  5. Make-up

Natural lighting: Sun light

Artificial lighting: Lighting with the help of lamps

Direct light/Incident Light is the light directly from light sources like lamps, sun etc

Bounce light/Reflected Light is the Light after reflected/bounced off from a surface. It is effective than direct light.

Ambient Light is the light already available in the atmosphere before additional lighting is added in a shot.

Hard Light directly from a source such as the sun, traveling undisturbed onto the subject being lit.

Soft Light appears to "wrap around" the subject to some degree. It produces less shadows or softer shadows.

Spot is a narrowly focused beam of light which can be controlled

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Lighting Equipment | Lighting Procedure | Effects with Lighting

 


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