Preliminary Exercise: Lighting

 Lighting in film is the quality, source, direction, and color of a light. It is significant in film because it provides the spectator with a visual tone, environment, and feeling of meaning. Six lighting techniques are 3-point lighting, high-key lighting, colored lighting, hard lighting, frontal lighting, and under lighting.

3-point lighting is a lighting set up in which there is a back light, key light, and fill light. The purpose of this set up is to highlight the subject in a scene and to make the actor stand out.

High-key lighting is a style of lighting in where there is no shadow. It uses more white and bright tones to represent an optimistic or hopeful tone.

Colored lighting is where directors would tint the lighting to a different color. The purpose of this is to set mood in a scene.

Hard lighting is a harsh light that can be created with a beam from a light source or sunlight. The purpose of this is to create shadows and harsh lines, and draw attention to a subject.

Frontal lighting is when a lighting source is placed in front of a subject. The purpose is to emphasize an object or subject.

Under lighting is when a light source is placed under the subject and shines upwards. The purpose of this is for monumental lighting/to distort the subject's features.