Aesthetics & Technologies – 21/10/19 – Film Lighting Notes

Three-point lighting set up

-Most basic lighting in film

– Helps to shape and focus on a subject

-Separates them from the background

Hard/Soft lighting

• Hard: Smaller light sources, creates a dramatic effect, creates shadows, less naturalistic
• Soft: Larger light source, bright, very little shadow is created, diffusion and gels also soften light

Practical Lighting: using existing lamps/light sources that are present in a scene

Natural film lighting: Enhancing existing light using reflectors and additional lights