Lighting exercise

Lighting

We have looked at different types of lighting techniques and they are:

• Key light
• Back light
• Filler light
• Under lighting 
• Top lighting
• Back lighting
• Low key lighting
• High key lighting

They have different uses in different types of ways of filming. They use lighting to make the effect look better, in the film.

The key light is the most brightest light and the most influential, this is because we can get the look of a object of a person.

The back light provides the effect of the key light or creates an outline of a person or a silhouette.

The filler light provides the softness of the hard shadows that the use of the key light and the back light which they create.

Underlighting is used when the main source comes from the below the subject. The slighting effect is mostly is used in thrillers and horror movies to create a effect to show the viewers that they are dangerous.

Top lighting is the main source of the lighting because it comes from above the person so that they look better than they look before.

The back light shows the source behind the certain subject, this implies that if there is no other lighting used the silhoutettes are created.

Also there are two different lighting which are low-key and high-key.

Low key lighting Is created by using the key and back lights, which will produce a fine contrast of light and dark in different areas on the screen also very deep, distinct shadows will be formed. This is also known as chiariiscuo, this is from the italian word for light - chiaro and dark- oscuro.

High key lighting  is mostly used by filler lights , which shows that the lighting will appear more realistic.