camera-usage:lighting-faq
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Lighting FAQ
“Hard” or “soft” light characterizes the shadow appearance.
In general, the larger, more diffused the light source, the softer the light quality.
There is no rule as to when to use hard or soft light for a shot or scene, and there is no correct or incorrect method.
While soft light is more forgiving when lighting people, hard light can be used to produce dramatic shadows and attractive lighting effects.
The primary light source (the key light) generally sets the softness of the light.
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Key, fill, separation (“hair”), and background lights.
Open-faced and the Fresnel-lensed lights – hard light; softbank, frost – light-softeners
HMI lamp and LEDs
Reflections and reflectors
Realistic vs. unrealistic lighting
“natural” look (interviews, documentaries, etc.)
stylized “unrealistic” lighting (fantasy, sci-fi, art-house movies) that bear little resemblance to real life: strong colored lights, heavy shadows, lights coming from strange places, unexpected pools of light, and so on.
Faking lighting continuity
Shoot a scene with several different lighting setups -reset the light for each scene- but make it look consistent. The aim is to make every shot look as good as it can, and create a pleasing visual composition. In some scenes, a character may be lit from completely different directions, or may have different colored lighting on them. If it’s done well, the audience will never notice the lack of continuity.
Mostly darks shots
“Night”/ Dark lighting setup in daylight
Moving lights
Handheld Lights.
Silhouettes
Shadows
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