Preliminary Exercise: Lighting

                                          Example of the Cameo Lighting.

      Lighting in film is the direction, the quality, source and color of light. Lighting in film is important because it creates an atmosphere, visual mood, and a sense of meaning for the audience. It can also help tell the tone of a film and give a more in depth understanding to the audience about certain scenes. When it comes to lighting, there are many different type of techniques. Some of them being: Low-key lighting, Back-lighting, Fill Lighting, High-Key lighting, Side-lighting, and Natural film lighting. The most popular lighting techniques in the film industry are Key light, Fill light, and backlight. These three techniques are most commonly used and can be found in almost all films. 

Definitions:

Key lighting - The primary light source for your scene.

Fill lighting - The lighting responsible for exposing the details of a subject that fall in the shadows of the key light.

Backlighting - Emphasizes the depth behind the subject and gives images a greater sense of place.

Low-key lighting - Accentuates high contrast, shadows, and also dark tones.

High- key lighting - Reduces the lighting ratio in a scene and results in a bright lit frame with soft lighting.

Side lighting - A lighting style that results in one side of a subject being lit, while the other side is clearly a lot darker.

Natural film lighting - Lighting that comes from natural sources like the sun or moon.