Lighting and Colour
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Transcript of Lighting and Colour
LightingDark, light and colour
3 Point Lighting
3 lights Back LightKey lightFill light
back light
cameraFill light Key light
star
Key LightingMain source of
light
Fill lightFills in shadows
from the key light
Back Lighting
Separates figure from the
background
3 Point lighting
All 3 combined
3 point lighting
• Effects:
• Few Shadows
• Can see all their expressions
• Makes them look glamorous
High Key Lighting
More Filler lights are used
Lighting appears “real”
Can be a brightly lit sunny day or even a night scene
High Key Lighting
Few shadows on faces
Images often very bright
Background is clear
Low Key Lighting
Little fill lighting
Sharp contrasts in light and dark areas of screen
Low Key Lighting
Often lots of dark shadow areas and areas that are brightly litEffects: mystery, threat, suspense, draw attention to lit area
Describe the Lighting in this
shotWhere is the brightest light?
Where are the shadows?
What patterns are created by the light?
What effect do these features of lighting have on the viewer?
• The brightest light is behind the characters. This is created by backlighting, where they are lit from behind.
• This has caused the characters in the frame/shot to appear as silhouettes
• This adds a feeling of mystery as you are not certain who the characters are. It is not clear whether she is looking at him, but her feet suggest she is.
• The backlighting, combined with the smoke/mist adds to the mystery.
• It can: • Highlight important objects or
characters by drawing our eyes to them with bright light
• make a character look mysterious by shading parts of their body
• reflect a character’s state of mind
Effect of Lighting
• Look at the following stills and say what type of lighting is used
• What effect does the lighting create in each image?
Photo 1
Photo 2
Photo 3
• Colour works on your subconscious to create mood
• Every colour has associated ideas and meaning (connotation). Often these are based on cultural meanings
• Colour can draw your eye to something in a scene
Colour
Exercise• Work in pairs• One person thinks of a colour and
says it aloud• Others write down the first thing
that comes into your head• Compare results: how similar are
your connotations?
Exercise
• I am going to say a colour, write down the first thing that comes into your head
• Sharing – are there similarities?• Colour can have different association
based on culture
Use of colour
Effect: contrastDraw your eye to
the figure
ColourLighting filters
Can create mood and character by
using colour
Exercise• Watch the clip from “Dead Again”
• Describe the lighting and colour that is used and the effect of these
• Choose at least 4 different features• Consider what we learn about
characters, objects, mood, what is happening
QuickTime™ and aDV - PAL decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
Peer Marking• Give the work a mark out of 10
• You are looking for the following things
• Use of Media terminology
• Good description of how lighting/colour have been used
• Analysis of what the lighting/colour means
• Analysis of how lighting/colour creates mood
• Analysis of how lighting/colour affects the audience
• Original ideas
Self assessment
• Can you use a range of lighting words• Do you understand a range of
lighting words• Can you write about the effect of
lighting and colour.
Target For Next Time
• Write down one piece of advice for ‘next time’