A set standing on the stage needs to be carefully lit to make it visible to the cameras and to give it mood and atmosphere. Production designers with basic knowledge of lighting instruments and techniques can work with the video lighting director or film’s director of photography to bring out the set’s qualities. This chapter describes what instruments produce different qualities of light.
TWO TYPES OF LIGHTING INSTRUMENTS
Stage lighting has two fundamental qualities: diffuse and directional. Diffuse light covers broad areas and is flat such as the light given off by a bare frosted lightbulb or daylight on a cloudy day. Focused light is directional such as that given off by a flashlight.
Diffuse Lighting Instruments
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