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THE FUNDAMENTALS OF LIGHTING
Lighting has nearly infinite permutations and variations. There is certainly no one “right” way to light a scene. As a result, there is no chance that we can just make a simple list of “proper” lighting techniques. What we can do, however, is try to identify what it is we want lighting to do for us. What jobs does it perform for us? What do we expect of “good” lighting? Starting this way, we have a better chance of evaluating when lighting is working for us and when it is falling short. Naturally, these are generalizations. There are always exceptions, as there are in all aspects of filmmaking.
THE [CONCEPTUAL] TOOLS OF LIGHTING
In the first chapter, we talked about the conceptual tools of cinematography; ...
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