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6Further Lighting Techniques

‘When asked to explain how lighting contributes to film making, I often show a completely black slide to emphasize that without light, it doesn’t matter how great the composition and acting are - nothing can be seen.’

Sharon Calahan, Director of Photography, Pixar: Advanced RenderMan

Making light work

It does not matter how firm your grasp of the variety that can be achieved with simple three-point lighting if you as a lighting artist do not stop to consider the emotional aspects of the story at hand. Knowing all the lighting tricks in the book is all well ...

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