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‘Remember the phrase “Lights, camera, action”? Lights come first for good reason. Without them the camera and action are useless.’
Chuck B. Gloman & Tom LeTourneau: Placing Shadows
Learning to light
Lighting plays a pivotal role in reinforcing the mood of a scene and creating an emotional connection with your audience, and this is as true for cinematography and photography as it is for CG. As long as your lighting successfully achieves this emotional link, the way in which the set-up was constructed is largely unimportant. However, the fact that there are so many different methods ...
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