6 | Lighting |
TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION
• What are the aesthetics of light?
• How do light and color interact?
• What types of lighting instruments are available?
• How is light measured and controlled?
• How are lighting instruments focused?
INTRODUCTION
One of the most creative and visually exciting tasks in video and film production involves lighting. Visual artists refer to lighting as painting with light. A lighting director or director of photography can use lights just as effectively and expressively as any painter uses color pigments to evoke a specific mood or visual impression. Lighting can be used to emphasize and dramatize a subject by bringing objects into sharp relief or contrast, or it can be used to soften and to harmonize. ...
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