Lighting a Face or a Whole Person
Fill lights are extremely important when lighting faces. Too much top lighting will create harsh shadows around the eyes and nose. A heavy fringe or long hair falling forward can shade the face. Only a certain level of correction can be made by a make-up artist; help will be needed by adding a fill light. However, the level of light is critical: too much light creates flat, dead pictures and too much light on a foreground subject can ‘burn it out’, that is, colour is bleached out and the face looks as though it has a high shine on it.
It is important for make-up, hair and costume staff to understand the principles of lighting so that they can recognize if there is anything they can do to enhance the picture or ...
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