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Lighting for Television
“Pore over artwork and other films. Study the lighting and consider how it serves the story being presented.”
Thomas McKenney, Director of Photography
Terms
Barn doors: Metal flaps attached to the front of a lighting instrument; used to control where the light falls on a scene.
Diffuser: Some type of a translucent material (wire mesh, frosted plastic, or spun-glass sheet) that diffuses and reduces the light's intensity.
Flood light: Also known as soft light; the scattered, diffused, shadowless illumination that in nature comes from a cloudy overcast sky, and is reflected from rough surfaces of all kinds.
Gels: ...
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