Lighting: The placement, type, direction, and brightness or dimness of lights used on stage. Often lighting can establish mood, highlight specific characters, actions, or scenes, or serve symbolic purposes.

 

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Lighting: The placement, type, direction, and brightness or dimness of lights used on stage. Often lighting can establish mood, highlight specific characters, actions, or scenes, or serve symbolic purposes.

Three-Point Lighting: An aesthetic convention in which an actor or object is lit from three sources or points of light of varying intensity. There is one main source of illumination (key light), one source fillin . . . View Full Definition

Lighting Intensity: The power of a light source. Regarding the relative intensity of lighting sources, see three-point lighting.

Flat Lighting: Lighting that produces very little contrast or modeling on the subject and a minimum of shadows.

Diffuse Lighting: Lighting that is low or moderate in contrast, such as on an overcast day.

Butterfly Lighting: Lighting in which the main source of light is -placed high and directly in front of the subject.

Broad Lighting: Portrait lighting in which the main light source illuminates the side of the face closes to the camera.

Lighting Direction: The positioning of lights relative to the object being shot. The norm for lighting direction is three-point lighting.

Low-Key Lighting: A lighting style wherein the key light is so much more intense than the fill light that there is a high contrast between bright and dark areas. The bright areas are especially bright and the . . . View Full Definition

High-Key Lighting: A lighting style in which the ratio in intensity of key light to fill light is small. The result is an evenly lit set, with a low contrast between the bright and dark areas of the set.