Thursday, 22 March 2012

Lighting Types

Lighting

Key Light
Key lighting is used to highlight a protagonist or object in a scene.

Back Light
Back lighting is used to highlight objects or characters toward the back of the scene.

Fill Light
A fill light is used to reduce the contrast of a scene and/or highlight areas of a scene which are in shadow.

Chiaroscuro
This form of lighting is used to indicate an extreme case of low-key lighting to highlight areas of light and dark in scenes. Such as heaven and hell or right and wrong.

Rim Lighting
Rim lighting creates a halo effect or stark glow around the designated area.

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