Lighting In Film

                                                              LIGHTING IN FILM

Lighting in film reflects the scene and psychology of characters. Lighting can help us understand what may be happening in a scene or the type of movie it may be. The amount of size, color, and harshness of light surrounding the character in a scene can be adjusted to express their emotions. Lighting creates a visual mood, atmosphere, and sense of meaning for the character.

Gaffers are responsible for setting up all electrical work on film sets, including the lights. On the other hand cinematographers are the ones in charge of not only the camera but also the lighting crew. They're responsible for creating the look, color, lighting, and framing of every shot in film.

Roger Deakins is a well known cinematographer that has been in the industry for the last 25 years. He has won multiple motion picture awards for his work like Skyfall, In Time, 1917, and other amazing movies. His style is known for being motivated by the story. His style adapts to the script. He uses extremely simple, yet effective camera and lighting work.

Elements in Lighting

Direction in lighting is the simplest of light qualities that are relative to your camera. There are three directions: frontal, side, and backlighting. They all have different effects on how your subject appears due to the shadows on cast.

The quality in lighting is defined by the size of the light source relative to the subject. When talking about quality we are basically asking how "soft" or "hard" the shot is. 

Color is an important part of films when it comes to shot choices. The color of light can be objectively determined by using a color temperature meter. Light and colors can have a profound influence on the overall mood of a scene.

The source in lighting is anything that makes the light. Whether you get the lighting from the sun, or a lamp those are sources that can help a film.

An Example of lighting in Skyfall:


The lighting here is soft adapting to the outside whether with the fog and low light. 

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