Lighting

Key Lighting


Key lighting is the brightest light used in films and television, it is usually the main light of the set.

Fill Lighting


This is used to reduce contrast in a scene and heighten the light on certain objects to bring attention to them. Fill lighting is usually less intense than key lighting.


Back Lighting 


When subjects are illuminated from behind. This causes the subject to glow and keep other parts of the scene dark and helps separate the subject from the background.

High Lighting

This is usually used in sitcoms and comedies as it creates a light, happy, friendly vibe. It usually does not have any shadows or darkness.














Rim Lighting


Rim lighting is quite like back lighting, it highlights the object from behind and lightens important parts of the image. 


Chiaroscuro lighting

This uses very strong contrasts between strong and weak lighting and makes the other bolder creating a higher contrast and attracts the audience more as it is quite profound.