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The document discusses lighting techniques used in film and television production, including how different lighting setups can be used to create different atmospheres. It covers topics like low key lighting, backlighting, and top lighting, and explains how each technique is typically used. The document also stresses the importance of health and safety considerations when working with lighting equipment.

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Lig Htin G: T and Miss O'De LL

The document discusses lighting techniques used in film and television production, including how different lighting setups can be used to create different atmospheres. It covers topics like low key lighting, backlighting, and top lighting, and explains how each technique is typically used. The document also stresses the importance of health and safety considerations when working with lighting equipment.

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Lesson Objectives
• To be aware of health and safety
issues when using lights

• To be aware of how lighting


techniques create atmosphere

• To be familiar with a number of


different lighting setups
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• Thecamera needs light in which to


record images
• The projector needs light in order
to project images
• It helps to create atmosphere
‘The proper use of light can
embellish and dramatize every
object’ Josef von Steinberg

Hollis Frampton- Lemon (1969)


Health and Safety

What are the health and safety


considerations when using lighting
equipment?
What other forms of light can we
use?
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
• List at least 3 different ways that light is used in
this clip.
• What mood or atmosphere do you think is being
created through the use of lighting?

•http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0wMlN-hNGM
Barn doors
Equipment

3 xRedhead
lights

Script

Flip Camera

Tripod
The Film Crew

1 The Gaffer- The head of the electrical department, responsible for the
design and execution of the lighting plan for a production.

Director of Photography
2 The chief of the camera crew of the film. Will work with other crew
members including the gaffer to set up and film the shot.

3 Actor- Will perform in front of the camera

4 The Best Boy Electric- is the chief assistant to the gaffer.


Top Lighting
Makes the subject appear to emerge from the dark. Often used on
women to highlight features and accentuate cheekbones.

Femme Fatale in a film


Noir.
Pop Videos- Rhianna Take
a Bow Marlene Deitrich in
Shanghai Express
Under Lighting
Creates pronounced shadows often used to emphasise facial
features or to make things look spooky.

Horror- The Blair witch project Horror- Frankenstein


Light positioned
bellow subject
Light positioned
above subject
Low Key
• Pronounced shadows and dramatic contrasts between
light and dark. Often used partly obscure features to
imply mystery.

Noir-
Noir Sin City Drama- Gran Torino
Backlighting
• Produces a silhouette and or ‘halo’ effect around the edges of the subject.

Noir-The Big
Combo

Horror- Friday 13th


Thriller- Psycho
High-key
The lighting is bright and relatively low in contrast.
Used to emphasise colours.

Hollywood Musicals- High Sitcoms-


Sitcoms Friends
School Musical
Back light

Key light Fill light


Back light
•Picks out the
subject from its
background
• Emphasizes depth
in the image.

Fill light
Key light •Less intense and placed on the
other side of the camera to the
•The main source of key
illumination.
• Illuminates areas that would
•At a 45 Degree angle from otherwise be obscured by
the camera shadow.
Homework
• Complete the worksheet. Due next lesson.

• You can use the following websites to help you

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• http://www.bbctraining.com/modules/5915/inde
Lesson Objectives
• To be aware of health and safety
issues when using lights

• To be aware of how lighting


techniques create atmosphere

• To be familiar with a number of


different lighting setups
Week 2
Coloured Gels
Coloured Gels
• In Shakespearian theatre, red wine was used in a glass
container to act as a light filter.
• In later days, coloured water or silk was used to filter
light in the theatre.
Gaffer:

Director of Photography:

Actor:

How many lights?


Backlighting

Where are they positioned?

In what situations would you be likely to see this lighting


effect being used?

How does this lighting effect create atmosphere?

Name at least 3 health and safety points you needed to


remember when arranging this lighting set up?

Draw in the box where you would position your lights to


create the effect
Gaffer:

Director of Photography:

Actor:

How many lights?

Where are they positioned?

Top lighting
In what situations would you be likely to see this lighting
effect being used?

How does this lighting effect create atmosphere?

Name at least 3 health and safety points you needed to


remember when arranging this lighting set up?

Draw in the box where you would position your lights to


create the effect
Gaffer:

Director of Photography:

Actor:

How many lights?

Where are they positioned?


Low key lighting

In what situations would you be likely to see this lighting


effect being used?

How does this lighting effect create atmosphere?

Name at least 3 health and safety points you needed to


remember when arranging this lighting set up?

Draw in the box where you would position your lights to


create the effect
Gaffer:

Director of Photography:

Actor:

How many lights?

Where are they positioned?

High Key lighting


In what situations would you be likely to see this lighting
effect being used?

How does this lighting effect create atmosphere?

Name at least 3 health and safety points you needed to


remember when arranging this lighting set up?

Draw in the box where you would position your lights to


create the effect
Homework due in Next lesson
Albert the actor is in several different film and TV productions, you need to light his
scenes in each. Firstly you must draw the shadows on to this face and secondly
you must draw on the diagram where the lights should be positioned marking on
each whether it is the fill (F), the Key (K) or the Backlight (B).
Light Albert as if he is in a Film noir Light Albert as if he is in a TV Light Albert as if he is a popstar in Albert is out side in the cold how
film using low key lighting sitcom using high key lighting a music video using top lighting will you light him?

A A A A
Low Key

• Pronounced shadows and dramatic contrasts between


light and dark. Often used partly obscure features to
imply mystery.

Low Key

• Pronounced shadows and dramatic contrasts between


light and dark. Often used partly obscure features to
imply mystery.
Backlighting

• Produces a silhouette and or ‘halo’ effect around the


edges of the subject

Backlighting

• Produces a silhouette and or ‘halo’ effect around the


edges of the subject
Top lighting

Makes the subject appear to emerge from the dark. Often used on
women to highlight features and accentuate cheekbones.

Top lighting

Makes the subject appear to emerge from the dark. Often used on
women to highlight features and accentuate cheekbones.
High Key Lighting

The lighting is bright and relatively low in contrast.


Used to emphasise colours.

High Key Lighting

The lighting is bright and relatively low in contrast.


Used to emphasise colours.

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