Planning: 3 Point Lighting/Experiments

3 Point Lighting

As a group we decided to learn about and experiment with 3 point lighting in order to know how to correctly light our frames when it comes to shooting our music video.

 

 

 

 

Key Light: This is the main light. It is usually the strongest and has the most influence on the look of the scene. It is placed to one side of the camera/subject so that this side is well lit and the other side has some shadow. 

Fill Light: This is the secondary light and is placed on the opposite side of the key light. It is used to fill the shadows created by the key light. The fill will usually be softer and less bright that the key. To achieve this, you could move the light further away. You might also want to set the fill light to more of a flood than the key. 

Back Light: The back light is placed behind the subject and lights it from the rear. Rather than providing direct lighting (like the key and fill), it purpose is o provide definition and subtle highlights around the subjects outlines. This helps separate the subject from the background and provide a three-dimensional look.

Some of the filters we used were:

Soft filter

Light orange filter

Strong orange filter

Red fiter 

Purple filter

Translucent filter 

Light green filter

Dark blur filter

We also used the LED lights to add some backing lighting, to create more shape of the person in front of the camera.