 Properly light subjects  Key  Back  Fill Three points

Focuses on the intensity of the Key Light  High Key – Upbeat scenes  Medium Key – Average, every day  Low Key – Dramatic scenes

 Contrast is the range between pure white and pure black  Low Contrast – Used for softening faces and features to create a happier environment. Softens lines and lightly blurs  High Contrast – Used for creating harsh lines and defined features on the face. Shows very aggressive emotions.

The hardness or softness of lighting  Hard Light – Strong key light and weak/no fill light to create harsh shadow lines  Soft Light – Average key light and a strong fill light to create “soft” shadows

The overall sharpness of the shot  Soft Focus – Blurs the background and foreground into the same boundaries of focus  Sharp Focus – Harshly focuses on the foreground with a noticeably blurred background

The amount of acceptable focus behind and in front of the subject.  Short Focal Lens – Makes the entire scene appear in focus; “deep focus”  Long Focal Lens – Makes the subject of the scene appear in focus; “shallow focus”

 The breadth and width of the shot  Compressed – The foreground and background seem close together (left in photo)  Decompressed – The foreground and background seem far apart (right in photo)

 The tint of the color, which can be used to evoke certain emotions and settings  Cool Colors – starkness, coldness  Warm Colors – dawn, love

 Richness of colors on screen which can convey time and emotion  Saturated – Vibrant, rich colors  Unsaturated – Bland, colorless

 Promotes a general feeling of tension  High Contrast – For example, a very low background saturation and a character with high saturation  Low Contrast – For example, an orange-ish background is met with a character of a red-ish color

 The tiny particles of dye left on the image that can create a gritty appearance. More often used in black and white.  Large – Very noticeable grain create a grungy look  Fine – Very hidden grain, creating a clean look

 Mise-en-scene, the overall appearance of the scene and film  “The French Connection” – Large grain and stark lighting to create a grungy, crime-ridden city  “Rear Window” – High contrast and rich colors to introduce a romantic vibe