1. LIGHTING

2. Without light it is virtually impossible to make television images.
Lighting has both a technical and aesthetic function
The right light will create excellent pictures

3. Amount of light
The amount of lighting a shot will determine how clearly we see the images
The type of light affects the color

4. MOOD
Lighting affects mood…two messages can be conveyed in the same room with different lighting.

5. Video Cameras Video cameras require more light than other cameras.
There must be enough light reflected off a scene to produce an image.

6. BRIGHTNESS
The intensity or brightness of the light on a subject affects how well a camera can see it
Too little= too dark and underexposed
The image will be soft and underexposed
Will create a grainy look (this is called picture noise)
Bright light creates sharp and clear images

7. BASE LIGHT
The light that already exists in an environment is its base light.
If you turn the lights off in a room you lower the base light
If you turn more light on then you raise the base light
Base light is often all you will have to work with but that doesn’t mean you can’t think about lighting

8. DIRECTION
The direction of a light source affects the way light and shadow fall on a subject.
Direction is determines by how you position both the subject and the lighting fixture.
Light from the side produces dimension and texture where as light coming directly in front (from the angle of the camera) will reduce texture and shape.

9. QUALITY The quality of light refers to whether it is hard or soft .
Hard light creates sharp and well defined dark shadows.
It brings out the shapes and textures of the subject
Hard light is created by sunlight and directional focused lighting fixtures

10. SOFT LIGHT
Soft light is diffused and creates very few or no shadows (like a cloudy day)

11. COLOR Light also determines the color an object will be
White light is an equal mixture of colors across the full spectrum of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet
Our eyes compensate for these differences in color temperature
Cameras don’t
The type of light affects the color of the object

12. COLOR TEMPERATURE
The exact color and tone of light is called color temperature
Color characteristics are classified on a KELVIN (K) color temperature scale.
This scale measures the degree of red or blue in the light (not the heat or brightness)
The higher the color temperature the more prominent the blue tones

13. COLOR TEMP….
As the light gets brighter or as the light source changes the color temperature changes
Daylight has more blue tones
Video lights usually have red tones
Lights in homes are even redder
Fluorescent lights are green

14. Example of Color Temperature
Warm ( K
Mid-range ( K)
Cool (4000K +)

15. WHITE BALANCE
Most cameras will white balance automatically but some will have the option to do this manually
To do so you would select the color temperature for the dominant light source,; place a white object or card in that areas; point the camera at the white object completely filling the screen and perform the white balance function

16. POSITION OF LIGHTS
Read the hand outs and answer the questions then you may work on your brochure (which you should do very well on) or your critique, or your commercial.

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