within film, lightning is a very key aspect, a poor understanding of lightning may be detrimental to your film as some shots will look under or overexposed. there is a variety of different techniques that all have different effects on your film result with some having different connotations to different emotions.
lowkey lighting is achieved by using a singular source of light instead of a traditional 3 point setup. this will produce high contrast shots. a very similar technique is hardlight; hard light is achieved when the light source is substantially smaller than the subject. hard light casts shadows alongside producing high contrast and areas of darkness. hard light is used a lot within noir films as it creates a hard edge on the shadow to give it a clear shape which is good when making silhouettes. these types of lightings give connotations of fear and suspense in contrary to soft lighting which connotates happiness or being in a state of sobriety and equilibrium. soft light is produced when the light source is much bigger than the subject which results in low contrasts and shadows. the most basic soft light that can be used is the sun.
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