LESSON 08 – LIGHTING

IMPORTANCE

The biggest improvement that inexperienced videographers can do to improve the quality of their video shots is to lighting. By improving the lighting in each shot, your video will look much more professional than otherwise.

BASICS

The basic lighting approach is to use three-point lighting. This involves lighting your scene from three different points. Of course, this means you need three different lights.

Source: http://www.mediacollege.com/lighting/three-point/

SIMULATION

Click here to see a Flash simulation of TPL.

Source: http://www.mediacollege.com/lighting/three-point/simulator.html