Friday 19 February 2010

importance of lighting research

Lighting has come to be an important component of cinema's visual design. It is widely recognized that in film, as elsewhere, it can create a substantial emotional impact. A primordial response to darkness and light is a deep-seated element of human psychology that filmmakers have harnessed in order to influence the ways viewers respond to narrative development. On the one hand, deep shadows can make a character seem untrustworthy or conceal a host of horrors. On the other, bright, diffused lighting can provide comfort and reassurance or create the impression of an angelic countenance. Extremely bright light can cause discomfort, though, and can even be used as a weapon,

Film lighting has three main purposes. The first is clarity of image.
-- quest for greater realism-- the creation of atmosphere or emotional effect.

the main reason why I am using lighting is for clarity and atmosphere effect

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