Film Studies 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Key Light, Fill Light, Lowkey

• School: Western University
• Department: Film Studies
• Course: Film Studies 1020E
• Professor: Barbara Bruce

Document Summary

Aspects of film that overlap with the art of theatre. Setting, lighting, costume and makeup, and staging and performance. Used to achieve realism, giving settings an authentic look or letting actors perform as naturally as possible. Stage actions like you would a play. Spare mise-en-scene, shows emptiness of mother"s life. Props: ball, balloon elements of film shared with the theatre: Performance ( behaviour of the figures ) o pro-filmic: that which is in front of the camera four elements of mise-en-scene: Commercial filmmaking became centred on studio facilities in which every aspect of mise-en-scene could be manipulated: models, miniatures now more commonly cgi. Lighting: highlights and shadows: bring out texture and volume on the 2d screen attached shadows or shading (light on the body onto another part of the body) the person and lands somewhere else) o. Look for glare and shadows to figure out direction light source key light: brightest source in a scene fill light: softens key lighting.