CTCS 190g Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: European Credit Transfer And Accumulation System, Objective Correlative, In Camera

• School: USC
• Department: Cinema and Media Studies
• Course: CTCS 190g
• Professor: Drew Casper

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Key light--main source of illumination of a scene. Fill light-90* away from the key light, fills the rest of the scene with light. Backlight-behind actor"s head, separates the subject from the background ii. If main source of illumination from back=halo around head, makes it more mysterious, creates depth and dimension, makes the actor more appealing to look at. If main source of illumination from front=flatten her face. Amount or degree of intensity of light in a scene. Contrast between key and fill is very small. Contrast between key and fill is very big, will create shadows/darkness. Brightly illuminating a scene, showing imperfections, creates shadows with sharp images. Softens border between light and shadow, smooths features iv. Higher, more light into frame, sharper image gets vi. Varying degrees of light that hits the film d. Every artist has to select according to personality, feeling, and intellect.