Found an online tutorial dedicated to lighting for film:) In this tutorial, i must say that it is true even in the sample portraits, the different angles of lighting and the light intensity played such a huge difference in terms of feel, mood and purpose. Every portrait seem to portray a different character. ” While light is used to illuminate the scene, it is shadow that creates depth and the illusion that what the viewer is looking at has dimension.” This is so true, in tutorials we tend to be wary of shadows and zebra lines, overexposing, under exposing etc. Likewise, shadows might or might not complement the film cut but nonetheless it doesn’t hurt to give it a try:)
Check the tutorial out, lights!
The placement of the key light can radically alter the shot and how the viewer perceives the environment, the subject, the shot, etc.
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