Com Arts 155 1st Edition Lecture 4 Outline of Last Lecture I Copy Right and Balance II Public Domain III Fair Use Outline of Current Lecture I Lighting in Paintings II Color Temperature III Different Uses of Lighting IV Lighting Examples V On Set Knowledge VI Light and Design Themes Current Lecture Lighting in Paintings Caravaggio The Calling of Saint Matthew 1602 Strong shadows We know what time of day it is around dusk with the sun getting closer to the horizon There s a high contrast between what s lit and what s not lit Johannes Vermeer The Geographer 1668 69 The light reflected on face comes from the white paper It s probably cloudy outside coming in diffused Quality of light is clouded and diffused cooler Color Temperature Daylight 5600 kelvin It comes from sun and is diffused through the clouds Fluorescent 4500 kelvin Greenish Tungsten 3200 kelvin These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Yellowish Different Uses of Lighting 3 Point Lighting Key Light Primary source of illumination Fill Light It fills in some of the shadow that would not ordinarily be there Backlight It helps define the subject in space High key lighting Picture of Amy Adams Traditional Fashion This is what most American TV looks like Key light comes from the lef Fill light is a few stops down You don t want key and fill to have same intensity Backlight comes from behind Without it the subject looks like they re in line with the background Bounce Boards They re great for reflecting light Low key Lighting You re even more dependent on your key light You typically take away your fill light Motivated low key lighting A good cinematographer will acknowledge the source of light For example a lamp on a piano as a light source Backlight halo effect This can be effective You have the hottest light be your back light There s still a key and fill with a backlight that s really high up coming right at the back of head it s over exposed and creates a halo effect Key Light Positions It can be in multiple positions around subject from front to back to side Fill is probably easiest to take away but the backlight is really important Lighting Examples Light Sources in Movie Frames Examples in Lecture Slides Frame 1 Upper Windows provide light probably with HMI Frame 2 Light comes from front of car Light coming from lef kind of like backlight for seat Frame 3 Dim overhead light Light coming from window Music Videos Using Light Fiona Apple Hot Knife There s just back lighting at times but then key lighting comes in slowly and goes back out slowly Halo effect drum reflecting light Isolating certain parts of the body with light Grimes Genesis When video starts the light comes from headlights of a car time of day when photographers love to shoot It brings out interesting pinks and blue in the sky Scenes in car were a bit blown out with halo effect done on extremely moderate budget On set knowledge Amps Watts Voltage will be on midterm Most lighting sources that we re talking about require electricity but there s a finite amount of electricity that flows through circuits Lights for photography use a lot of electricity and it s very easy for them to blow a fuse Each house has a certain number of circuits each carry about 15 amps The standard US voltage is conservatively 100 Amps 15 Voltage 100 Watts 1500 Lights we ll use in workshop are 420 watt lights we could get all 3 420 watt lights on the same circuit as long as it s not doing anything else Any time you go to set go to fuse box If you go over the limit you blow the fuse When the fuse gets blown all the power in the circuit gets cut out and you have to replace it Proper Way to Wrap Cable Not around arm C47 Close pins Light and Design Themes Guiding attention of audiences and users Lighting helps get our eyes to move and focus on important things Visually defining objects in space and creating the illusion of depth Working on a 2D surface but lighting provides depth of making it look 3D Conveying mood and emotion Choices of color and tone and contrast negative space through shadows