Lighting: Introduction

Pick 3 frames from one of your favorite films and try to identify the lighting techniques we learned.

《The Prestige》  Low-Key lighting. Hard light. A strong contrast. Robert is greeting the audience, the light in front of him is in sharp contrast with the darkness behind him.

《The Dark Knight》   Color Contrast, Hard light. Blue sky and yellow fire, Batman’s body shape is outlined by the light, and his lowness is clearly expressed.

《Memento》 Color, Three-Point Lighting. The audience’s attention would be focused on the character’s expression by lighting. At the same time, as the film progresses, the audience will gradually realize the difference between the timeline expressed in black and white and color.

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