Working under lights.

Light is really important for capturing good images for your movie. The difference between a good picture and a bad picture is not the camera you use or the lens you have, it's the lighting. It's critical for a photographer or a movie maker  to be aware of what kind of light exists in a setting and how to best use it to her advantage; we should have all the knowledge about our settings and lighting and what ambiance we are trying to create to portray our director's vision.

 

: Here is a second light as a fill light source.

Today in our media class we studied lights, saw different tutorials and examined how they really affect our setting, actually the whole environment we are trying to show. From creating gloomy, dull pictures to creating bright and happy pictures which are a sign of positivity, we learned and experimented it all. We were taught about the 3-point set-up whereby we need three lights to create a good balance between the lights on the subject. This includes key light which is the main source of lighting the subject, a back light and a fill light.

Key lights: The key light is the first and usually most important light that a photographer, cinematographer, lighting cameraman, or other scene composer will use in a lighting setup. The purpose of the key light is to highlight the form and dimension of the subject.

High key lighting: 

When looking at a High Key picture, you will probably notice two things right away Other than the happy-happy-joy-joy mood of the picture, The first thing is that the picture is bright.To create a high key image you need to set your exposure levels to high values. You will want to watch out, though not to over expose
Some of the pictures i took keeping in mind high key lighting are:

Low key lighting:Low Key images are also notable for a great deal of contrast that they display. Most notable is the rim light. A light surrounding the subject illuminating only the contour of the shape. So the contrast is between dark shape and bright contour.
I tried my best to take a good picture of a low key lighting. Here it is:

Back light:

Back lighting, also known as Rim Light, refers to the process of illuminating the subject from the back. 

Fill light :
Fill light is any source of illumination that lightens (fills in) areas of shadow created by other lights.  Most often,  fill light is used to lighten the shadows created by the main (key) light.
Some images, especially those requiring a dramatic mood, are best with little or no fill lighting.  However, most images will require some form of fill lighting to keep the image shadows and highlights within the dynamic range of the output medium. 

                                            : Here is a reflector as a fill light source.


In the activity we did in school we used diffusors and gold and silver  reflectors to overcome the shadows formed by the artificial lights present in our school premises or the natural day light. 
Diffusors helped us in scattering the light evenly to create a softer look whereas reflectors helped in capturing warmer or brighter pictures.

Here are some of the videos from my experiments.