It's April and that means the A to Z Blogging Challenge!
This year my theme is film terms.
Keylight is the main or primary light on a subject, often angled and off-center (or from above) that selectively illuminates various prominent features of the image to produce depth, shadows, etc.
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| Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan in You've Got Mail (1998) |
High-key lighting (with everything evenly and brightly lit, with a minimum of shadows) is termed realistic and often used in musicals and comedies.
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| Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford in All the President's Men (1976) |
Low-key lighting (with less illumination, more shadows, and many grayish, dark areas) is termed expressionistic and often used in film noir.
With close-up shots, I like to look for the reflection of the key-light in the character's eyes.
ReplyDeleteInteresting observation. I will be doing that from now on. LOL.
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