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Lighting Concepts Flashcards

1
Q

What is a rudimentary method used in lighting for film and tv that establishes basic concepts used in professional sets?

A

Three-point lighting

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2
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What makes up the 3-point lighting technique?

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  1. Key light
  2. Fill light
  3. Back light
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3
Q

What do you yell out when turning on a light so others know and aren’t blinded.

A

“Striking!”

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4
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What are lighting styles commonly identified as?

A
  1. High-key lighting

2. Low-key lighting

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5
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What are the framed wire screens that can be dropped into the front of a lighting instrument?

A

Scrims

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6
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What controls the intensity of lights?

A

Dimmers

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7
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What reduces the light by 30%?

A

A single green frame

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8
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What is a type of flag that can reduce intensity without altering color temperature?

A

Nets

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9
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What is the sharp contrast between light and shadow?

A

Low key

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10
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What reduces the light by 60%?

A

A double red frame

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11
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What are rigged onto C-stands by the grips?

A

Nets

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12
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What is is that reduces intensity without altering color temperature?

A

Scrims

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13
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What happens to color when wattage decreases?

A

The color temperature also decreases

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14
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What is it that’s used to hold a variety of reflectors using a unique keg design that allows for nesting several stands within a small space?

A

C Stands

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15
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What is the primary light source used in a scene?

A

Key light

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16
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What is a metal stand used for holding lights, cutters and anything else you need stabilized?

A

C-stand

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17
Q

What is the white material used to soften the light source?

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Diffusion

18
Q

What is the thick, black cloth used for blacking our windows and covering equipment and crew members when they’re in reflections.

A

Duvetyne

19
Q

What is a piece of cut-off foliage to provide the lighting effect of a tree shadow on the subject?

A

Dingle

20
Q

What is the heavy bag called that’s full of lead used to weigh down stands?

A

Shot bag

21
Q

How is the intensity of light measured?

A

The intensity of light is measured in foot-candles.

22
Q

As a general rule, the key light is roughly how far away from the camera axis?

A

Roughly 45 degrees

23
Q

What light is usually the strongest and has the most influence in the look of the scene?

A

Key light/or main light

24
Q

What is the secondary light that is placed opposite the key light?

A

Fill light

25
Q

What are the four basic attributes of lighting?

A
  1. Color temperature
  2. Quality (aka coherence)
  3. Intensity
  4. Directionality
26
Q

What kind of light creates clearly lined shadows?

A

Hard light

27
Q

What kind of light covers a wider area with more diffuse light, minimizes shadow and reduces detail and texture.

A

Soft light

28
Q

A cloudy day is an example of what kind of light?

A

A soft light

29
Q

To match a daylight temperature light to tungsten, you can attach what kind of gel?

A

A color temperature orange (CTO) gel

30
Q

What kind of light blends the edges of shadows?

A

Soft light

31
Q

The quality (or coherence) of light refers to how the light behaves in creating shadows and is determined by what?

A

The size of the light source relative to the subject

32
Q

Diffusion can also be accomplished by what?

A

Gels

33
Q

Hand squeezers (dimmers) come in sizes ranging from how many watts?

A

600 watts

34
Q

What kind of light is evenly lit with few shadows?

A

High key

35
Q

What is always placed on a stand before we walk away?

A

Sandbag (aka dirt)

36
Q

What are some examples of common diffusion gels?

A
  1. Frosts
  2. Grid cloth
  3. Opal
  4. Tough spun
37
Q

What are lumens (the amount of light) calculated into?

A

Watts

38
Q

What light has twice the intensity of the back light?

A

Fill light

39
Q

To match a tungsten instrument to daylight or HMI, we can attach what kind of gel?

A

A color temperature blue (CTB) gel

40
Q

An undesired light bulb, a focused spotlight and sun in a clear day, is an example of what?

A

Hard light

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