LIGHTING AND ANGLE REVIEW

The camera is slanted to one side. With the horizon lines tilted in this way, you can create a sense of disorientation, a de-stabilized mental state, or increase the tension.

• Mid shot

• Tilt

• Dutch shot

• Close up

This is when your subject is at eye-level. Can result in a neutral perspective (not superior or inferior).

• Eye level shot

• Knee level shot

• Cow boy shot

• High level shot

The camera points down at your subject. It usually creates a feeling of inferiority, or “looking down” on your subject.

• Low angle shot

• High angle shot

• Long shot

• Establishing shot

Shoot frames the subject from below a their eyeline. These camera shots most often emphasize power dynamics between characters.

• Long shot

• Extreme close up

• Close up

• Low angle shot

When your camera’s height is on ground level with your subject. This camera angle is used a lot to feature a character walking without revealing their face, but it can help to make the viewer more active and use the actor's performance to build an idea.

• Over the shoulder

• Ground level shot

• Depth of fields

• Long shot

The most basic lighting in film is the three-point lighting setup

Fill in the shadows of your frame.

• Fill lights

• Key lights

• Backlight

• None of the above

This light registers most prominently in your frame.

• Backlight

• Fill light

• Key light

• None of the above

Also known as the RIM, this light gives an edge light to the rear portion of your subject. It contours the subject from the background.

• Backlight

• Fill light

• Key light

What is the name of the person who is responsible for the lighting on set?