Lighting workshop

Lighting design:

• what mood do you want to convey?
• what do you want your audience to feel?
• quality of light
• direction of light
• colour
• testing
• look at show studio behind the scenes video for support 
• lighting design inform the equipment you need

Natural vs. controlled light

3 point lighting set up:

• Key light - shines directly onto the subject, serves as its principal illuminator 
• Fill light - shines onto the subject from a side angle, often placed at a lower position than the key. 
• Rim light - helps to create shape, can be softened with diffuser paper

Colour temperature is a measurement in Degrees Kelvin that indicates the hue of a specific type of light source. 

Colour correction gels:

CTO - colour temp orange

CTB - colour temp blue - used to remove colour

Effects gels:

Used to add colour