Key TechniqueNotes

Properties of Light

 

 

 

Lighting Ratio

 

 

Basic Lighting Set-up

Key Light
 
 
 
Fill Light
 
 
 
Back Light
 
 
Diagram of a character and camera and key, fill and back lights.

Basic Lighting styles.

High Key

 

 

Low Key

 

 

High-contrast

 

 

Available lighting

 

Back Light as primary source

 

 

VARIABLE FOCAL length lenses - Zoom

 

FIXED FOCAL length lenses – Prime Lenses

Telephoto or long

 

 

 

Standard or Normal Lenses

 

 

 

Wide-angle or short

 

 

 

Deep Space Composition

 

Deep Focus Shot

 

 

 

Camera Angles:

 

Bird’s Eye

 

 

High angle

 

 

Eye-level

 

 

Low angle

 

 

Oblique or Dutch angle (also known as Tilt, Canted).

 

 

 

 

 

Movement by the camera

Pans (horizontal) and Tilts (vertical)

 

 

Dolly shots (may be tracking or truck shots)

 

 

Zoom shots

 

 

Crane and Aerial shots

 

 

Handheld and Steadicam shots

EFX

In-camera

 

Mechanical

 

LAB or CG