Three point lighting

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In this short film we made, we showed three point lighting in action. The first light that we are going to use in our short film is key lighting, this shines directly onto the subject and is the strongest light. when using this light it causes a shadow on one side of the subjects face to take away the shadow a fill light is used this also shines on the subject but from a side angle and placed at a lower angle then the key. It balances the key by illuminating shaded surfaces and takes away the shadow that is created by the key light. If you take the fill light away you can use a piece of white card or another materiel and bounce around the light on the subject. The last one is the back light this shines on the subject behind, this gives the subject a rim of light it also makes the subject stand out and come out from the background.