Hard and Soft Light
-Stephen H. Burum, ASC
(Apocalypse Now, Carlito's Way, Mission Impossible,
Body Double, Life or Something Like It, etc.)
Lighting can emphasize important details or hide them. It can flatter a subject by bringing out positive attributes, and it can de-emphasize or hide less attractive attributes. Lighting can even impart a sinister and hostile look. It all depends on how you choose to use the concepts we'll be covering in the next few modules.
Television is based on the medium of light; in fact, without light there could be no video. Just as sound must be skillfully controlled in audio production, light must be expertly controlled in television.
As video — especially HDTV — has begun to emulate the more artistic dimensions of film, there has been a greater emphasis on creative lighting. But, before you can successfully control light, you need to understand and control its three basic characteristics:
- coherence (quality)
- color temperature
- intensity
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