Lighting plays an important part in filming, lighting is significant to portray certain emotions or feelings the characters may be feeling, the theme or atmosphere of the certain given scene or how us, as the audience should feel or respond to the given scene.
There are different types of lighting techniques, all used in different and various ways to convey the specialised element that they are used to portray; such as: Key Light- Key Light is used to show contrast between the character and the background, it is a common lighting technique.
Backlight- This particular lighting technique is used to show an unknown character or mystery behind a character, can also be used to make a silhouette of someone; used mainly for horror or upsetting scenes/filming.
Filler Light-This type of lighting is featured first in the given video embedded,it is used to signify the character and centre all attention on to the character, drawing away from any other characters, or the background or scene of context.
Underlighting- A technique used to show mystery about a person, the light is shone from below and it is hard to make out the character's face, used in horror and to create a scary impression of the face.
Top Lighting: This is where the source of lighting is coming from above, it is used to remove shadows and make the set seem bright i.e the sun is shinning.
Low Key Lighting: Highlights the contours of an object or person, can be used to add suspense or alienate the characters.
High Key Lighting: Used to suggest a happy elated mood present, this is done by reducing the lighting ratio present; it also is free from shadows and makes the characters look flawless.
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