lighting colour (Glen)

This video shows the three point lighting technique and how it is constructed. First I take out the left side fill light to add definition and shadows to the left side of my face. This light is soft compared to the direct light on the right hand side so it add a small amount of light  that lights up my left eye, when it is off the shadow covers my left eye, when it is turned back on you can see my left eye and my left cheek. The fill light is used to remove shadows from unwanted areas and it also helps to separate people from the background.

Next I turn off the right side fill light, that dose not have a drastic effect on my face but I blend into the wall a little more and my shirt is less defined.

Then I turn off both the fill lights so it is just myself in the frame with a single light source, I blend into the background more and I have hard shadows on my face, this make me look harsh and projects my shadow to make me look slightly ominous.

 Next I left the right hand fill light on and turned the rest of the lights off, this gives off the feeling that I am a dark possibly terrible person who may have mental issues, this is due to the fact that most of my face is covered by shadows (people fear the unknown), the fill light is concentrated on my cheek so that you get a gradient of light that stops just before my eye and my beard cuts off the light heading for the bottom of my face. The left side of the frame fades to darkness except for the white frame and the edge of the couch cover that frames the end of the video and lighten up the image over all and gives it a bit more of a somber tone that lowers the over all creepiness of the shot.

After that I turn on the hard light in the opposite position from the camera and I diffuse it slightly with some baking paper. The light is focused on the centre of my face so you can see without the other hard light or a fill light the right side of my face is in total shadow just before my cheekbone where my face contours. This lighting makes the person seem to be a powerful presence because you are focused on their face. this also causes the shadow in the shot to belong since the light is directly on you, much like when the sun is towards your face at 8 or 9 in the morning.