Worksheet 3: Set Design and Lighting

Aim: To explore the importance of set design and lighting

Features of a set:

Drawing and annotation of set: A Question of Sport

Type of Lighting
High-Key Lighting

Definitions/effects
Lighting that results in predominantly
middle grey to white tones makes look
warm and natural.

Low-Key Lighting

Low-key lighting is a style of lighting for

photography, film or television. It is a
necessary element in creating a
chiaroscuro effect. Low-key lighting
often uses only one key light, optionally
controlled with a fill light or a simple
reflector

Spotlighting

Lamp projecting a narrow, intense beam

of light directly on to a place or person,
especially a performer on stage.
Back light separates subject from
background, saints from sinners, and one
pro from another. Angle: toward the lens
from above and behind the subject, or
above, behind, and slightly to the side of
it, high enough to cut lens flare. It is
especially helpful for video images that
may suffer loss-of-edge contrast. Sins:
confusing the source background
lighting, and, for motivation purists,
using it at all. Tip: smoke, stream, and
other translucent subjects adore back
light of almost any colour.
a photographic filter that absorbs light
of certain colours.

Back Lighting / Silhouetting

Colour filters
Floor Lights
Neon strips

Lights in the floor its more use for

decoration
Feature of style, Electrical Engineering
a glass bulb or tube containing neon
at low pressure that gives a pink or
red glow when a voltage is applied

Changes in light

Something that makes things

visible or affords illumination