Where You Put Your Key Light Matters
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On the surface, how you light a face can just seem like a simple way to satisfy a specific look. Upstage lighting? That could feel more "cinematic". But we can use particular lighting patterns to influence the feeling of an image beyond satisfying a surface level reading of it. By setting up a simple scene and moving the key light around the face, you might gain a better understanding of the subtle - or not so subtle - implications that lighting patterns can have on a scene. Where you place your lights can help toward creating feelings in your audience that are coherent to your film, or image's intentions.
In this instance, our own intentions for the image lined up with the loop lighting pattern.
This is just one aspect of what can contribute toward a cinematic feeling - check out the other episodes in the Lighting for Cinema A - Z series to learn more about what makes cinema feel a certain way:
• Lighting for Cinema A - Z
Lenses:
DZOFILM Arles 50mm t/1.4
Cameras used:
Blackmagic Pyxis
Blackmagic Pocket 6K Pro (BTS)
DJI Osmo Pocket 3 (BTS)
Lights used in the video:
Nanlite FC-120C
Nanlite Forza 60C
Nanlite Pavoslim 240C
Nanlite FL-11 Fresnel
Video Contents:
0:00 It's not all about "Cinematic"
0:38 Butterfly Lighting
0:57 Loop Lighting
1:22 Rembrandt Lighting
1:47 Upstage Lighting
2:02 Wrong Mood - Kitchen Setup
3:14 Putting our Knowledge to Work
4:59 Move the Light, Shift the Mood