February 3, 2018

Style Breakdown: How to Pull Off High and Low Key Lighting

What is high and low key lighting?

There are many ways to light a scene, but before you actually set up any lights on your film set, you’ll have to first figure out what style your scene calls for. Two of the most common styles in cinematography are “high key lighting” and “low key lighting,” which require very different lighting setups to produce very different looking images. In this video, Josh Noel of PremiumBeat explains the differences between high and low key lighting and takes you through the process of how to light scenes with both styles. Check it out below:

There are several important differences between low key lighting and high key lighting that Noel talks about in the video, all of which help characterize both lighting styles in terms of their physical appearance and they emotionally affect audiences. He’s a really quick and very simplified breakdown of the main characteristics of each style.

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Source: NoFilmSchool