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High Key and Low Key lighting

Highkey lighting is a style of lighting for film, television, or photography that aims to reduce the lighting ratio present in the scene. This was originally done partly for technological reasons, since early film and television did not deal well with high contrast ratios, but now is used to suggest an upbeat mood.

Lowkey lighting is a style of lighting for photography, film or television. It is a necessary element in creating a chiaroscuro effect. Traditional photographic lighting, three-point lightinguses a key light, a fill light, and a back light for illumination.

 

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P E R S P E C T I V E

diminution
noun
a reduction in the size, extent, or importance of something.
parallel
adjective
(of lines, planes, surfaces, or objects) side by side and having the same distance continuously between them.
picture plane
noun
in perspective, the imaginary plane corresponding to the surface of a picture, perpendicular to the viewer’s line of sight.
right angle
noun
an angle of 90°, as in a corner of a square or at the intersection of two perpendicular straight lines.
oblique angle
noun
An angle, such as an acute or obtuse angle, that is not a right angle or a multiple of a right angle.
intersection
noun
a point or line common to lines or surfaces that intersect.
tangent
noun
a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point, but if extended does not cross it at that point.
convergence
noun
the process or state of converging.
foreshorten
verb
gerund or present participle: foreshortening
portray or show (an object or view) as closer than it is or as having less depth or distance, as an effect of perspective or the angle of vision.