Lighting Examples Journal

Michael Kelleher

Professor King

COM 241

19 September 2012

Lighting Examples Journal

11.     Overexposure: This picture uses overexposure and it is being used to exaggerate the pain on the character’s face and show that something extraordinary is about to happen. 

2. Underexposure: This picture uses underexposure to show the eeriness of the background and setting.

3. High Contrast: High Contrast was used a lot in old films and it's used here to accent some of the colors like red and yellow from the white and dark colors.

14. Low Contrast: While this one was difficult to find, in the opening scene of The Sound of Music, he shows the scenery using low contrast.

55. Hard Light: Hard light is used for this Marilyn Monroe still, so it can create a glow about her have her look in the spotlight.

66. Soft Light: This picture is a good example of soft light because it doesn't emphasize the details on his face so much. It works because he kind of blends in the background and seems mysterious.

77. Flat Light: This is an example of flat light. The image appears very one-dimensional; the director probably used this to make the girl seem ordinary.

T8. Low Key Light:  Low key light is used here to create a dramatic effect to go along with the dramatic expression on the woman's face. 

99. High Key Light: High key light is often used on TV studios, which is why it is used here during an interview of the show Intervention.

110. Backlight: A backlight was used in this scene to keep the man's face darkened and create an eerie vibe to the scene.

111. Presentational Light: The only presentationa light example I could find was one of a TV anchor, a kind of lighting which is often used during news reports to help enhance the anchor's features and surroundings.

112. Representational lighting: This ind of lighting is used to try and create a natural lighting using nature, and in the film Melancholia, it is used well in this photo. The nature is very natural looking and it contrasts the fact that she is in a wedding dress, making you wonder why she is surrounded by nature with vines pulling at her. 

113. Motivated Lighting: Motivated lighting needs to have lighting that all looksl ike it's coming from a real source. In this scene of Kill Bill 2 it goes from complete black, to showing light in the coffin, making it seem very real and scary.