PCC Principles of Digital Multimedia Video Notes
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1. Set up lights one at a time
What are some ground
2. Set up your camera first
rules for creating a four-
3. Have a subject to light
point lighting setup?
4. Safety
1. Have leather work gloves
2. Use a heavy duty extension cord (like with power
What are some safety tips tools)
when creating a four point 3. Keep lights 2-3 feet away from anything flammable
lighting setup? 4. Don't cover any areas venting heat on the lights
5. Make sure the stands can hold the weight of the
light
What is another name for Key light
a main light?
1. Key light
What are the lights in a 2. Fill light
four point lighting setups? 3. Hair light
4. Background light
-Main light on subject
-Brightest light
Key light characteristics -Use striking to let the subject know the light is
coming on
-Shoot from front if subject has a large nose
, -Lets people know that you're turning on a bright light
Striking characteristics
-Put hand in front of light to be easy on eyes
- Not always a real light
- Not as bright as key light
Fill light characteristics
-Use foam core to reflect light/fill shadows on the
side of the face
What does using foam -Reflects fill light onto face
core do? -Fills in shadows on side of face
1. Glamour light
What are other names for
2. Back light
the hair light?
3. Kicker
· Cuts off key light
· Separates subject from background
Hair light characteristics
· Adds 3-dimensionality to subject
· Color the light with a bit of gel for color on subject
Which light adds 3 hair light
dimensionality to the
subject?
Background light · Lights the background of the subject
characteristics · Good for the setting of the story
What are the two types of 1. Condenser
mics? 2. Dynamic
· Requires power
Condenser mic
-Battery, external battery power supply, camera/mixer
characteristics
via the XLR cable (phantom power)
· Doesn't require power
· Have thin membrane inside mic head that records
Dynamic mic
sound based on the vibrations transmitted through the
characteristics
membrane
· Turn off phantom power with these
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Terms in this set (36)
1. Set up lights one at a time
What are some ground
2. Set up your camera first
rules for creating a four-
3. Have a subject to light
point lighting setup?
4. Safety
1. Have leather work gloves
2. Use a heavy duty extension cord (like with power
What are some safety tips tools)
when creating a four point 3. Keep lights 2-3 feet away from anything flammable
lighting setup? 4. Don't cover any areas venting heat on the lights
5. Make sure the stands can hold the weight of the
light
What is another name for Key light
a main light?
1. Key light
What are the lights in a 2. Fill light
four point lighting setups? 3. Hair light
4. Background light
-Main light on subject
-Brightest light
Key light characteristics -Use striking to let the subject know the light is
coming on
-Shoot from front if subject has a large nose
, -Lets people know that you're turning on a bright light
Striking characteristics
-Put hand in front of light to be easy on eyes
- Not always a real light
- Not as bright as key light
Fill light characteristics
-Use foam core to reflect light/fill shadows on the
side of the face
What does using foam -Reflects fill light onto face
core do? -Fills in shadows on side of face
1. Glamour light
What are other names for
2. Back light
the hair light?
3. Kicker
· Cuts off key light
· Separates subject from background
Hair light characteristics
· Adds 3-dimensionality to subject
· Color the light with a bit of gel for color on subject
Which light adds 3 hair light
dimensionality to the
subject?
Background light · Lights the background of the subject
characteristics · Good for the setting of the story
What are the two types of 1. Condenser
mics? 2. Dynamic
· Requires power
Condenser mic
-Battery, external battery power supply, camera/mixer
characteristics
via the XLR cable (phantom power)
· Doesn't require power
· Have thin membrane inside mic head that records
Dynamic mic
sound based on the vibrations transmitted through the
characteristics
membrane
· Turn off phantom power with these
