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Act I: Fundamentals
Introduction
Functions
Electricity and Power
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Angles and Basic Light Systems
Designer's Tool: Drafting
Designer's Tool: Lightplot
Lighting Control
Color
Cues and Levels, Tech. Weekend
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High Side and Shinbuster zoomed
Above:
Compare this next image to the one above.
Notice how the high side throws a shadow of one leg onto the other leg, whereas the shin-buster easily lights underneath the legs.
Does the soft focus of the high side (bottom) make them appear more relaxed?
These are very similar set-ups; except that the positions for each source are coming from opposite direction, and one high side is focused sharply.
Below:
Notice the awkward shadow on her face, cast by his face - and the fact that the high side isn't hitting that side of her.
Above:
Here the shinbuster helps emphasize the line of her legs.
Below:
The line of her right leg is interrupted by the shadow from her left leg.
When only using side lights, the face (and body) get a shadow line down the center.