Exam 5: Light

Contrast, a comparison between bright and dark elements, is a concern because the human eye can only see a limited range of tones.

Three-point lighting is made up of flat light, fill light, and backlight.

A kicker is

High key lighting is used for

Visible light is energy with a range of wavelengths.

Lighting directors do not like to use high-definition (HD) digital imaging because there are so many disadvantages with overexposed film.

Artificial light is easier to work with than natural light because the color temperature is much warmer.

Dark objects reflect most of the light and absorb only a little.

LED lighting is useful for media production because it is high efficiency and has no heat production.

Light has two main tasks in visual media. They are

The wavelengths in the color spectrum include red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.

Illuminence is measured in

The most common lighting instrument is the sun.

Background light is a source of light aimed directly at the back of the subject and helps provide the illusion of depth.

Low key lighting, a situation where the key/fill ratio is very high, is dramatic and moody.

Subtractive color mixing starts with white light.

Three types of cones, receptors in the retina of our eye, respond primarily to

All light starts out as direct light.

Underexposure and overexposure are always errors of miscalculation.

The color temperature of daylight ranges between 5400 and 5600K at all times.