Fill light

Fill light

In television, film, stage, or photographic lighting, a fill light (often simply fill) may be used to reduce the contrast of a scene and provide some illumination for the areas of the image that are in shadow. A common lighting setup places the fill light on the lens axis, roughly perpendicular to the key light.

The fill light is often softer and, by definition, less intense than the key light. The ratio between light and shadow depends on the desired effect. For example, a fill light that is a small fraction of the power of the key light will produce very high-contrast or low-key lighting, while filling with half or more of the key light power will produce a high key, low-contrast tone. [http://www.mediacollege.com/lighting/three-point/ fill lighting overview]

An alternative to using a direct light source as a fill is to re-direct or "bounce" the key light towards the subject by using a reflector.

See also

*Ambient light
*Lighting ratio
*Low-key lighting
*High-key lighting

References

External links

[http://classes.yale.edu/film-analysis/htmfiles/mise-en-scene.htm#140477 examples of filling for high- and low-key lighting]


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