Cinematic lighting

 • Shooting shadow side: AKA the negative fill-side, this gives a more dramatic effect to the scene and adds depth to a person's face & a more of a three-dimensional element.

• Lightning direction: To have a more natural looking lighting on a person's face; the light should be placed/set on a 45° angle, which creates a "upside down" triangle on the subjects opposite cheek ~ Aka: “Rambrandt lighting”.

• Depth: Separating the subject from the background, the subject should not camouflage with the background they're in;

  ~ separation with lighting: with using contrast colours - e.g: orange & teal, makes the subject separate from the background & creates a cinematic effect. 

  ~ darker background/ lighter subject: can prevent the subject from standing out: by lowering the exposure. 

• motivated lighting: imitating natural light sources 

• background lighting: having all the light to the subject & none on the background will make the scene look like a stage play, adding some ambient light in the background or any small light; gives life to the background - making it look natural. 

• time of day: shooting at the golden hour [the first hour of light when the sun is coming up & the last hour of light when the sun is going down], shooting when the sun is directly above is not going to capture a cinematic scene - as the sun is casting harsh shadows under the eyes. 

• texture: using either haze or fog, creates effect & makes the scene more cinematic/dramatic.