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> Technique > Three Light
Setup
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Just another shot of a movie star?
Perhaps. But this shot--like nearly
every shot you see in professional
television and films--makes skillful
use of the 3-light setup. What are
the clues? I'll let you know in a
bit...
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The
"three light setup" is the foundation
of all professional lighting. Nearly every shot you
see in TV or in the movies, uses--at some level--the
basic principle of the three light setup.
Here's
why: television is 2-dimensional. People are 3-dimensional.
The goal of the 3-light setup is to make people look
more three dimensional on television. So the three light
setup is a way of sculpting the human face to make it
more natural and appealing for television (or movies).
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