Types Of Lighting

Lighting:

Key Lighting; This is the brightest and most influential.
The Back Light; This helps counteract the effect of key lighting and creates a silhouette.
Filler Light; This type of light helps to soften the harsh shadows that the use of both key and back light create.


Lighting Source
Top Lighting; This is when the main source of light is coming from above the subject, high lighting facial features.
Back Lighting; This is when the main light source is coming from behind the subject. 
Low and High Key Lighting
High Key Lighting is created when most types of lighting is used.
Under Lighting; This is when the main source of light is coming from below the subject.

Low Key Lighting is created by using only key and back lighting. 

Lighting Exercise

Me 'acting' in our lighting exercise, this is a brief exercise of how different types of lighting a viewed.

Psycho

Psycho:
'IMDb' - A young woman steals $40,000 from her employer's client, and subsequently encounters a young motel proprietor too long under the domination of his mother.'

We've watched this film in class, and even though it is 52 years old, even i found this enjoyable and I am not the type to enjoy 'old fashioned' films. With plot that twists and turns, it has many maguffins that drag the viewers attention and provide subliminal messages within the film, one being:
'Phoenix office worker Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) is fed up with the way life has treated her. She has to meet her lover Sam in lunch breaks and they cannot get married because Sam has to give most of his money away in alimony.'

Recipe For A James Bond Thriller

James Bond movies offer pretty much the same every time. Every film is like a omlett, the recipe to make it is the same but the things that go with it are different. The John Barry music is always a must with a bond film, with that ironic sound track that is played after a short introductory scene.
As with Skyfall by Adele there is a pop song to promote the film, these are always performed by well known singers. James Bond has always had his gadgets. From the amphibious Lotus in 'The Spy Who Loved Me' to the 'Garrate Watch' and 'Dagger Shoe'. These will often help bond out of a tight situation that only bond himself could get out off. This surrealism draws the audience in. One of the final ingredients to a Bond film is the last scene, this is often on a island or enclosed grounds where he defys the odds and triumphs.