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In this article, Duke DeJong shares about four different lighting techniques, as well as creating zones to evenly light your stage.
We’ve talked a little about lighting options. But what exactly do we do with all of these lights? Let’s look at some traditional methodologies of lighting which include everything from one to four fixtures per lighting zone.
One-Point Lighting
Most of us experience one-point lighting in nature every day. Yes, I’m talking about sunshine. In many occasions, a single source of light creates a very natural, sometimes dramatic look that will draw people’s attention to the single lighted person or surface. And if it’s good enough for nature, there are times it might be good enough for you. The catch? As anyone can see with a walk around the park, a single source looks two dimensional or flat, and rarely hits people straight on, so it creates shadows.
Two-Point Lighting
When you want the subtleness of a single light source but want your people to stand out in 3D, two-point lighting can be a great way to add dimensionality without going overboard on your lighting. I often use this approach for bands in churches that like a more aggressive lighting vibe by taking a single light source from straight on in front of the lighting zone, about 30-40 degrees up. I then add a top light above and slightly behind the zone (about 60-70 degrees) in order to define the head and shoulders of the people in the zone, creating a three-dimensional look without using too much light. There is still quite a potential for shadowing if a person turns their head either direction, but where a little shadowing is okay, this can be an effective way to bring focus.
Three-Point Lighting
Not everyone is happy with the shadows that two-point lighting can produce, so the logical solution would be to add two light fixtures from the front, still 30-40 degrees up but having each fixture hitting your zone from 45 degree angles off center.
Add that same top light from above and slightly behind, and you’ve got three fixtures giving you light on both sides of the face (regardless of the direction it faces) and a multi-dimensional look. This approach is commonly used in theater and worship stages where cameras aren’t used, or at least aren’t a big focus.
Four-Point Lighting
When cameras are being used, especially HD cameras, three-point lighting can actually fall short of providing even lighting across your lighting zones. Think of a 10-foot wide circle as your lighting zone. As you move to the right, the right side of your face will become brighter as you get closer to the right fixture and farther from the left fixture. Turn around and head back the other way and the opposite happens. Cameras tend to pick up on this more than our eyes, because our brains compensate where a camera does not. In order to fix this, in places where cameras play a critical role, I tend to use four-point lighting. That means a front light straight-on the lighting zone, providing the primary light, and two fill lights 45-60 degrees off center to fill in the sides of the face.
The straight-on light is my primary source, so for example I may have that intensity at 80%. If that’s true, my fill lights might be at 60% and then of course I have my top light providing the dimensionality I want from behind. All three of the front lights would still shoot at a 30-40 degree angle and my top light would be above and behind at 60-70 degrees.
Creating Zones
Lighting is most effective when you have good control of what your light is hitting and not hitting, and the best way to make a plan of attack for your stage is to divide it into zones. Most lighting pros will divide their stages into zones of 8-12 foot diameter circles with a slight overlap of zones to make sure there are no holes in the coverage. If your stage is 30 feet wide and 30 feet deep, you would likely end up with 3 zones across down-stage, 3 zones across mid-stage, and 3 zones across up-stage. Breaking your stage into these zones not only helps make lighting them evenly more manageable but also allows for greater control of special lighting.
For example, perhaps you want to draw attention to a speaker down-stage left for one part of your service and then immediately cut to down-stage right for the next part. By lighting each zone individually at the right times, you draw everyone’s attention to the right place at the right time.
What’s Right For You?
This may take some experimentation, but if you’re starting out with no lights (and no video cameras), I’d say start off with two or three point lighting for every zone on your stage. Work the angles the best you can. If you have to fudge three point lighting at 40 degrees off center instead of 45 degrees or have your single front light in two point lighting be slightly off center, it’s not the end of the world as long as it looks good to you and puts focus where it needs to be. In fact if you only have two fixtures per zone and choose to have a flatter look but less shadows, you can use two fixtures from 45 degrees off center from the front, creating a more even front look.
If cameras are a big part of what you do, I typically look at two or three-point lighting for the zones the band will be in and then four-point lighting for the down-stage areas my speaker will use. The beauty is with four-point lighting on the down-stage sections, I can choose to only turn on three of them to match the rest of the stage for worship and then add the fourth light once my speaker comes on stage. The same holds true with a two-point approach. But when it comes time for the message, the lighting looks even from side to side with no shadows when the head turns and a 3D look because of our top light.
The long and the short of lighting is that while there are tried and true theatrical methodologies, lighting is all about focusing attention and creating atmosphere. Whatever accomplishes those tasks for you is “right”, regardless of how exactly you get there. Some churches will want very minimal white light but will have layers and layers of color. Some will choose to do 4 or more white lights per zone.
The goal should always be creating a look that enhances what you’re doing and brings focus where focus is needed.
Duke is passionate about equipping the next generation of ministry leaders, especially those serving churches with technology. He serves as Church Relations Director for CCI Solutions, a design build technology solutions provider. Follow Duke on Twitter: @dukedejong
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One point lighting would involve just one light and this would be illustrated as the key light.
The way in which we would utilise this light effectively would be to use a soft box in order to convert the light into a powerful diffusion light source.
Reflect the light off a white poly-board at a 45 degree angle adjacent to the talent in position.
Environment will enable: Reflective lighting techniques.
Black wrap- Black foil, used to wrap around a light to stop light spill dispersion.
Alternatively you could bounce the softbox directly off a light frame diffuser or another reflector to create a soft lighting effect and hence produce as much light as possible onto your subject.
Key light is the main dominant light source that has the most influence on the subjects illumination and defines the visible lighting and shadows. This light is the key factor in three point lighting techniques and is normally the strongest intensity out of all the three lights in the set up. Set up behind the camera and out of frame, place the camera at a 45 degree angle in relation to the subject. the direct light will create a highlight on the side of the face.
It may need diffusion or scrim to apply a soft lighting effect or to concentrate the light into a localised area of the subject within the frame. Key light intensity (aprox 650/800W)
Two lighting techniques
Two lighting set up: used for interviews or a presenter presenting directly to the camera.
This is called the cross lighting techniques which provides maximum effect in terms of light intensity. Produces a very flat look to the scene and to the subject. Consider highlights in the eyes and some light and shadow. The absence of contrast on the subjects face does not convey a natural or authentic look to the scene.
Secondary source of light: Fill light- used to eliminate shadows that are created by the key light, it will soften contrasts and make mroe of the subject visible by extending the illumination that the key light provides. Should be placed directly opposite the key light and can be raised to the height of the subject but should never be lower than the subjects shoulders.
Ambient lighting: Refers to overhead lighting present in most rooms, primary way that a room is lighted and provides great illumination. There are many examples of ambient lighting such as a; chandelier, ceiling mounted fixtures, the light on a ceiling fan.
LIGHTING TYPES:
Fresnel:- Mainstay of filmwork (Interior) power increased by stepped lens
Flood:- Basis of most background lighting, usually softened by use of a diffuser (CYC lights)
Pebble convex:- Same as a Fresnel but without stepped lens, causing a lower light output
Open face reflector(Redhead or blonde):- Portable lighting (500w Redheads and 2kw blondes) Must be used with a scrim!
Spot light (Harmony light):- Mostly theatre, can be used in conjunction with gobo’s
HMI:- High powered portable light, Special power supplies (10,000w, or 10kw)
Parcan:- Mainstay of rock concerts, mostly used for background in TV
Flags:- Things placed in front of a light lens (i.
e twigs or cardboard with cut outs) hard to focus flags (Low budget make shift gobo’s)
Chiroscura:- (Light/dark) Started with German expressionism
An example piece of two point lighting:
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Do you dream of comfort and good mood? Proper lighting plays a huge role in our perception of the environment. If you've decided to update your lighting in your home, it's worth checking out some fantastic new lighting ideas for 2016 that will change the face of your interior. We invite you to explore an exciting overview of global lighting trends in 2016.
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