Chapter Three | CompositionBeyond the Basics 91

These concepts are really just some of the basics of best practices in the discipline,
art, science, and craft of lm lighting. It is hoped that as you develop your overall skills
with shot composition you will be expanding your abilities in the use of creative light-
ing as well. You cannot have one without the other. As you will grow to understand
more and more, everything in lmmaking is related to everything else. Light relates to
lens optics, aperture, lm/CCD sensitivity, exposure, ratios, color, emotional audience
reaction, thematic/character interpretation, and so on and so on. Let us just say that
you should always be conscious of how you are lighting your shots. Your lighting and
compositional choices need to serve your story and not ght against it or leave it
seeming bland or incomplete. What you choose to reveal to the audience or hide from
them will yield more or less information, more or less understanding, and more or less
enjoyment of your project.

Set and Location Lighting