Lighting is a very important tool in film. It can be used in many different ways such as the ones described in the previous pages as well as many other ways.

Lights may be used to describe the mood of a certain scene...

Hong Kong actress Wen Bi Shia (as best as I can translate it) and myself: This picture was taken at a studio set in Taiwan. The background (the setting for the television show) is purposely lit with many yellow lights and set upon such a traditionally Chinese furnished room to take the audience away from the feeling of our modern day. Yellows and reds are also associated with olden-day China.

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