CONCLUSIONS

      Lighting techniques are aids that allow the director to tell a story in a method that he or she chooses. It may be one that most seamlessly incorporates the correct atmosphere in the telling of the story, or it may consist of hard lights that evidently displace a subject from his or her surroundings. Lighting may disguise the time of day, create moods and help audiences identify with certain characters as music follows certain roles. Basically any light that shines can be used in a set; although the industry has been standardized and sets of stage lights can be bought; the knowledge of well-positioning lights will lead to the desired outcome of a scene. 

 

“But it is lighting that shapes the reality in front of the lens, giving it depth or flatness, excitement or boredom, reality or artificiality. Cinematography attempts to create and sustain a mood captured on the screen. In this respect, lighting is at the heart of cinematography.” (Malkiewicz and Mullen 2002)