FILM LIGHTING AND STAGE LIGHTING DESIGN DIFFERENCES

What Is Film Lighting Design?
Film lighting design is the process of creating a lighting setup for a film or
television production. It involves determining how much light the scene needs,
where it should come from, and what kind of equipment is needed to create the
desired effect.

For example, if you're shooting a scene in an office building, you might want
to make use of natural daylight coming in through windows. But if the camera
doesn't move around too much and there aren't many people in the frame, you
might want to turn off all of the lights so that you don't have any extra noise
on your audio recording.

What Is Stage Lighting Design?
Stage lighting design is the art of creating a mood and atmosphere through
stage lighting. Stage lighting can be used to highlight important aspects of a
play, or to create an overall feeling or theme.

Theatre lighting designers work closely with the director, actors, scenic
designer and sound designer on each play to develop a set of instructions for
the crew of electricians who will actually set up the lights during rehearsals.

NOTES FOR TELEVISION STUDIO LIGHTING DESIGN: AVOID "BLACK ZONES" ON TV

''Black area'' refers to the large dark part in the TV picture, which makes the
picture appear depressed and empty and affects the broadcast effect of the TV
program. Generally speaking, there is no concept of a ''black zone'' in stage
lighting, because stage lighting only needs to consider the comfort of the
visual picture of the eyes. In the TV studio lighting design, the lighting
division should be fully communicated with the director and cameraman, know the
perspective and composition of the camera Angle in advance to avoid the ''black
zone''.

NOTES FOR FILM STUDIO LIGHTING DESIGN AND STAGE LIGHTING DESIGN: DIFFERENT
REQUIREMENTS FOR LIGHTING EXPOSURE

For the exposure problem of film studio lamps and lanterns, the stage
requirements are relatively strict, especially the kind of realistic drama that
is performed in the frame stage, such as ''teahouse'', ''thunderstorm'' and
other drama performances. Lamps and lanterns should be hidden as far as
possible, so as to avoid the visual experience of the audience being disturbed
by the lighting exposure.

As for television studio lighting design, many studio lamps are directly
exposed, because the camera only shoots in a certain area of the studio. As
long as the lamps do not appear in the television, it can be accepted.

Notes for Film Studio Lighting: Application of ''Hard Light'' and ''Soft
Light''

The use of ''hard light'' and ''soft light'' is a very big difference between
studio film lighting design and theatre stage lighting design.

Hard light refers to light with strong directness, the large difference between
the shade of the subject, bright highlights and clear shadow edges, such as LED
spotlights.

Soft light refers to light with stronger scattering, little difference of
illuminated object between light and shadow, softer highlight point, and
softer-light shadow, such as LED filming light panel.

On a theatrical stage, a spotlight is usually used as the top light. And if the
studio lights use LED spotlights as the top light, it will lead to stiff
shadows of people, not suitable for the picture requirements of news or
interview programs.

For small and medium-sized studios, the lighting usually requires soft
character modeling and do not appear stiff shadow and black area and other
phenomena, so we generally use soft-light lamp. The diffuse reflection degree
of lamps and lanterns is relatively large. In studio lighting, led soft panel
film is usually used for cloth light, side light, etc., while LED spotlight is
used as backlight lamps for character modeling.

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