Importance of Lighting

The key light functions as the main source of light in your scene. The best place to put it is at a 45 degree angle. It adds definition to the face and shoulders. It makes the character have shadows on the opposite side of the face so you use a fill light.

A fill light is also put at 45 degree angle and is at a low intensity, you can do this by putting the light backwards more or use a diffuser. You get a more even look when you add the fill light and shadows are gone.

The backlight is behind the subject at a slight angle so it doesn't shine into the camera lens. It shines down at the subject and creates a light around the characters head and shoulders. It must be at a low intensity though. It makes the character stand out from the background.

We could definitely incorporate this type of lighting into our film, but we would just use the key light and backlight as we want shadows to be created, to create a more fearful and dark effect and fear of the unknown. We feel this technique could be used in all of our locations, especially in the main room of our location to create a very scary effect. We will also dim the main lights and use lamps in their room already, to have a dark atmosphere. We could also use this technique so the character doesn't blend with the dark locations, so they stand out.

AFTER ADDING THE FILL AND KEY LIGHT.

BEFORE ADDING LIGHTING

Here is how we positioned the lights, at a 45 degree angle. As we didn't have a third light we couldn't use the backlight. It still put the character in focus without blending in a lot with the background though.

Here is the photo with only the fill light.
There are shadows on the right side of the character face.

Here is the light with only the key light.

The shadows are on the left side of the face.