Light

flat lighting

A soft light source placed close to the camera minimizes surface detail The effect is commonly referred to as

soft

____ light tends to hide surface irregularities and detail

hard

____light casts a sharp, clearly defined shadow

5,400k

average daylight color temperature

drimmer

brightness can be reduced in an incandescent light by reducing the voltage to the lamp with a

3,200K

color temperature of standard studio lighting

approximate color consistency

human attribute that automatically makes adjustments for sources of light that we assume are white

reflected light meter

measures the amount of light being reflected from (off of) the main subject matter in a scene

incident light meter

measures the amount of light falling on a subject

color-balanced fluorescent

production lighting instrument that produces a soft, virtually shadowless light over a wide area

scrim

resembles a frame of finely-woven screen wire, used to reduce the amount of light from a lighting instrument

coherence

the hardness or softness of light is referred to as

discarge lamp

type of lighting instrument that uses glass tubes filled with metal vapor, with electrodes at each end

technical continuity

undesirable scene-to-scene technical inconsistency is referred to as a ____ problem

lux

unit of light intensity used in most countries

foot-candle

unit of light intensity used in the United States

diffuser

used over the front of a light to soften and diffuse their beams