Lighting and Graphics (Beginner)

Question 1

Soft and harsh lighting

Answer 1

Soft and harsh lighting can manipulate a viewer’s attitude towards a setting or a character. The way light is used can make objects, people and environments look beautiful or ugly, soft or harsh, artificial or real. Light may be used expressively or realitically.

Question 2

Soft lighting

Answer 2

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Question 3

Harsg Lighting

Answer 3

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Question 4

Backlighting

Answer 4

A romantic heroine is often backlit to create a halo effect on her hair.

Question 5

Text

Answer 5

Titles appear at or near the start of the programme. Their style - typeface, size, colour, background and pace - (together with music) can establish expectations about the atmosphere and style of the programme.

Question 6

Captions

Answer 6

Captions are commonly used in news and documentaries to identify speakers, in documentaries, documentary dramas and dramatic naratives to indicate dates or locations.

Question 7

Subtitles

Answer 7

Subtitles at the bottom of the screen are usually used for translation or for the benefit of the hearing-impaired.

Question 8

Credits

Answer 8

Credits listing the main actors, the director, and so on, are normally shown at or near the beginning, whilst those listing the rest of the actors and programme makers are normally shown at the end. Credits are frequently superimposed on action or stills, and may be shown as a sequence of frames or scrolled up the screen.

Question 9

Graphics

Answer 9

Maps, graphs and diagrams are associated primarily with news, documentary and educational programmes

Question 10

Animation

Answer 10

Creating an illusion of movement, by inter-cutting stills, using graphics with movable sections, using step-by-step changes, or control wire activation.