cinematography

 Three point lighting. Three point lighting is the most basic form of lighting. It is made up of the Key light, the Fill light and the Back light. Having lighting form three directions shapes your subject and sets them apart from their background. The key light is the light that registers most prominently in your frame. This light is the brightest light that you will see. The fill lights fill in the shadows on your face. Then the back light gives an edge to the rear of the subject. Chiaroscuro: This is a high contrast lighting technique. It uses a low key light set up, where a key light is used as the sole light source to achieve dark backgrounds with the subject lit up. This technique creates an opposing balance of light and dark giving characters, objects and settings on screen a sense of volume or mystery. The technique grew in popularity in the twentieth century as it was heavily utilized in film noirs and German expressionism films. Tungsten lighting: This is a form of incande...

 DSLR: A DSLR(Digital single lens reflex) is a digital camera that combines the optics and mechanisms of an SLR with a solid state image sensor and digitally records the images from the sensor. When the light enters the camera the photographer sees the subject in the optical viewfinder via a reflection of that light from a mirror inside the camera body. when the photo is captured the mirror swings out of the way and the light goes through the digital image sensor where the photo is captured on an SD card. DSLR's have many advantages such as the fact that you can combine the camera body with lens attachments of your choice such as a fisheye or wide angle lens. Another advantage is that they are very effective for shooting in dim lighting as the larger sensor can capture more light. They also have better auto focus features compared to point and shoot cameras, allowing you to focus and shoot faster capturing more high quality images. Lastly, they don't require  convergence ...