Light Source: In the Mood? Creating Mood with Light (page 3)
SETUP FOUR
High Intensity Lighting Setup 4 introduces a style called cameo lighting. Raise your key lights so they are sixty degrees above each of the talent. Flag the lights so that there is absolutely no spill reaching the walls. You should focus and flag the back lights so that they're only hitting your subjects. You will also want to move the back lights further away or diffuse them so they're less intense. The result should be a dramatically lit scene where you see your talent suspended in a space with no walls. This should create a feeling of high drama, an intensity of mood, of either deep love or deep terror. Without the reference point of the walls, the audience is drawn closer to the talent creating a strong emotional bond. Directors often use this type of lighting to intensify scenes and create a feeling of impending doom or dramatically increased emotion.
SETUP FIVE
Intrigue Lighting By placing a single back light high above and between the two talents, you create yet another mood. Again the mood of loneliness or danger can be portrayed or perhaps forbidden love. The single light acts like a street light in some lonely corner of the world. If you add some fog to the mix, you will have a decidedly powerful lighting setup.
SETUP SIX
Silhouette Lighting Taking the theme we have created one step further, think silhouette. This adds a sense of danger, forbidden romance or maintaining a secret identity. For this setup to be effective, you have to make sure that no spill light is reflected onto the talent. Point a single light at the set behind your talent, lighting the background while leaving them in shadow.
Light it Right Whether you're shooting for the happy, high-key lighting like you find on game shows, or the dark and mysterious lighting of a murder mystery, you can use the principles we describe here. Work with them to create your own special lighting signature. The most important thing to remember is that lighting is more of an art than a science. It's a powerful tool that can communicate different moods of the same scene. So next time you light your set, increase its emotional intensity with a dramatic lighting set up.
Light it Right (DVD)In this DVD on video lighting, the experts at Videomaker teach lighting techniques so you can set up the best lighting environment for a video camera. Lessons on studio lighting & outdoor lighting will show you how to light videos like a professional videographer.
Lighting Lighting GelsYou're ready with 3-point lighting or a soft-light and mood setting. But ... hum... what's missing? How about some red and blue on that dull white scene?
Creating ShadowsDramatic Lighting without Fear (Or, How I Learned to Love the Dark)
Basic Training: Three-Point Lighting 101Lighting can be extremely complicated. Some movie and TV shoots use dozens of lights to assure proper scene lighting. Here's a primer to help dispel the mystery.
Lighting: Using PracticalsLighting a scene using everyday lamps realistically is a skill that earns Hollywood gaffers top dollars. Here are some tips to using practicals in your next video.
Lighting: Night LightingWinter is waning, the snows are beginning to melt in the northern states and the sun is sticking around a little longer. However, the night still rules!
Lighting Car InteriorsDid you ever notice that in the movies we never have a problem seeing a person's features while he's driving down the road? Even at night?
Illuminations: Specialty LightingLighting can make or break the mood of your video. If you wish to evoke suspense, tension or romance, then traditional three-point lighting isn't enough.
Illuminations: Casting ShadowsWhen you think about lighting, you probably think about your lights and where to place them. But what about the shadows?
Illuminations: One Light WonderSometimes you only have one available light. Other times, you chose to use one light for effect. It's not what, but how you use it that makes your video shine.
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Light it Right (DVD)
In this DVD on video lighting, the experts at Videomaker teach lighting techniques so you can set up the best lighting environment for a video camera. Lessons on studio lighting & outdoor lighting will show you how to light videos like a professional videographer.
Lighting 
Creating Shadows
Dramatic Lighting without Fear (Or, How I Learned to Love the Dark)
Basic Training: Three-Point Lighting 101
Lighting can be extremely complicated. Some movie and TV shoots use dozens of lights to assure proper scene lighting. Here's a primer to help dispel the mystery.
Lighting: Using Practicals
Lighting a scene using everyday lamps realistically is a skill that earns Hollywood gaffers top dollars. Here are some tips to using practicals in your next video.
Lighting: Night Lighting
Winter is waning, the snows are beginning to melt in the northern states and the sun is sticking around a little longer. However, the night still rules!
Lighting Car Interiors
Did you ever notice that in the movies we never have a problem seeing a person's features while he's driving down the road? Even at night?
Illuminations: Specialty Lighting
Lighting can make or break the mood of your video. If you wish to evoke suspense, tension or romance, then traditional three-point lighting isn't enough.
Illuminations: Casting Shadows
When you think about lighting, you probably think about your lights and where to place them. But what about the shadows?
Illuminations: One Light Wonder
Sometimes you only have one available light. Other times, you chose to use one light for effect. It's not what, but how you use it that makes your video shine.