Lighting for TV and Film by Gerald Millerson

Author:Gerald Millerson [Millerson, Gerald]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781136055218
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2013-08-28T22:00:00+00:00

Pictorial quality

Pictorial quality is highly subjective. Our impressions depend so much on the range of tonal values in the picture, tonal contrast, the sharpness of demarcations between tones, where they are located in the picture frame. Background tones that look prominent, arresting, dramatic when sharply focused can merge to become vague and featureless when defocused. Crisply well-defined contrasts so appropriate to one situation may be entirely wrong for another, where delicately graded tones would be more suitable.

Tonal values are only a broad guide to pictorial quality. A shot in which there are no dark tonal areas may look thin and lacking in body. But then again, it may look delicate and refined. Without lighter tones, a picture may lack vigor and sparkle; but it would be exactly right if we want to convey the wan light of fading dusk, or a foggy locale. A picture that has few half-tones and strong contrasts can seem harsh or coarse, or it may have vitality and dramatic force.

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