Lighting Key Definitions

Type of Lighting	Definition
High-Key Lighting	Lighting that results in predominantly middle-gray to white tones.
Low-Key Lighting	Lighting that results in predominantly gray to middle-black tones with few light areas.
Spotlighting	To adjust a focusing light toward maximum intensity and minimum beam angle.
Back Lighting / Silhouetting	Dark shapes and figures that are set against a light background. Silhouettes have both simplicity and impact, even on small screens.   Back Light separates subject from background, saints from sinners, and one pro from another.
Colour filters	A series of camera and printer filters available in gradual steps which can be used to correct color balance or to distort it for special effects. Range 1: red to blue; Range 2: magenta to green.
Floor Lights	Lights in the floor. Illuminate the host or contestants from below, to give them a sense of power to the viewer.
Neon strips	Neon lighting to give a soft glow to something
Changes in light	Dimming or brightening to shift the mood from tense to triumphant, or similar