ABSTRACT
The lighting needs to operate on an emotional level to do several things: it should illicit a reaction from our viewer that is coherent with the script; it should guide the viewer visually to a scene’s focal points, at the same time reinforcing the atmosphere and providing our audience with clues as to locations and characters. There are several other light types that we may encounter, which are found more in the world of theater and film than in computer generated (CG), where they are not as relevant. In CG its use is limited, unless we are using a fur shader, in which case it could be considered. However, usually any backlighting that would be set up to work with fur shading would probably serve the purpose of a hair light. The kicker is a type of light that is located behind a subject, but unlike a backlight is offset to one side or the other.
