ABSTRACT
Lighting, at its best should reveal, create form, establish visual priorities, and make a statement. It should endeavor to facilitate clear, comfortable, and pleasurable viewing. It can enhance or detract. One of the most important building blocks of good lighting for any purpose—theatrical, architectural, or for the camera—is angle. This element is the sculptor’s chisel of lighting. It can add texture to a surface or smooth it out and erase wrinkles and defects. Angle can inject dramatic intention or instill trust and calm. For multi—camera television shoots, a mastery of angle is vitally necessary. This chapter delves deeply into the power and properties of angle and how it can be used to communicate a feeling and help tell the story, and how it can tell the wrong story and obscure the message if not managed knowledgeably.
