{"id":115325,"date":"2019-06-19T06:00:48","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T11:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=115325"},"modified":"2019-06-18T10:35:56","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T15:35:56","slug":"using-soft-light-filmmaking-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/using-soft-light-filmmaking-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Filmmakers and Photographers Prefer to Use Soft Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"in-this-article-we-take-a-look-at-why-most-filmmakers-and-photographers-prefer-to-light-their-subjects-with-large-soft-light-sources\">In this article, we take a look at why most filmmakers and photographers prefer to light their subjects with large, soft light sources.<\/h2>\n<p>Soft light is so much more flattering to the face and body than hard light \u2014 it diffuses hard shadows, softens dark areas, and generally eliminates the edges that can distract from the natural angles of the human form. All of which are good reasons why filmmakers and photographers prefer soft light.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O8cRVPUsyBU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>If you watch behind-the-scenes footage of Hollywood blockbusters, you\u2019ll see the huge scrims and diffusion frames that DPs use to get that quality of lighting. And 20&#215;20 foot diffusion frames aren\u2019t unusual. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/find?ref_=nv_sr_fn&amp;q=Roger+Deakins&amp;s=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Roger Deakins<\/a>, ASC, is famous for his &#8220;Cove Light,&#8221; which is an 80-foot long piece of bleached muslin line on an entire room with a key. 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bu86EgKl8eY\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">A post shared by @filmlights -\u26a1Film Lighting\u26a1 (@filmlights)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Despite this prevalence of soft lighting, there&#8217;s no real metric for measuring how soft light is, or how to get the right level of softness.<\/p>\n<p>One aspect to take into account is that softness is comes from the size of the source, relative to its distance from the subject. I have always worked from the assumption that soft light comes from a light the same size as the subject \u2014 or the part being photographed \u2014 and the same distance from the object you&#8217;re lighting.<\/p>\n<p>To put this into practical terms, if you\u2019re shooting an actor&#8217;s head and shoulders, a roughly 2&#215;2 foot area, you can produce objectively soft light by placing a 2&#215;2 foot light two feet away from the actor. If you want the same level of softness in a mid-shot of two people talking at a table (a roughly 5&#215;5 foot area), you\u2019ll need to place a 5&#215;5 foot light five feet away.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re only looking for soft<em>ish<\/em> light, you can get away with a 5&#215;5 foot source ten feet away, or a 10&#215;10 foot source twenty feet away. Because of the inverse square law, which dictates that light is 1\/4 as bright every time you double your distance from it, it&#8217;s difficult to get bright enough light from far away. Most DPs and their gaffers keep the lights just out of frame and go for the biggest source available.<\/p>\n<p>If you want very soft light, you could put a 10\u2019x10\u2019 source five feet away. This is what Deakins does with his Cove Light. For a scene in the movie <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1809398\/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Unbroken<\/a>,<\/em> Deakins rented almost every 20K light in Australia (over twenty of them), to illuminate the windows forty feet from the conversation taking place between characters. This gave him soft wrapping light, without making the scene look artificially lit.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_115455\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Unbroken-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-115455\" class=\"wp-image-115455 size-full\" title=\"Filmmaker's and Photographer's Preference: The Science of Soft Light - Unbroken\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Unbroken-1.jpg\" alt=\"Filmmaker's and Photographer's Preference: The Science of Soft Light - Unbroken\" width=\"755\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Unbroken-1.jpg 755w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Unbroken-1.jpg?resize=300,126 300w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Unbroken-1.jpg?resize=277,116 277w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Unbroken-1.jpg?resize=359,150 359w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Unbroken-1.jpg?resize=543,227 543w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Unbroken-1.jpg?resize=560,234 560w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Unbroken-1.jpg?resize=600,250 600w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Unbroken-1.jpg?resize=150,63 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-115455\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via <em>Unbroken<\/em> (Universal Pictures).<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This metric has been used in photography for a long time, and it&#8217;s slowly making its away into mainstream cinematography.<\/p>\n<p>Those giant diffusion frames on film sets usually aren\u2019t the result of the DP trying to get the softest light possible; rather, they&#8217;re an attempt to light very large subjects \u2014 like a group of people or a house \u2014 and still maintain some sense of evenness of light. The crane-mounted rig <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0292132\/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Greig Frasier<\/a> used to light the Bin Laden raid in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/find?ref_=nv_sr_fn&amp;q=Zero+Dark+Thirty&amp;s=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Zero Dark Thirty<\/a> was massive. However, it was still only the size of the part of the compound they were lighting, and it followed the same rule.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_116004\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/zero-dark-thirty.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-116004\" class=\"wp-image-116004 size-full\" title=\"Why Filmmakers and Photographers Prefer to Use Soft Light \u2014 Zero Dark Thirty\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/zero-dark-thirty.jpg\" alt=\"Why Filmmakers and Photographers Prefer to Use Soft Light \u2014 Zero Dark Thirty\" width=\"755\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/zero-dark-thirty.jpg 755w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/zero-dark-thirty.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/zero-dark-thirty.jpg?resize=277,185 277w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/zero-dark-thirty.jpg?resize=359,239 359w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/zero-dark-thirty.jpg?resize=543,362 543w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/zero-dark-thirty.jpg?resize=560,373 560w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/zero-dark-thirty.jpg?resize=150,100 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-116004\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via <em>Zero Dark Thirty<\/em> (Columbia Pictures).<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Close-ups are easy to light with soft sources because you can get the light very close to the subject. Wides are much harder because you need to back up the lights to keep them out of the frame. Tracking shots are harder still because of the distance they cover.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Cover image via <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0959337\/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Revolutionary Road<\/a> <em>(DreamWorks).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Looking for more on lighting? 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