So in this lesson, we're going to be talking about the three light types that you would have in a scene. And this is an these lights, of course, are always used in pretty much every type of media. And if you deviate from this light setup, then you must know what you're doing. So that you can achieve the effect you're really going for. Now, the most important and probably the strongest light source would be the key light. Now the key light works as just an illumination device.
It's mostly there to light the scene in a really, really basic way. But as Mark says, the primary light of the hole shot and so it can come from right or it can come from the left, but it doesn't really usually sit right behind the camera. Unless of course, you're going for some type of stylized shot, or you got one of those ring lights or something like that. Now the next light we got is the fill light. Now the fair light is there to basically cover up the shadows. So If you have one strong key light on this side, you would need a relatively strong fill light on the opposite side so that your face can be illuminated, you know, pretty in a pretty natural way.
So this light serves as like a secondary light. So remember key light is the key light is the primary light. And then you got the fill light and that it works as a secondary light and is basically there to fill the scene. And the last light is the hair light, or also known as the backlight. And what this light does, it creates a halo around you. And this light is there to separate you from the background.
Sometimes it's used just to bring some aesthetic to the to the image. So it can it can be used just to beautify the shot or whatever. Because cinematographers tend to use a lot of backlights to bring out certain features to set certain moods and whatever it is that they're trying to do. Remember Lighting is more of an artistic then. So there are standards but then you also got people who use different techniques to achieve different types of effects. So that just about wraps that lesson up.
And we're going to be moving to three point lighting. So onto the next lesson.