Kitchens do not have light fixtures; when entering the room at night, the refngerator door must be opened to light the room.
— Vanity Fair, "Hollywood Rule Book"
An index for tropes about lighting— as in, the way a setting is lit. This is a list of light sources (in and out of universe), styles of lighting, different effects, and ways lighting is played with. Note that lighting isn't just about "light"— shadows are just as important.
Sub-index of Spectacle and Camera Tricks.
Not to be confused with Thunderbolts and Lightning, unless the lightning is used as lighting.
Tropes:
Categories:
- Absurdly Bright Light
- All in the Eyes
- Back That Light Up
- Big Shadow, Little Creature
- Bioluminescence Is Cool
- Blackout Basement
- Blinded by the Light
- Blinking Lights of Victory
- Brightness Shadows
- By the Lights of Their Eyes
- Candlelit Ritual
- Censor Shadow
- Chiaroscuro: One bright light source leaves everything else in shadow.
- Day Hurts Dark-Adjusted Eyes
- Darkness Equals Death
- Daywalking Vampire
- Dramatic Spotlight
- Dying Candle
- Dynamite Candle
- Epileptic Flashing Lights
- Epileptic-Friendly Filter
- Evil Is Not Well-Lit
- Face Framed in Shadow
- Fantastic Light Source
- The Future Is Noir
- Glowing Flora
- Glowing Gem
- Hand of Glory
- Hands-Free Handlamp
- Hollywood Darkness
- Holy Backlight
- Impact Silhouette
- Impossible Shadow Puppets
- Infinite Flashlight
- Kill the Lights
- Lens Flare
- Light-Flicker Teleportation
- Lighting Bug
- Lightning Reveal
- Lightswitch Surprise
- Lip-Lock Sun-Block
- Matchlight Danger Revelation
- Mood Lighting
- Muzzle Flashlight
- Natural Spotlight
- Nuclear Candle
- Orange/Blue Contrast
- Photoflood Lighting
- Red Filter of Doom
- Scary Flashlight Face
- Shadow Discretion Shot
- Shadow of Impending Doom
- Sickly Green Glow
- Slow Light
- Sundial Waypoint
- Step into the Blinding Fight
- Stop Motion Lighting
- Ten-Second Flashlight
- Tentative Light
- Unnaturally Blue Lighting
- Warm Place, Warm Lighting
- Weakened by the Light
- Who Forgot The Lights?
