7) Kitchens do not have light fixtures: it requires the opening of a fridge door, to provide any/all illumination.
— Vanity Fair, "Things That Happen In Hollywood Movies"
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
- Alluring Anglerfish
- Back That Light Up
- Big Shadow, Little Creature
- Bioluminescence Is Cool
- Blackout Basement
- Blinded by the Light
- By the Lights of Their Eyes
- Candlelit Ritual
- Censor Shadow
- Chiaroscuro
- Day Hurts Dark-Adjusted Eyes
- Darkness = Death
- Daylight Horror
- Daywalking Vampire
- Dramatic Spotlight
- Dying Candle
- Dynamite Candle
- Epileptic Flashing Lights
- 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
- Lighting Bug
- Lightning Reveal
- Lightswitch Surprise
- Lip-Lock Sun-Block
- Mood Lighting
- Muzzle Flashlight
- Natural Spotlight
- Nuclear Candle
- Orange/Blue Contrast
- Photoflood Lighting
- Shadow Discretion Shot
- Shadow of Impending Doom
- Slow Light
- Sundial Waypoint
- Step into the Blinding Fight
- Stop Motion Lighting
- Ten-Second Flashlight
- Tentative Light
- Unnaturally Blue Lighting
- Weakened by the Light
- Who Forgot the Lights?
