First we'll take a look at a typical three-person interview setup. Note below that even though things appear to be much more complex, we've only just repeated basic three-point lighting setup for each of the three people. A simple news, weather and sports set is shown below. By panning to one side or the other the two cameras can get one of the co-anchors, or the sports or weather person. Note that three large Fresnels are used to key and fill subjects, and five smaller Fresnels are used as back lights.
Barn doors keep lights intended for one person from spilling over onto another person or area.
Two scoops provide the necessary fill light. S ometimes you may need to develop non-formula lighting designs for special dramatic effects. At one point the author did a cabaret style TV series where the following lighting design was used. There are four ways this can be handled. First, the entire area can be flooded with a base light , which is an overall, even light.