Hard and Soft Light L ighting can emphasize important details or completely hide them. It can flatter a subject by bringing out positive attributes, and it can de-emphasize or hide less attractive attributes.
Lighting can even impart a sinister and hostile look.
It all depends on how you choose to use the concepts we'll be covering in the next few modules. Just as sound must be skillfully controlled in audio production, light must be expertly controlled in television. In this module we'll cover the first of these. Light Coherence C oherence , often called quality , is the hardness or softness of light. Light quality is probably the least understood and the most neglected of the three variables.