Lighting Tropes



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, although lightning is often used as a form of dramatic lighting.

Tropes:
Categories:
 * Darkness and Shadows Tropes
 * 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
 * Censor Shadow
 * Chiaroscuro
 * Day Hurts Dark-Adjusted Eyes
 * Darkness Equals Death
 * Daylight Horror
 * Dramatic Spotlight
 * Dynamite Candle
 * Epileptic Flashing Lights
 * Evil Is Not Well Lit
 * Face Framed in Shadow
 * Fantastic Light Source
 * The Future Is Noir
 * Hollywood Darkness
 * Holy Backlight
 * Impossible Shadow Puppets
 * Lens Flare
 * Lip-Lock Sun-Block
 * Mood Lighting
 * Muzzle Flashlight
 * Natural Spotlight
 * Nuclear Candle
 * Orange-Blue Contrast
 * Shadow Discretion Shot
 * Shadow of Impending Doom
 * Slow Light
 * Sundial Waypoint
 * Stop-Motion Lighting
 * Ten-Second Flashlight
 * Unnaturally Blue Lighting
 * Weakened by the Light
 * Who Forgot the Lights?