What is 3-point lighting?

1. What are the three different parts of 3-point lighting?
2. What are three tips that this presenter makes that are different than what you have been taught so far in this class?
3. How can you put this knowledge into use in your future videos?

Three-point lighting is composed of the key light, back light, and motivated light. Motivated light can have multiple sources: slash/kicker, rim, fill, eye light, and catchlight. All light sources other than the key light is motivated. The three-point lighting system is simply a basis for lighting and therefore can be alternated according to the scene. How a scene should be lighted should not be based upon rigid principles, but rather the motivation behind the shot. Having a firm understanding of lighting has a much better effect than fully relying on a cheap "three-point lighting kit."