Video Editing Worksheet: Rule of Thirds and Lighting
Creator's tip (Thirds and light): Thirds lines: width ÷ 3 and 2 × (width ÷ 3); the same for the height. 9 boxes, 4 crossing points. Good light falls on the face from the front; a bright window behind makes a silhouette. Three-point lighting: key light, fill light, back light.
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- 1.💡 Good or poor lighting: facing a bright window? (a) poor lighting (b) good lighting
- 2.📸 A frame is 1380 pixels wide. A person stands 460 pixels from the left edge. Are they on one of the rule-of-thirds vertical lines? (a) No (b) Yes
- 3.📸 A frame is 360 pixels wide. A person stands 120 pixels from the left edge. Are they on one of the rule-of-thirds vertical lines? (a) No (b) Yes
- 4.True or false: “outlines hair and edges” is the back light. (a) True (b) False
- 5.📸 A frame is 480 pixels wide. A person stands 160 pixels from the left edge. Are they on one of the rule-of-thirds vertical lines? (a) No (b) Yes
- 6.📸 A video frame is 1680 pixels wide. You split it into thirds with two vertical lines. How many pixels from the left edge is the second line?
- 7.📸 A video frame is 390 pixels wide. You split it into thirds with two vertical lines. How many pixels from the left edge is the first line?
- 8.💡 Good or poor lighting: a lamp behind the camera? (a) good lighting (b) poor lighting
- 9.💡 Where should the main subject go by the rule of thirds? (a) dead centre always (b) on a line or crossing (c) hidden in a corner (d) off the edge
- 10.True or false: “outlines hair and edges” is the fill light. (a) True (b) False
- 11.💡 Good or poor lighting: soft light on the face? (a) good lighting (b) poor lighting
- 12.💡 Good or poor lighting: a window behind you? (a) poor lighting (b) good lighting
- 13.💡 Good or poor lighting: a dark room, no lamps? (a) poor lighting (b) good lighting
- 14.True or false: “lights the face the most” is the back light. (a) False (b) True
- 15.💡 Three-point lighting uses a key light, a fill light and a … (a) back light (b) street light (c) red light (d) night light
- 16.💡 Which light in three-point lighting: “the main, bright light”? (a) back light (b) fill light (c) key light
- 17.📸 A video frame is 1380 pixels wide. You split it into thirds with two vertical lines. How many pixels from the left edge is the first line?
- 18.📸 A photo is 330 pixels tall. You split it into thirds with two horizontal lines. How many pixels from the top is the first line?
- 19.📸 A photo is 600 pixels tall. You split it into thirds with two horizontal lines. How many pixels from the top is the first line?
- 20.📸 A photo is 630 pixels tall. You split it into thirds with two horizontal lines. How many pixels from the top is the first line?
- 21.True or false: “shines from behind” is the key light. (a) True (b) False
- 22.True or false: “lights the face the most” is the key light. (a) False (b) True
- 23.📸 A video frame is 1920 pixels wide. You split it into thirds with two vertical lines. How many pixels from the left edge is the second line?
- 24.📸 A video frame is 600 pixels wide. You split it into thirds with two vertical lines. How many pixels from the left edge is the first line?
- 25.📸 A video frame is 1230 pixels wide. You split it into thirds with two vertical lines. How many pixels from the left edge is the second line?
- 26.📸 A frame is 1080 pixels wide. A person stands 360 pixels from the left edge. Are they on one of the rule-of-thirds vertical lines? (a) Yes (b) No
- 27.💡 Filming someone with a bright window behind them makes them look … (a) sharper (b) taller (c) brighter (d) dark (a silhouette)
- 28.📸 A photo is 750 pixels tall. You split it into thirds with two horizontal lines. How many pixels from the top is the first line?
- 29.📸 A frame is 1740 pixels wide. A person stands 580 pixels from the left edge. Are they on one of the rule-of-thirds vertical lines? (a) Yes (b) No
- 30.💡 The rule of thirds splits the frame into how many boxes? (a) 6 (b) 3 (c) 9 (d) 4
- 31.💡 Which light in three-point lighting: “lights the face the most”? (a) fill light (b) key light (c) back light
- 32.📸 A video frame is 930 pixels wide. You split it into thirds with two vertical lines. How many pixels from the left edge is the first line?
- 33.📸 A photo is 450 pixels tall. You split it into thirds with two horizontal lines. How many pixels from the top is the first line?
- 34.True or false: “the main, bright light” is the key light. (a) True (b) False
- 35.📸 A video frame is 1920 pixels wide. You split it into thirds with two vertical lines. How many pixels from the left edge is the first line?
- 36.📸 A frame is 1320 pixels wide. A person stands 880 pixels from the left edge. Are they on one of the rule-of-thirds vertical lines? (a) Yes (b) No
- 37.📸 A video frame is 1200 pixels wide. You split it into thirds with two vertical lines. How many pixels from the left edge is the first line?
- 38.💡 Leaving space in front of a person who looks sideways is called … (a) look room (b) foot room (c) zoom room (d) storeroom
- 39.📸 A video frame is 1770 pixels wide. You split it into thirds with two vertical lines. How many pixels from the left edge is the second line?
- 40.💡 Which light in three-point lighting: “a softer side light”? (a) back light (b) fill light (c) key light
Answer key
- good lighting
- Yes
- Yes
- True
- Yes
- 1120
- 130
- good lighting
- on a line or crossing
- False
- good lighting
- poor lighting
- poor lighting
- False
- back light
- key light
- 460
- 110
- 200
- 210
- False
- True
- 1280
- 200
- 820
- Yes
- dark (a silhouette)
- 250
- Yes
- 9
- key light
- 310
- 150
- True
- 640
- Yes
- 400
- look room
- 1180
- fill light
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