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.💡 Three-point lighting uses a key light, a fill light and a … (a) street light (b) night light (c) red light (d) back light
- 2.📸 A photo is 1140 pixels tall. You split it into thirds with two horizontal lines. How many pixels from the top is the first line?
- 3.📸 A frame is 1440 pixels wide. A person stands 480 pixels from the left edge. Are they on one of the rule-of-thirds vertical lines? (a) Yes (b) No
- 4.📸 A frame is 660 pixels wide. A person stands 330 pixels from the left edge. Are they on one of the rule-of-thirds vertical lines? (a) Yes (b) No
- 5.💡 Good or poor lighting: a window behind you? (a) good lighting (b) poor lighting
- 6.💡 Good or poor lighting: soft light on the face? (a) good lighting (b) poor lighting
- 7.True or false: “lights the face the most” is the fill light. (a) True (b) False
- 8.True or false: “shines from behind” is the back light. (a) True (b) False
- 9.True or false: “lights the face the most” is the back light. (a) True (b) False
- 10.📸 A photo is 720 pixels tall. You split it into thirds with two horizontal lines. How many pixels from the top is the first line?
- 11.💡 Which light in three-point lighting: “outlines hair and edges”? (a) key light (b) fill light (c) back light
- 12.📸 A video frame is 1560 pixels wide. You split it into thirds with two vertical lines. How many pixels from the left edge is the second line?
- 13.📸 A frame is 1080 pixels wide. A person stands 180 pixels from the left edge. Are they on one of the rule-of-thirds vertical lines? (a) Yes (b) No
- 14.📸 A video frame is 1710 pixels wide. You split it into thirds with two vertical lines. How many pixels from the left edge is the first line?
- 15.True or false: “the main, bright light” is the fill light. (a) True (b) False
- 16.📸 A frame is 1920 pixels wide. A person stands 640 pixels from the left edge. Are they on one of the rule-of-thirds vertical lines? (a) Yes (b) No
- 17.💡 Filming someone with a bright window behind them makes them look … (a) taller (b) dark (a silhouette) (c) brighter (d) sharper
- 18.📸 A video frame is 420 pixels wide. You split it into thirds with two vertical lines. How many pixels from the left edge is the first line?
- 19.📸 A video frame is 630 pixels wide. You split it into thirds with two vertical lines. How many pixels from the left edge is the second line?
- 20.💡 Which light in three-point lighting: “the main, bright light”? (a) fill light (b) key light (c) back light
- 21.📸 A video frame is 780 pixels wide. You split it into thirds with two vertical lines. How many pixels from the left edge is the second line?
- 22.📸 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?
- 23.📸 A frame is 1680 pixels wide. A person stands 1120 pixels from the left edge. Are they on one of the rule-of-thirds vertical lines? (a) Yes (b) No
- 24.📸 A frame is 1020 pixels wide. A person stands 680 pixels from the left edge. Are they on one of the rule-of-thirds vertical lines? (a) Yes (b) No
- 25.💡 Where should the main subject go by the rule of thirds? (a) on a line or crossing (b) off the edge (c) dead centre always (d) hidden in a corner
- 26.📸 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) Yes (b) No
- 27.📸 A video frame is 570 pixels wide. You split it into thirds with two vertical lines. How many pixels from the left edge is the second line?
- 28.📸 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?
- 29.📸 A photo is 420 pixels tall. You split it into thirds with two horizontal lines. How many pixels from the top is the first line?
- 30.💡 Which light in three-point lighting: “softens dark shadows”? (a) back light (b) fill light (c) key light
- 31.📸 A video frame is 1350 pixels wide. You split it into thirds with two vertical lines. How many pixels from the left edge is the first line?
- 32.💡 Good or poor lighting: a bright lamp in shot? (a) good lighting (b) poor lighting
- 33.True or false: “lights the face the most” is the key light. (a) False (b) True
- 34.💡 Good or poor lighting: a lamp behind the camera? (a) poor lighting (b) good lighting
- 35.💡 Good or poor lighting: facing a bright window? (a) good lighting (b) poor lighting
- 36.📸 A video frame is 1650 pixels wide. You split it into thirds with two vertical lines. How many pixels from the left edge is the first line?
- 37.📸 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 second line?
- 38.📸 A video frame is 360 pixels wide. You split it into thirds with two vertical lines. How many pixels from the left edge is the second line?
- 39.📸 A frame is 480 pixels wide. A person stands 80 pixels from the left edge. Are they on one of the rule-of-thirds vertical lines? (a) No (b) Yes
- 40.📸 A video frame is 1020 pixels wide. You split it into thirds with two vertical lines. How many pixels from the left edge is the second line?
Answer key
- back light
- 380
- Yes
- No
- poor lighting
- good lighting
- False
- True
- False
- 240
- back light
- 1040
- No
- 570
- False
- Yes
- dark (a silhouette)
- 140
- 420
- key light
- 520
- 210
- Yes
- Yes
- on a line or crossing
- Yes
- 380
- 400
- 140
- fill light
- 450
- poor lighting
- True
- good lighting
- good lighting
- 550
- 620
- 240
- No
- 680
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