Gangs of New York - 1

A 3 point lighting system is used to light the character in this scene.The main light is on the characters left and front shining with a medium intensity and white color.The fill light is on the right shining with the lowest intensity.The backlight is of the highest intensity and creates an outline around him, seperating him from the background.The time of the day is morning.

Spartacus -2

In this scene the two characters are lit by seperate sets of lights.The character on the left is lit by two lights, a main light shining from his front and left, and a side light of a bluish color from his right.This reveals the form and features of his face.The character on the right is lit by a bluish light from the left and a low intensity orange light from the back, putting the side of his face in shadow.

Spartacus - 1

In this scene the main source of light is the motivated light coming from the sun.The tim eof the day is noon, judging by the brightness and intensity of light.The absense of deep shadows indicates that this scene was shot inside a studio and not outside. There is a second non motivated source of light shining from the front and to the right of the frame. This has relatively low intensity and complements the color of th sun, acting as a fill light.

Godfather - 1

The character is lit by two sources of light.The first is a orange light shining from above.This puts his eyes and lower face in shadow, establishing the mood of the scene.The second source of light is a very low intensity white light which fills the shadow on his face, such that his features are visible.This light also creates highlights at the center of his eyes improving the overall look of the scene.

Casino Royale - 2

In this scene , the time of the day is night, so there are no natural sources of light.The main sources of light are street lights, and non motivated bright bluish white lights are used to recreate this look.The shadow on the the wall of the truck tells us that the character is lit by 2 lights in front of him, shining at almost a 30 degree angle to him.They reveal the features of his face and expression.

Casino Royale - 1

In this image , the main source of lighting is the sun.It is shining fromthe right side of the image, and the time of the day is noon.It casts a rim light over the main character, highlighting his outline.There are 2 other non motivated lights in the scene, lighting the actor, a light from his front and right, and another from the side.These 3 lights are similar to the three point lighting scheme when lighting the character.

Chocolat - 2

The main source of light is the orange light coming from the lamp at the top right of the image.This lights the characters face from the front and left.There is another motivated source of blue light shining from behind him, used to sepearate him from the background by highlighting his outline.There are also other lights ,not visible in the image, but cast highlights on the silverware.These are used to frame the characters face in the image.