Lighting plays an important role in both traditional movie and computer animation fields. The variation of light intensity and its resulted illumination/shadow not only displays the spatial relation but also tells the atmosphere in the scene. It also uses different ways of expression such as color control, lighting direction, the intensity of the lighting etc. to avoid the image from being plain and dull. Instead, the ways of expression make it dramatic.

Processing lighting in Computer Animation is different from processing lighting in reality. Not only are the perspective of techniques and the requirements of the hardware to be considered, the desired level of reality causes the lighting in computer animation to be a difficult task. ‬My work focuses on the lighting‭ ‬in 3D computer animations for creating the‭ ‬necessary atmosphere‭ ‬‭to make the story more‭ ‬dramatic‭ in order ‬to‭ ‬convey the‭ ‬feelings to the audience, and‭ ‬make‭ ‬them a part of the story. The subtle usage of lighting is summarized and implemented in my creative work. In the end, some suggestions are proposed.