Video Lighting
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Stuck in a lighting rut? Join Doug to learn three lighting setups to try for your next film or interview. Using the Godox RS60R and KNOWLED MS60R lights, he'll light a cinematic scene, an eerie scene, and a practical interview.
0:00 - Today's Video Shoot
1:03 - Lighting Setup 1
9:49 - Scene 1
10:30 - Lighting Setup 2
13:24 - Scene 2
13:52 - Lighting Setup 3
18:28 - Final Thoughts
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Young filmmakers often obsess over hot new cameras and lenses, but longtime imagemakers know that lighting is often the cause of the real visual magic. Great lighting can transform drab compositions into all-time classics, and building out your lighting toolkit is an essential step in being able to create attention-grabbing cinematic images. What do you need to buy to make it happen? Read on for our advice.
Basic LED Lights: Monolights and Panels
Let’s
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Digital creator Told by Nick shares five techniques that will level up your top-down video.
0:00 Intro
0:15 Focus Area
0:38 Flat Lay
1:07 Lighting
1:58 Focal Length & Aperture
2:37 Lens Breathing
It’s an exciting time to be lighting for video, as LED fixtures continue to get smaller, more powerful, and more affordable. The kind of dramatic, punchy lighting that used to only exist on Hollywood sets is now available for just about anyone with a camera and a dream. But these advancements can also lead to choice paralysis, as countless companies unveil hundreds of new products in the LED lighting space every year. Deciding which fixtures are worth a
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If your video lighting is flat, boring, or inconsistent, Garrett Sammons is here to help. In this video, Sammons shares 5 tips on how to get more dynamic lighting for your next film or video production.
0:00 - Introduction
0:26 - Understanding Light Quality
1:29 - Lighting Position
3:02 - Color Temperature and Mood
3:50 - Controlling Natural Light
5:44 - Shadow Side
6:40 - Final Thoughts
Do you have any lighting tips to share? Let us know in the Comments section, below.
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Filmmaker Chrystopher Rhodes, also known as YCImaging, presents his top five tips on lighting music videos. He discusses his entire creative process, sharing everything from finding inspiration to nailing the visuals.
0:00 - Introduction
1:27 - About YCImaging
3:02 - The 5 Tips for Lighting Music Videos
3:44 - Motivated Lighting
13:02 - Contrasting Colors
23:05 - Light for Effects
28:42 - Rembrandt Lighting
36:38 - Background Lighting
Are you a lighting pro? Share your tips in the Comments section, below.
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Godox just announced an all-new zoomable RGB light: the SZ300R RGB LED Video Light. Featuring an expansive color palette, a CCT range of 2500K to 10000K, and an adjustable beam angle from 20 to 65 degrees, the SZ300R is designed to help users achieve their creative vision.
Adjustable
Godox has added three new Bi-Color LED Monolights to its already impressive lineup of lighting products: the SL150III BI, SL200III BI, and the SL300III BI. Promising high color fidelity, seamless control, and a
Used worldwide on a variety of productions, ARRI’s impressive stable of pro lights includes the modular, versatile Orbiter series, the SkyPanel line, the L-Series LED Fresnels, and the M-Series of HMIs. These made-in-Germany fixtures excel in uses including film and television production, live broadcast and theater use, photography, and the latest virtual reality applications.
Orbiter Versatility
Orbiter
With its modular design, the
Quasar Science has added two new mounting systems for combining and controlling Crossfade X and Rainbow-series tube lights. The Ossium Shell creates shapeable two- or four-light banks at lengths of two or four feet. For jobs requiring greater output, the
The Nanlite FS-60B is a compact, bi-color LED designed for photographers, videographers, and vloggers looking for a light that can illuminate tight spaces. With a CCT range of 2700-6500K, the new light can seamlessly match a wide range of environments with greater precision than gels. Weighing less than 2 lb and measuring 9.7" at its greatest length, it is equally at home in the studio, on the road, or on location.
Hard light is like a cup of black coffee: pure, raw, exhilarating. Put in the hands of a skilled cinematographer, it can smother a scene with tension, develop a character faster than words, or steer an audience's eyes across the film screen. It is the boldest flavor of light but, like that cup of black coffee, its edge can be softened by adding the right ingredients.
Figure 1: Hard light oozes drama
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Nanlite released its first tube lights three years prior to the release of the latest version, the PavoTube II X-Series. The original PavoTubes were a great, budget-friendly option for shooters, but there were a number of fair criticisms regarding the lights’ design and performance. The PavoTube II X-Series of lights tackle most of these issues by implementing improved LED technology, added features, and a redesigned body.
The PavoTube IIs come in three sizes. They are available in the 2'
Lighting your video scenes often requires the specific abilities offered by several types of lighting fixtures. While my on-set experience has made me more familiar with Fresnels, HMIs, and LED panels, I recently had the opportunity to try some of the latest LED strip lights, the Rainbow 2 and the Double Rainbow. These slim, fairly compact lights from Quasar Science offer detailed control, robust color science, high efficiency, and versatile connectivity—plus a pretty cool mounting system.
Bring RGB color to your productions with the latest Light Storm LED model from Aputure, the LS 600c Pro RGBWW LED Light. The LS 600c joins the LS 600d to enhance your creativity, providing precision light control with a hyper reflector and vibrant color with its RGBWW full color spectrum. The Bowens-mount lights come ready for battery power in V-mount and