@@bp-blackshark incorrect. Try it next time you have a c-stand. A) C-stand with leg facing load and bagged. B) C-stand with leg facing away from load and bagged. Boom out and pull some load on it - see which falls first. It’s physics, not opinion.
@@bp-blackshark It works, but its not the industry standard way to do it. You balance the boom with the counterweight and leave it a little front heavy. If its too heavy on the back the grip head can unscrew itselt and the light can move up. Then you just sandbag/shotbag the longest leg on c-stand that is pointed forwards the set/talent.
This was great. I'll be sharing this video with many of my video shooting friends. I like that formula you gave where...the size of the light...matches the size of the subject in frame...matches the distance of the light from the subject...gives a great result. That's easy to remember and makes complete logical sense with the physics of it all.
Great video. I love these behind the scenes , and am always amazed at how much gear is needed ( and the $$) just to get wahts looks like a normal shot on camera. But as you showed all your shots look cinematic. Great Job!
Excellent video. I use 2 lights for all of my interviews whether it's 2 people on camera looking at each other or single shots. Cross-key/fill is wonderful and a timesaver--very easy to control. I appreciate knowing about the lighting ratio you mentioned (2 feet = 2 foot sized light 2 feet away, etc.). I travel a lot so lighter, compact gear is the best way to go. Thanks for posting this video!
Fantastic 3 concepts and the wonderful way you demonstrated them convinces me to apply them in my scenes. Fortunately, I have enough budget gear to replicate your setups very closely. You have made me more impressed with my gear- thanks for that too. BTW, would you have LAV-mic'd each girl at the table, or put a boom mic over the table? This is where my gear would dictate to me to use LAVs since that is what I have. 😂 Thanks for sharing this lighting gem!
Great video, great information and quality. Instant subscribe! Thank you! One interesting thing, is it just me but some of the shots are SO sharp that it looses the cinematic character? I'm seeing light and it has great rolloff but somehow the sharpness (and probably frame rate) makes it feel different.
Really well done, thanks. I’ll go looking now but if you haven’t made one, I’d love to see the lighting setup for your A-roll shot in this tutorial. It’s really clean and sharp; I dig it!
Been learning a lot with your vids! One question i always had…can you get the same result by moving back a key light instead of putting diffusion in front of it? Or just lowering the power?
Great info. Would have appreciated if you disclosed the sponsorship when you first mentioned the brand instead of just in the last seconds of the video.
Why do you consistently bag the tall leg of the C stand opposite the load of the arm? Shouldn’t the C stand be positioned in a fashion where the tall leg is positioned in conjunction with the load of the arm? Not trying to troll at all… just trying to understand something I am apparently missing. Your content is great, man!
You are correct. The safe way to do it is have your tall leg in the direction of the load with a sandbag on it. If you are only going to bag one leg you want it to be the tall leg so the bag doesn't touch the floor.
what are those warm star lights that you have in the background of your explanation? i’ve been looking for something like that for my room for a while, thank you
Do you match the CCT and delta u,v of your lighting when shooting a scene? Do you find that some lighting has really bad flickering? Random question from a torch enthusiast in Australia.
When you travel (fly) or have to walk all the gear out to a location, are you carrying all the peripherals such as sandbags and weights along with you? For example in the rowboat scene. Always curious about the travel set up for my own back. All the lighting gear, filming gear, and the supporting peripherals? I always find myself using a tote bag and filling with equipment, gravel, or something found on location, but curious about how others are doing it as that can be messy.
I admit I had a difficult time absorbing the information. As nice as the actual footage was, I like to visualize the setups, so more illustrations like @3:20 are my preference. And then show live video with the light being shifted in real time from that position/angle to something unsuitable and back again so there is a "gotcha" moment.
i found your channel right now you solvedmy confusion i got my first camera bmpcc6k pro and was looking for lighting now i have decided to get a soft box in budget and a curtain , anything else ?
What is this rule of the size of the actor, will the distance to place the source depend on it? The quality of the light will depend on the size of the source in relation to the actor/object to be illuminated.
What about for moving scenes? I did one the other night where we walked I want to say 20 feet maybe more, it was at night, there was ambient light that silhouetted the subject but I felt like I wanted something to bring out details in the shadows on their face and body.
Thanks, Great job on the video. But, (and it’s a big but) like 99.9% of online lighting tutorials, you show how to light a person or persons standing or sitting still. In many serranoes in video the person and or camera is moving. Please do a video on lighting for movement. Best Wishes David Jones
There are a few possibilities. Probably most elegant is to just remove the stand and have an image of the shot without the stand in it and then composite it into the shot with the stand.
I like the nice and simple set ups but I feel like your hair lights look a little unnatural. Maybe because they don’t look motivated or maybe that’s just me
