I tried a new way of filming at night 

the more I watch NOPE the stranger it actually looks to me, I was just reading that all of the skies even during the day are VFX replacements so they could control clouds, stars etc. I didn't bother diving it into in my video because it's such a can of worms - Jurassic Park's T-Rex sequence is a really good example of a night scene with absolutely no source continuity. Spielberg adds hair lights and kickers all over the place for the Jeep interiors, but exteriors are one giant sky source (the moon) narratively only the moon exists as light because the power is out, but Spielberg never takes it literally. It just always looks good and our brains never think twice about it. thanks for the thoughts.

These are as therapeutic as they are informational. Please don't stop releasing these.

I would suggest “screen” over “lighten”, that way every pixel is made up of every layer, it tends to look more natural

I can’t believe this is free. I feel like this is the stuff that I should’ve learned in film school.

1 minute in and I subscribed, you've got everything. Solid audio, great story telling, good pacing and clear expectations in the video. gonna be watching regularly

Sweet video. I do the same thing when shooting interviews if I can't control light through windows in the background. I grab a plate at a different exposure and comp it in later

"I dunno, It's late, It's fucking dark obviously" hahaha love it!

This technique looks like a fantastic solution for day to night. But in the Knives Out shot, they had a character moving through the composite. I wonder how much there is to consider when the shot is a little more dynamic like that. Especially if the character gets near the buildings or practicals. Anyway, thanks for the tip! Might try some tests to wrap my head around dynamic shots.

Surprised how well that composite worked... that's awesome.

Dude, DUDE!!!! As someone who's extremely fond of writing night scenes, this is a fucking game changer!

This is beautiful. Reminded me of Rene Magrete's painting "The empire of the light".

You are a living god among n, a legend worthy of praise. What you've uploaded here, will echo into eternity!

This is sick. I never realized how custom an exterior shot can be since it’s often stationary. Just go to town layering. Great vid. You kinda make me want to do a little RU-vid channel…

Your final looks awesome. Kind of a surreal look with this technique. You can see more than you should be able to, which is perfect for the magic of film

Look up the making of the small budget independent movie cosmos. They replaced parts of the sky at night. Great stuff.

Wow, that was great!

Nicely done! These day for night shots/composites are really stepping up production quality. It'd sell the shot even more if you can have a motion controlled slider that can move the camera just ever so slightly. Even 5 inches of travel would make a huge difference.

My favorite DP is back!!!!

The dappled light shining through the trees and hitting the house in the final result feels a little off to me, but on the whole, this looks very good. Bravo!

Nice job on your shot. Beautiful final. The only thing I would have emphasized was you taping the spot on the ground where your tripod legs were. Matching the exact position of your camera is critical to get it right.Cheers

Leveling up the craft. Thank you for sharing!

I’ve done something similar but with a 600d. Where I really needed 3 lights but only had one. I just lit the talent. Then moved the lights where I would have placed them if I had more lights. Shot that plate and comped it all in and used power windows to create a better shape. It Worked.

Incredible work Lewis. Really loving your channel. Very inspiring and approachable. Keep it up!

Thanks for the demonstration!

I actually terribly enjoyed watching that . Bravo!

Achievement unlocked is definitely the right way to put it

Excellent! 👌 Thanks. ☺️

I think this is just the way to film night scenes period. Looks so good

This is a fantastic bit of information for anyone seeking an alternative for night shots. Thank you!

Looks very natural!

well done, effective small tutorial at great length with many applications

Definitely going to try this!

Really next level stuff here man. Thank you for sharing!

Reminds me of when I used to shoot Landscape photos. This technique is very common there

What a gorgeous result! Nice work

Nice. I've done day for night in the woods before. But now I'm gonna try this compositing version whenever. 👍

Love the channel 5 hat!

Dude...this is awesome. Can't wait to try this.

Ahhh, I know it'll be a great day if Lewis posted

Excellent, thank you for the works!

Really cool technique here! I enjoyed the deep dive

I actually don't mind that lighting change in The Sinner - it almost reflects what the human eye does with adjusting to the lights that are immediately nearest to us - street lights for example, and then not being able to see dark areas far away because they eye is adjusting for the bright street light. but when there are no lights at all you can see so much further into the dark. Kind of works for me, but I may be an exception haha. The trick with the IMAX and Infrared camera is something that Hoyte Van Hoytema did previously on Ad Astra to get the right effect for a fight scene on the moon. The day and night blending effect is pretty cool and gives a nice dusk into full night effect!

Amazing brother love this idea of compositing differently exposed footages and creating very different lighting. Very useful tip for low budget film makers. Thank you

Super Helpful!

Fantastic tutorial, keep up the great videos!

Phantastic stuff, thanks for sharing

You killed it! Excellent job and I'm definitely gunna try this out!

Cool technique, thanks for sharing

Great ! Thanks for your valuable guidance !

This is realy awesome compositing idea and results look sweet. I will have to try it myself. Great video

I love what you accomplished! I used to produce the marketing assets for a company that sold lighted sports products and I could never get that proper look I was going for. It was always too dark or too fake. This is the key.

Definitely going to have to try this out!

Excellent commentary and fx walkthrough. I will definitely give this technique a go for night time shots. I am excited about experimenting with it in between projects. Thanks so much.

Brilliant stuff man !

Freeking amazing dude !!! Love the night composition

wow , this is the best tutorial , thanks so much

the video is great with all the compositions but can you do a shot with a person, maybe walking out of the house and going back inside...just to see how lighting (focused on the person) would look like

Really cool video! This reminds me a lot of the principles used when shooting HDR photography.

This was a great test, nicely done!

awesome tutorial as always. your choice of music is perfect

Really good video. I tried shooting day for night a year ago in Canberra for a short film competition at my work. I never finished it. I was pretty new to keying and my idea involved a lot of sky replacements and tracking. I'll still hopefully shoot it one day and I'll come back to this to remember how you did it.

Amazing results at the end! You did a great job. And also, amazing video altogether.

This was so cool! Gonna figure out how this can be done and have a person/people in the scene.

This is so awesome, definitely doing this on my next shoot, thanks bud!

What about lighting the house from the back , get a rim and in post modify the sky ??

that's turn out pretty good btw! thanks for sharing with us Lewis

Great video thanks Lewis, I'm going to give it a try myself. Your videos are very informative, thanks.

Love this 🔥🔥 Reminds me a bit of shooting long exposure film photography at night! Definitely going to try this 🙏🏼🙌🏼

niiice, beautiful video!!! Both informational and pratical. Thank you

Channel 5 hat making a quick appearance. I see you, Lewis.

Great video and fantastically warm fluffy onesie! 😉. Thanks for doing the video 👍🏻👍🏻

yeah that django night riders sequence is my all time fave night lighting, good lord that thing looks sooo fucking good i cant explain how much i really like the mood that scene has

I loved every minute of this video and I really appreciated the effort you put into it to show the extra examples

What an awesome technique! Of course only made possible by the incredible technology that is raw digital cinema files.

This is next level cinematography

Amazing! Starting to be a big fan of yours.

That’s a really cool look!

That’s really good! More for the tool set

been wanting to try that with edelkrone sliders! cheers mate!

Thanks for the inspiration! Something to do this weekend. I have not tried a day for night shot yet, but know it will come up at some point. I have done the reverse with photography, a long exposure during a full moon and the moon blew out just like the sun. What I think is inherent to getting it real close is the bounce. Take a light with no reflector, and you get the super hard shadows, take a same light bounce it off a white card, and you get what the moon is doing, bouncing sunlight off the “whiteish” surface. I would like to try shooting the day plates while overcast, hazy, dawn or dusk, just to kill those hard shadows. Then to step it up further, use a sun and moon tracking app to see how close you can get positions to line up, or at least angles above the horizon. Great work.

An incredible amount of work to make something look as though no work went into it at all. A really nice, natural looking result!

That is a great hack. I can't wait to try it. Rock on Brother.

This is Magic !!!

Nicely done!

Really fantastic.

great info. Been doing this sort of stuff with real estate photography for years now, with a bit more tweaking. Interesting to try this sort of stuff for moco set ups.

awesome breakdown

It's Beautiful...Geat Job!

I saw that episode of "the sinner" two weeks ago, and i thought exactly the same. Great video.

Looks good!

Very valuable video. Thank you.

Mr Potts, this is brilliant 👏🏼 Didn't know this technique existed, Ill be sure to look out for it in films I see from now on.

Can't believe I just discovered your channel. Love your content!

Great technique. Never heard of this before. Going to give it a go though.

yessssss lewis posted

Love it. Also a huge Yedlin fan. Well at least his approach to color.

Great stuff!

I'd love to see the more detailed process in Dissolve on how you achieves this along with exact camera settings / specs.

LOVE LOVE LOVE

Great video, thank you! One thing that intrigues me: how to handle if a person moves in the frame? How it affects post processing?