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Lighting Techniques
Lighting Techniques
Lighting Clip 1: Guitar Player
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This room was fairly dark. It was necessary to light the subject and the soundboard with two front key lights. The practical lights pointing down from the ceiling were turned on and used to fill in the background behind the musician. The light closest to the guitar player had to be angled to avoid too much light reflection on the body of the guitar.
Lights used: Two Falcon Eyes RX-12T LEDs on dimmer. One on the musician and the other near the soundboard to even out the front lighting.
Camera settings: 4k; ISO 400; 24fps; Shutter 180; f2.8
Lighting Clip 2: Product shot
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This was a panning product shot. The challenge was the products themselves were well lit from inside the case but the front of the case was dark. The case needed front lighting to even out with the well-lit products.
Lights used: Two Falcon Eyes RX-12T LEDs. I flooded the front of the cheese counter to match the bright lights inside the case.
Camera settings: 4k; ISO 400; 24fps; Shutter 180; f3.0
Lighting Clip 3: Lego "Slasher"
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This was a fun one. An 80's horror film style shot where the "slasher" is a Lego. The Lego is lit inside the cabin with spooky lighting. The cabin is actually a birdhouse.
Lights used: 1x 3 watt flicker LED.
Camera settings: 4k; ISO 400; 24fps; Shutter 180; f3.0
Lighting Clip 4: Statue
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This black and white character statue needed some colorful comic book lighting. I used two led lamp bulbs to give it blue and magenta night tones on the backgound and sides of it's face.
Lights used: 2x LIFX led bulbs at 25%. Colors Blue and Magenta.
Camera settings: 4k; ISO 3200; 24fps; Shutter 180; f2.8
Cinema Lighting Examples
Cinema Lighting Examples
Lighting Example 1
Lighting Example 1
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In Hangover Square (1945), this noir film uses heavy shadows and real fire as a light source. From a gentle candle flame to a raging concert hall fire in the film's climax, the contrast of shadow and fire sets the tone for this movie against early 20th century London.
Lighting Example 2
Lighting Example 2
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In Halloween (1978), director John Carpenter wanted Michael Myers to seem as if he appears out of the darkness behind Laurie (Jamie Leigh Curtis). Carpenter placed a dimmer in room and dialed it up slowly for a terrifying lighting effect.
Lighting Example 3
Lighting Example 3
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In this scene from No Country for Old Men (2007), the actors are darkly lit in contrast to the bright daylight behind the two men. The low inside light adds to the growing tension of the scene.
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