Place lights, shape light, control shadows to achieve filmic lighting, reading the scene, selecting fixtures, controlling light sources, contrasting scenes, applying warmth and coolness to evoke the look and feel of the story
Core Lighting Mastery
Practical lighting techniques for film and video, key-to-fill, practical lighting or strobes, hard or soft light, direction of motivated lighting, psychology of high-key, low-key and chiaroscuro scenes, for interviews, short films, product and music videos
Classic setup refined for modern cameras
Natural Light Control
Harness, block, and bounce daylight like a pro
Cinematic One-Light
Mood with Minimal Gear
How to create dimensional, interesting and dramatic images for film and video with a single light source, using modifiers and light placement to tell stories on a shoestring budget or a tight deadline
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