Lighting for short films

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[@mikewalker2590]

That insert of WB studios had me LOL

[@ohbor]

The ‘studio’ 👌 😂

[@shteave]

Dude same 😂

[@GawxArt]

ur a legend mam

[@taylorruss]

The PHONE??? Come on dude, this is awesome. I love seeing scrappy solves with excellent results.

[@flochfitness]

the DP king has returned!!!!

[@mishtaromaniello8295]

It’s a good day when Lewis uploads.

[@JacoxNovak]

The truck is so awesome, haha!

[@PortableTrevor]

here for the live, laugh, and love hat

[@GarrettWare]

THE voice to all of us aspiring folk! Well done and much love from Tennessee 🙏🏼

[@mauriciotrujillo9016]

That opening the curtain shot! 🔥🔥🔥

[@A.Lewisfilms]

BRuhhh the drone shots of the studio, I'm dead

[@WhySteve]

Nice! I was checking out that catch light in the end trying to figure out where TF that light was coming from 😆 Looking forward to the final version!

[@fishernigel]

Great stuff, very handy info. looking forward to seeing the short when edited too

[@JulioBHJ]

The way you do so much with so little, it's just amazing.

[@zongmuas]

The confession booth is the definition of Movie Magic. Reminds me of how they shot the train scenes in The Grand Budapest Hotel.

[@DaddyDaughterMovieNight]

Nice. The (apparent) ending made me think of the confessional scene in THX-1138.

[@derekjcooper]

Great to see you back making great content Lewis! Thank you for sharing. Always top-shelf content.

[@prottentogo]

that blue smartphone fill indeed looks great on the skin

[@logan.bonjean]

babe wake up new lewis video just dropped

[@collaborativekiwistudios1191]

Love this video especially since I recently did a film in a confession box and we did a similar approach with a scrappy let but a way more complicated than it needed to be lighting set up lol

[@NickChenStudio]

Absolutely amazing

[@AvatarRishi]

Thanks for another, great video!

[@AndrewPaul1]

the GOAT returns.

[@goodnightmilk3047]

So awesome!!!

[@sam.oates_]

I love your videos so much!

[@welchworks]

Okay, 10:43 made me a lifetime subscriber. lol

[@prez10points]

Such a cool truck

[@JamesTurnerFilms]

The tabletop as the confession window has me dead

[@daytrip_films]

That cut to the Warner Brothers backlot friggin got me lol

[@marcoaslan]

Great content, as always

[@Moore-Ent]

Great content!!!

[@innatemusic]

Very cool, man. The little speaker reveal is hilarious!

[@TheJairoObando]

Please stick around and post some more for us! :)

[@DimitarK]

Nobody else’s uploads on this platform make me click this fast.

[@nilesgrey3419]

the truck rips brother

[@VolkerThimm]

I approve this video.

[@luisguerreromadrigal9495]

The WB Studios hahaha that made my day 😂

[@jaggersayan3472]

so much good and useful information in each of your videos man! definitely would love to collaborate with you sometime

[@adambobroy1958]

2:10 i see you lewis with no eye protection, hes cooler then me

[@ruperstition]

not only a DP mate....not only a DP.

[@ledheavy26]

"..in my living room", you mean in your studio right?
Great work, great video. Massively jealous of the truck.

[@AxTechs]

The colour and naturalistic style reminds me a lot of Steve Yedlins work

[@lewispotts]

🙌

[@Fleants]

That truck is so massive

[@geoffwebb1]

This is rad, thank you for sharing! That combo stand you mounted the komodo on looks rad, it can articulate too like a boom arm? what's that called?

[@lewispotts]

Thanks! Its a Kupo junior boom stand

[@BlaineWestropp1]

👌

[@_Abhaymani_edit]

❤

[@TheShinyMachine]

"back at the studio". nice.

[@RemyvanEijsden]

What kind of gels did you use? Mine instantly melt when I put them in front of the 600d!

[@deabdull]

Like it lewis …G.L man I like yr videos .

[@ramdanryd2080]

MANYAALAAA

[@ForlornCreature]

L33T video length

[@paul.grohmann]

movie magic

[@marcusmezzano]

Did you need a vmount for the phone light?

[@kwasabere]

What are the bars you hang your fabric off of called ?

[@MuhammadFloyd]

lol back at the studio...

[@raildude270]

Why did you decide not to shoot the 1200’s through the windows? Not enough output?

[@lewispotts]

Yeah, not enough output. A few M40s would have been great!

[@ThaVidSpot]

Can you give the measurements of the entire Confessional booth build out? PLZ!!!!🙏🙏🙏

[@lewispotts]

We eyeballed most of if, the panels are probs about a meter in length each, maybe a meter and a half

[@elcasanelles5806]

I always suspected that Potts and Apollonov from "I did a thing" are the same person. Now that you did a confessional booth I know I was right.

[@lewispotts]

Haha!

[@connornyhan]

Fun little shoot with friends I casually shot on my Alexa 35

[@tommyboulet7072]

@lewispotts Isn't Bireli Lagrene music at the end of video ? What tune is it ? Sorry I'm a cinematographer myself but also huge fan of gypsy jazz music..

[@lewispotts]

It’s music from epidemic sound, Vendla is the artist name

[@tommyboulet7072]

@@lewispotts thanks very much. By the way keep up the good work on your videos. Always very interesting to learn and see how things are done on medium/small budget productions.

[@rodrigolev1]

ist that a proaim
polaris dolly or classic danna dolly ?

[@lewispotts]

Yeah it’s a proaim Polaris

[@vietnamquangvinh2756]

i was expecting a church scene like johnwick 4 😄

[@vincentkipping8353]

I would love to buy your tutorials, but you don’t offer PayPal as a payment method ;(

[@alinickshoar]

calling this a master class

[@yannickyu3869]

You actually need a high-powered dysprosium lamp to enlarge the light ratio and do a big contrast, not this poor LED lamp

[@TheVexHead]

I love a lot of the stuff you do but this looks at least 2 steps back from what delighted to see:
All of the main shots in the church looks kinda flat and not natural at all; too much light and too much reflections going on there
The side light is too strong and overall levels on the subject are just too high (even on the lateral dolly)
Seems like you put a lot of effort on it - for sure - but the output looks kinda "cheap"
Even the close up inside the cab is meh, considering it's a "built" set