Ultimate Guide to Cinematic Lighting Pt. 2 - How to Light Subjects and Locations
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- The Ultimate Guide to Cinematic Lighting Techniques - part two of our mini-series on how to get cinematic lighting, including lighting tips for subjects, backgrounds, daytime and nighttime scenarios.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro - Cinematic Lighting
01:00 - Why Film Lighting Matters
01:09 - Single Subjects
06:15 - Multiple Subjects
08:55 - Exterior Day
12:42 - Exterior Night
16:21 - Interior Day
18:46 - Interior Night
22:19 - Takeaways
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THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO CINEMATIC LIGHTING TECHNIQUES - PART TWO
Cinematic lighting is something most filmmakers are after but what is cinematic lighting anyway? Many people agree that the difference between amateur and professional film is decided by the quality of a project’s lighting. In the first episode of this cinematic lighting guide, we covered the basics of lighting, and the general styles and approaches. Now we’re going to discuss how to get cinematic lighting by shooting subjects, backgrounds, daytime vs. nighttime, and interiors vs. exteriors.
CINEMATIC LIGHTING SETUP FOR SUBJECTS
First, we’ll look at how to light your subjects. Using the most common portrait lighting setups like butterfly lighting, loop lighting, split lighting, and more. Each of these lighting techniques literally casts a different light on your subject, which in turn can alter their characterization and how we relate to them. We’ll also get into how to light multiple subjects in a scene.
HOW TO LIGHT A SCENE - EXTERIOR DAY/NIGHT
There are countless lighting scenarios but they can all be boiled down to basically four - exterior day, exterior night, interior day, and interior night. Shooting outside during the day is difficult mostly because your main light source (the sun) is constantly changing. In our video, we learn from DPs like Robert Richardson shooting Casino and Emmanuel Lubezki shooting The Revenant.
Shooting outside at night presents its own challenges, but with today’s cameras, low-light cinematography is not nearly the challenge it used to be. For example, we learn how DP Jeff Cutter simulated moonlight on Prey or how Jarin Blaschke embraced the shadows on The Witch.
HOW TO LIGHT A SCENE - INTERIOR DAY/NIGHT
Lighting an interior during the day can be a lot easier than shooting outside but you’re still dealing with the sun. DP Roger Deakins blacked out windows and used exterior lighting for the opening scene in Sicario. DP Matthew Libatique had more control with the stage set in The Whale. You can also go more stylized with the nighttime lighting, like Kubrick and his DP Larry Smith did on Eyes Wide Shut.
Cinematic lighting techniques like this are used all the time. And with lessons from masterful DPs, we can all approach any lighting situation with confidence.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro - Cinematic Lighting
01:00 - Why Film Lighting Matters
01:09 - Single Subjects
06:15 - Multiple Subjects
08:55 - Exterior Day
12:42 - Exterior Night
16:21 - Interior Day
18:46 - Interior Night
22:19 - Takeaways
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The Best way to express the atmosphere of the Movie and the Soul of the characters is the Lighting process.
My Favorite Examples are :
E.T. The Extraterrestrial (1982) / Jurassic Park (1993) / Blade Runner (1982) / Spider-Man (2002) / Spider-Man 2 (2004) / Kill Bill Volume 1 (2003) / The Matrix (1999) / Sicario (2015) / The Silence of the Lambs (1991) / The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005/2008/2012) / Seven (1995). Steven Spielberg Movies. Martin Scorsese Movies. Quentin Tarantino Movies. David Fincher Movies. And many more.
What made these your favorite examples?
@@StudioBinder The work that the Direcors of Photography did by making the Lighting identity of those movies.
I like Michael Fimognari's lighting in The Haunting of Hill House.
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Game Of Thrones still catching grief about that last season. LOL
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I heard there was one film that when it was night they shot it in the daytime to capture the night landscape then used editing and filters to make it night. I could be wrong but I was just wondering.
there's been several but the most noteworthy recent one is Jordan Peele's Nope. We broke down the revolutionary techniques they used in this video! th-cam.com/video/Kb4nnRoeD3s/w-d-xo.html
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