I have the opportunity to shoot on Panavision C-Series Anamorphics for a music video I DPed last year. As we were packing up into our cars after our prep, one of the Panavision techs casually mentioned two of the lenses we had was on Inglorious Bastards and one of the Transformers movies. It felt like we were holding something that should be in a museum instead of going into the back of our cars haha
Awesome tutorial. Can you please explain why movie sets are so much brighter than what is seen on the final cut? And are lighting ratios generally the same between what they were during filming, and what they are after coloring? Many thanks.
It's always great to see big setup that are essentially what we can do but just bigger. The last one really allows the actors to move freely and it's lovely. Thank you for sharing these!
More breakdowns like this, please! Would also love to see some breakdowns of Deakins lightsetup in 1917, since the camera is in a constant moving "one-take". Great job, Lewis!
I know this is late but he said in his podcast that the lighting for 1917 was almost all natural light. They would shoot on overcast days for continuity. For some indoor scenes they had oil lamps with powerful bulbs in them. In night exteriors they used massive light rigs to simulate the fire in the scene.
I usually don't hit the bell icon for channels but I did it for this one, your content has become a priority. Thanks for sharing your expertise, much appreciated
This is fantastic! I'd love to see you dive into what makes you drool over top tier lenses such as those primes. A video discussing the difference between the your average starter prime and a Cooke or top tier prime would be so clutch. I'd love to understand all of the subtle differences
I love your lighting breakdowns. You're able to get your hands on BTS shots that show how the lights are rigged and laid out. There is so much to learn from these detailed breakdowns.
I subscribed because i watched your dusk and dawn lighting tips video and dont regret it. You seem like an awesome dude. Thanks for putting the effort into creating these and sharing your knowledge. Wish you the best dude!
Crazy that first shot I thought was digital until you hit me with the BTS. My first short film was shot on a Panaflex 35mm used on a couple Oscar winning films which my DP had bought of the Cinematographer but I think had Cooke optics. Still looking at the 4K original scanned images there's just nothing like celluloid.
Really inspiring series! Particularly when you describe achieving a similar look on a scaled-down set... something at least us mere mortal can aspire to. Next episode should be a breakdown of that Squarespace ad! 🔥
Very instructive video ! great ! and I rarely laugh at ad's for sponsors included in a video, but here I good hearted did !, More of this instructional content is always a pleasure to watch. Thanks !
Really enjoyed this, so interesting and love your style! Keep up the excellent work, so lucky to have you making such informative content. Thank you!! 👏
I was really surprised when I noticed that all of the window shades were closed in the profile shot at 3:14. I wasn't expecting to see one small light. I was hoping for some sheer curtains on the windows. It appears to me in that shot that it was night because there is no light coming through the blinds.
yea. While it doesn't really take me out of the story - it does feel like it was left for last and they had no way to recreate some daylight ambience to liven up those shades.
LOVE these videos!! Could you explain how that soft box diffusion grid works in your smaller demonstration? Like how or where is the light in that setup?
Would love to see a breakdown from Still Here, the music video you shot por Kllo!!! Love the cinematography, and would love to know how you exposed the images
You missed one! In the second scenario (I believe), Kirsten Dunst (blonde standing talking to the two black women) had a bounce at the sitting women’s shoulder level, lifting the shadows under her chin and on her face.
I love your videos man! Could you make a video about Soderberghs lighting setups? I've read a an interview where he said he doesn't really like to light his scenes, I've always wondered what he meant by that.
people think much when it comes to lighting a scene, after watching some of your videos, and few others TH-camrs, figuring out how to light is quit easy then figuring out where to place the light and what else to use to get it to the right point, also how to make two different scene look like one same scene with with using different source of lights from different distance. dam its hard this way hahaha, but thank you for this video, I understood quit a lot. and got some kind of confidence after watching this video. thanks appreciate
Wild they didn't bother to fix that gavel continuity thing. It's not overlapping anything other than a black void. Would have been trivially easy to cut/paste/track it into the shot where it's missing.
Brilliant as always Lewis... can you talk a bit about different materials we'd want to use in frames? Silk, magic cloth, artificial silk, grid cloth, toilet paper... we're ordering some Avenger frames and debating materials atm.
I have the opportunity to shoot on Panavision C-Series Anamorphics for a music video I DPed last year. As we were packing up into our cars after our prep, one of the Panavision techs casually mentioned two of the lenses we had was on Inglorious Bastards and one of the Transformers movies. It felt like we were holding something that should be in a museum instead of going into the back of our cars haha
Haha so good! Great story👌
Nice!
Few things get me as hyped as a Lewis Potts breakdown. Can listen to you for hours dude!!!!
Thanks Sean!🙏
Agreed! 🤙
Agreed
Awesome tutorial. Can you please explain why movie sets are so much brighter than what is seen on the final cut? And are lighting ratios generally the same between what they were during filming, and what they are after coloring? Many thanks.
It's always great to see big setup that are essentially what we can do but just bigger. The last one really allows the actors to move freely and it's lovely.
Thank you for sharing these!
These are great man. Really interesting talking about lighting and blocking for whole scenes instead of individual shots. Super helpful!
More breakdowns like this, please! Would also love to see some breakdowns of Deakins lightsetup in 1917, since the camera is in a constant moving "one-take". Great job, Lewis!
I know this is late but he said in his podcast that the lighting for 1917 was almost all natural light. They would shoot on overcast days for continuity. For some indoor scenes they had oil lamps with powerful bulbs in them. In night exteriors they used massive light rigs to simulate the fire in the scene.
This series on your channel is super useful! Thank you for that.
I usually don't hit the bell icon for channels but I did it for this one, your content has become a priority. Thanks for sharing your expertise, much appreciated
Great idea.
Thanks you man!
Same...and I never bell any channels
Make me understand lighting!
I love this channel and from now on I’ll be regular
That ad break is solid haha !!
I love this new kind of videos of yours! Seeing behind the scene with you commenting makes it very enlightning! Superb! Thank you!
This is fantastic! I'd love to see you dive into what makes you drool over top tier lenses such as those primes. A video discussing the difference between the your average starter prime and a Cooke or top tier prime would be so clutch. I'd love to understand all of the subtle differences
I love the aspect ratio you chose in this video. Very creative
Dude you are actually so underrated it’s insane
I love your lighting breakdowns. You're able to get your hands on BTS shots that show how the lights are rigged and laid out. There is so much to learn from these detailed breakdowns.
Awesome breakdown.🎉👍👏 Thanks for sharing.
I subscribed because i watched your dusk and dawn lighting tips video and dont regret it. You seem like an awesome dude. Thanks for putting the effort into creating these and sharing your knowledge. Wish you the best dude!
TH-camrs from Australia like you and wandering dp, have best content when comes to getting a feeling for cinematography.
Man, I love these videos.. please keep'm coming. .So helpful.
Always a good day when a Lewis Potts video posts. Cheers as always!
Soft fill and hard backlight. Tried and tested throughout time :)
You're my fav man! Let's go! Learned so much already but running out of vids to watch :P
This new videos about lighting is absolutely great. Just pure information I can learn from. Thank you very, very much. :))
Please teach us more, my favourite DP on TH-cam 🙌
Love these breakdowns!
Awesome breakdowns! So much to learn here. Thanks!
Lewis Potts upload days are the best days
Every video of yours gives me a true inspire. Thanks
AC'd & DIT'd on a commercial shoot with a set of Pavavision T-Series. So cool to hold one, crazy how light they feel.
Nice!
Thank you Lewis. So interesting! I so appreciate your time in putting these together. Blessings.
I want to watch like 100 analysis of movies like this one
Thank you so much! I love these!!
You are amazing. I learned a lot watching this. Thank you so much.
Square space getting professionally lit ads from my man here
I like this new movie lightning setup especially the simple setups, keep it up.
Learning loads from you, thanks for your work man.
@4:46 beautiful blacks and glossy
Crazy that first shot I thought was digital until you hit me with the BTS. My first short film was shot on a Panaflex 35mm used on a couple Oscar winning films which my DP had bought of the Cinematographer but I think had Cooke optics. Still looking at the 4K original scanned images there's just nothing like celluloid.
Really inspiring series! Particularly when you describe achieving a similar look on a scaled-down set... something at least us mere mortal can aspire to. Next episode should be a breakdown of that Squarespace ad! 🔥
He did a breakdown of the ad in this video! th-cam.com/video/Sh2S3df-wEo/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=LewisPotts
There is not many people that I will put my notifications on for. You are one of them!
Thanks man!!
@@lewispotts not a problem!
Loved this one. Keep them coming please!
Very instructive video ! great ! and I rarely laugh at ad's for sponsors included in a video, but here I good hearted did !, More of this instructional content is always a pleasure to watch. Thanks !
Du très bon boulot Mr.Potts, C'est très intéressant et instructif. Merci beaucoup !!
Great video as always man
Your channel is amazing! Thank you so much!
6:02 under chin bouncer and white cloth on the table for extra bounced light
This breakdown was invaluable.
Digging the breakdown my man! Much love from East Tennessee🙏🏼
Thanks Garrett🙌
Great video man, I’m prepping for a short rn and this is super helpful
This is awesome. Keep on doing the breakdowns, also breakdown the squarespace ad break
This really explains it really well, keep it up!
Loved this breakdown, thankyou
Best Squarespace ad ;)
Continuity guy sleeping is solid gold. Especially given the fact there is at least one error in this film.
Lew just hits different - thanks mate
nice, thanks
Please do more videos like this. 🙏🏻
Very useful videos! We need lighting setups of green knight please
loved these breakdowns super practical
Love this analysis. Could you breakdown some Succession's scenes?
I'm loving this👌🏽 thanks for the breakdown
Really enjoyed this, so interesting and love your style! Keep up the excellent work, so lucky to have you making such informative content. Thank you!! 👏
Thanks Steven!
I was really surprised when I noticed that all of the window shades were closed in the profile shot at 3:14. I wasn't expecting to see one small light. I was hoping for some sheer curtains on the windows. It appears to me in that shot that it was night because there is no light coming through the blinds.
yea. While it doesn't really take me out of the story - it does feel like it was left for last and they had no way to recreate some daylight ambience to liven up those shades.
This is so helpful! Thank you Lewis
Awesome stuff, as usual.
Loving these breakdown videos 🙌🏾🙌🏾
I sent a quote into Panavision Hollywood for T series lenses last week! Fingers crossed budget gets approved
These breakdowns 🔥 🔥
Epic Light Media sent me here ☺️
I love these. Please keep doing them ❤️
Wow, thanks so much. Super helpful and inspiring. Specially explaining the order in which you think they shoot it or the way you would do it! Thanks!
Thank you for this videos Lewis, its really inspiring and great learning!
Great info, really enjoy your channel and work ! Thank you 👊🏽
Thanks for this light lesson 👌
Great breakdown as usual.
More of these please
LOVE these videos!! Could you explain how that soft box diffusion grid works in your smaller demonstration? Like how or where is the light in that setup?
Great episode! Good laugh with that lazy guy!
(But in another shot he was righting something!)
Maybe the ad got the whip out
Really enjoyed this video brother.Learned alot from these video as well!
Would love to see a breakdown from Still Here, the music video you shot por Kllo!!! Love the cinematography, and would love to know how you exposed the images
You missed one! In the second scenario (I believe), Kirsten Dunst (blonde standing talking to the two black women) had a bounce at the sitting women’s shoulder level, lifting the shadows under her chin and on her face.
Ah yep your right, nice spot!
Dope
These have been more helpful to me than film school. Thanks, Lewis. I wanna know, tho, how you got these many behind the scenes footage!
Thank you.
I love your videos man! Could you make a video about Soderberghs lighting setups? I've read a an interview where he said he doesn't really like to light his scenes, I've always wondered what he meant by that.
Please Sir, can you just encourage me of the any cheaper light I can use to have a cinematic shoots with.
What a great breakdown! What’s that badass diffusion you are using at 1:39?
people think much when it comes to lighting a scene, after watching some of your videos, and few others TH-camrs, figuring out how to light is quit easy then figuring out where to place the light and what else to use to get it to the right point, also how to make two different scene look like one same scene with with using different source of lights from different distance. dam its hard this way hahaha, but thank you for this video, I understood quit a lot. and got some kind of confidence after watching this video. thanks appreciate
Wild they didn't bother to fix that gavel continuity thing. It's not overlapping anything other than a black void. Would have been trivially easy to cut/paste/track it into the shot where it's missing.
Beautiful breakdowns!! Just wanted to know the source for these behind the scene videos of the set. Please keep them coming, really helpful!
Thanks, they're on TH-cam
what an ad lewis!!
I love your filmy look. Could you please make a color grading tutorial
more of these pls
Brilliant as always Lewis... can you talk a bit about different materials we'd want to use in frames? Silk, magic cloth, artificial silk, grid cloth, toilet paper... we're ordering some Avenger frames and debating materials atm.
Thanks Derek, yeah possibly in a future vid, my go to favs are Magic cloth and Hilite
Free / valuable knowledge, thanks bro
These are really helpful and inspiring.
nice stuff! curious what fixture you have at the 1:36 mark?
thank you
Hey man I would love for you to cover the show Genera+ion on HBO! Very naturalistic lighting. I love the natural look they produce
At 0:16 seconds is that a 100mm lens that close? How much would be in the frame, the two ladies standing?
It's anamorphic, so it's probably a close up of her face