As a cinematographer I can say that this is easily the best way to learn cinematography if you are getting started! Ryan is doing such a great thing by providing some awesome free information! Take advantage of it kiddos.
Hey Ryan! just want to let you know we had a short film making contest yesterday (I'm the cinematographer and editor) and won 2nd place (best actor, cinematography) ... just want to thank you for all the tips you gave to me in filming a short film :) THANKS RYAN
You guys are great. I've been following you for well over a year, and I can't help but feel that you lot deserve your own guerilla -film school. I'd definitely pay to attend
ryan, you have no idea how your videos are helping me. your channel is being an inspiration for me and for thousands of people, i believe. i just found out that i want to work with vfx when i grow up, and i just wanted to say thank you ((:
Thank you so much for these videos but it would be great if you could minimise the interruptions as I think a lot of people have come here to learn and the jokes can be very distracting. The video could have been a lot shorter without the additional talking - I hope you guys aren't offended by this as this is constructive criticism and not meant to be insulting in any way :)
Alfred Naupoto it's not to my taste so I'm expressing what I would prefer however they are a very popular channel so I expect they cater to what the majority of their audience prefer. I've switched to other channels which offer the same advice without the comedy so everyone is happy all round.
thank you for this video. we are covering cinematography in my film and photography course at college at the moment so i have took as many notes as i can from this video lol. xxx
HANDS DOWN... most informational film riot episode ever for me! I have learned the most from this one episode. I am a very late bloomer, and watching the light twist around the room, and watching it fall into the right place (and how you used stronger lights to accent "organic lighting"... thanks Ryan! I LOVE learning (and even more-so when you make it fun, the way you guys do),
Learn when to stop.... just because you have lights sitting around it doesn’t mean you have to use them. Sometimes just the light from the window, or in their case the practical is all you need if it looks great and serves the purpose of what you’re trying to achieve.
Lighting is more complex for me that I haven't really dealt with, but just seeing how you can literally "paint" your set with different lighting setups to crate different feelings and looks is amazing!
Ryan, i have a question for you regarding the lighting and cameras. How do you get rid of all the noise in your footage?? Because it seems as if whenever i try to get a shot in low lighting my screen gets all wavy and i get a bunch of red and green dots everywhere :O Please answer fast. -Thomas.
There are some ways to grade the footage to minimise the impact of noise. However, in most cases, the best strategy is to avoid noise in the first place! Noise is caused by shooting at high ISO/gain - as a rule, I avoid shooting above ISO800 when shooting video with DSLRs for this reason. You can minimise the required ISO when shooting video by (a) increasing the amount of light (i.e. use lighting), or (b) using "fast" lenses (e.g. prime lenses with maximum apertures of f/1.4 or so). Using shutter speed isn't really an option, as generally shutter speed is the inverse of the frame rate (e.g. 1/50s when shooting at 25fps).
Leonard Low Okay, so I'm a bit of newbie... 800 seems really low because even with my camera (DSLR Canon Rebel t5i), if I go to 800 my picture is super orange and dark in video mode. So when you say you don't shoot above 800, do you adjust your ISO to 800 at first and then build your room lighting from there?
sonicvortex99 Start your ISO at 100 and leave your Shutter speed at 1/50 and your Aperture or F-Stop at the lowest depending on whether you are going to use depth of field or not but to get a lot of light going into your camera. Go with the lowest. Maybe 3.5 I think on those Kit lens if you got. After you set those properly, work your way up with the ISO if it is still dark. After you get that proper lighting maybe at ISO 640 I think that is the correct number. Go into your picture style and go with standard or neutral and change either your saturation to normal or below zero. I think that could help.
This is by far away my favorite youtube show cause you guys teach me and viewers so much about film making and sorry about that comment about it being friday.
Depends on the camera you have now. If your camera sucks, I would get the t3i and buy some can lights from home depot to start off. Keep in mind, 50% of the lighting I used in this episode were cheap lights from Walmart.
Ha yeah! Love this vid, and it was really helpful, but clearly FilmRiot hasn't heard of or didn't think about the HowToBasic channel before creating this title...
I LOVE Film Riot! The tutorials, which were amazing two years ago, have gotten so much more... natural, I guess. There's even more flow to them these days. I feel smarter already.
Yep. Like I said, it is a starter rule, not one that you have to stick strongly to. And can be broken completely, if the style you are going for has that green back light, then great! Just stay consistent. But if you want a more realistic look, you would want to light it logically still. So even if there is no practical in the scene, it is reasonable to think that there may be a lamp, chandelier, etc, within the room. Work off of that idea.
This guy is still like the most generously informative guy in the film / youtube world, if you're learning a fuck ton about film and cinematography for free and complaining about a few jokes then you're a douche in my opinion.
Well let me teach you something about making content, you make what your audience want to watch. I left feedback because I would genuinely prefer these videos without the jokes because the jokes are bad but the content is good. Hearing feedback is a good way of making your content better. This guy has ads on his channel so gets money for increased viewership so making content that is good is in his interest. I think the 'douche' approach would be to not like the jokes and not mention it.
I certainly disagree, however I agree that feedback is important, but you were a "douche" about it, again just in my opinion. The fact that you don't find all of the jokes funny doesn't mean that they're bad, Film Riot videos have invariably positive feedback.
I see some negative feedback on your 'jokes'...so I thought i might add my 2 cents. I genuinely enjoy the sense of humor that you all have in your videos. I think it adds a nice touch to your teaching style, which I find very helpful and makes you relatable. Please keep up the fantastic work. You are one of my favorite channels!
You can get the few useful bits of information from this and get past all the idiocy by playing at 2x speed. Or read Basic Moviemaking 101: Lighting in 2 minutes. :-p
Dude!!!! That was the most helpful and concise way of explaining some simple cinematography basics ever! Also I might actually go to domain.com one of these days after watching the ads in all your videos. Keep it up broskie!!!!!!
+Ajay Singh they do change it up sometimes with short sketches, but I can understand how they can become a little redundant. I still love their videos, though!
Cheap way to get good lighting is to use reflectors, that way you can add light sources without actually adding lights. Also available lighting i.e. daylight.
ha! Got ya! This video is fake!!! Its chroma keyed because he's using a macbook in a house. Everyone knows that hes really in Starbucks, writing his autobiography that no one will ever care about.
I had the same question. I have a t2i and I was debating the need to upgrade. The thing I realized is that the image quality is virtually the same between T3i, 7D, 60D, and all the other Canon EOS that are not full frame. There are advantages to the higher end ones but that is mainly for photography. Everything worth while for video you can get with Magic Lantern. Also, if you upgrade to the 5DMrkII you will want to have some good lights to take advantage of that full frame sensor.
Please get rid of that background guy. He's just distracting from the educational point of your videos. He's only mildly funny a fraction of the time. Not worth the distraction, honestly.
why cant you guys just tell the story and info normally??? always noisy, full of hype up actions, it just makes me press stop right away guys.... Sorry.
hey ryan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you've been a really good teacher to me as i was really interested in film making but now im professionally into it. its really difficult execute a camera movement along with zoom and bloody focus controls can you please do an episode on camera movement on a tripod. and suggest some tips
You are amazing Ryan I practically LOVE you! You can't even imagine how much you helping me!!! I'm plan in on buying Cowboystudio with 3 color back drops and bunch of different lights. I have Cannon T4i camera, not the best one out there but I have to start somewhere!!! I wish I had a team like you!!! But I worship your videos, because they not just full of magical knowledge, but also incredibly inspiring!!! You the biggest reason why I finely gave in to my passion!!! Thank you for that!!!!
Usually the audience eyes are attracted to the brightest thing in the scene. I would say that rings true for this set-up. I kept looking at the Iron Man lamp, then the background practical, then the actor.
Guys, your videos are informative and I can't thank you enough for taking the time to produce and share your knowledge. The only criticism is that you seem to be trying very hard to be funny and it can be off putting. I'm determined to learn about cinematography and that's why I persevered. I repeat your videos are informative.
I'm about to do an intensive Cinematography course for Film School so this was a great video to get me thinking, as Cine is the most complicated side of FTV in my opinion. Cheers Ryan!
I never realized how much such subtle lighting could change a scene
All the magic is in there :O
The thing with creativity is a bit like acting - you can learn all the techniques, but if you lack imagination, you'll never quite get it right.
Amazing anology
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Not true.
As a cinematographer I can say that this is easily the best way to learn cinematography if you are getting started! Ryan is doing such a great thing by providing some awesome free information! Take advantage of it kiddos.
10 years, damm
@@olivercastle175 That's how I feel too man
Dear Ryan : Please let me sleep! it's already 2 am in my country!!
Dear Ryan : Is this addressed to Ryan Higa?
Beda channel blokk
My homework is literally to watch this video for Film and Television, how about the best homework ever!
Hey Ryan! just want to let you know we had a short film making contest yesterday (I'm the cinematographer and editor) and won 2nd place (best actor, cinematography) ... just want to thank you for all the tips you gave to me in filming a short film :) THANKS RYAN
great teachings I'm sure. the dull comedy is preventing me to watch anymore
Josh's commentary: 10/10 :-D
50% of comments: “stop it with the jokes”
50% of the comments: *HowToBasic joke*
Funny, I wrote a similar comment and I assumed I may have been the only one who was irritated by it
This video is the best in the world, it has comedy, practical examples, and theory, it is perfect
LCD screen on the computer is very dim. You needed a little light from it. Otherwise it looks like he's typing on a computer that is turned off.
Agree!
Very often I dim my laptop's screen down a lot, so it's plausible.
Great tips. I will remember the low key and high key part.
You guys are great. I've been following you for well over a year, and I can't help but feel that you lot deserve your own guerilla -film school. I'd definitely pay to attend
ryan, you have no idea how your videos are helping me. your channel is being an inspiration for me and for thousands of people, i believe. i just found out that i want to work with vfx when i grow up, and i just wanted to say thank you ((:
Thank you so much for these videos but it would be great if you could minimise the interruptions as I think a lot of people have come here to learn and the jokes can be very distracting. The video could have been a lot shorter without the additional talking - I hope you guys aren't offended by this as this is constructive criticism and not meant to be insulting in any way :)
I disagree, I like the humour
Alfred Naupoto it's not to my taste so I'm expressing what I would prefer however they are a very popular channel so I expect they cater to what the majority of their audience prefer. I've switched to other channels which offer the same advice without the comedy so everyone is happy all round.
LondonCityGirl Fair enough, everyone's entitled to their own opinion. :)
+Alfred Naupoto +londoncitygirl THIS IS HOW YT COMMENTS SHOULD BE!
+Henry Montero ITS A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE!!
That's awesome! Thanks man!
HowtToBasic cinematography
it would just be him destroying all the lamps and stuffing eggs in the softbox😂
It would be a terrorist attack
Thank you very much! So glad you dig it. :)
I thought this was a video by How to basic until i looked at who uploaded it lol
Thanks man. Glad you liked the show so much that you felt led to leave such a constructive and insightful comment. ;)
1:44 looks exactly like David Ficnher lightning in The social Network !
thank you for this video. we are covering cinematography in my film and photography course at college at the moment so i have took as many notes as i can from this video lol. xxx
AWESOME !!!!! Great tips on LIGHTING A SCENE .... WOOO HOOOO !!!!
HANDS DOWN... most informational film riot episode ever for me! I have learned the most from this one episode. I am a very late bloomer, and watching the light twist around the room, and watching it fall into the right place (and how you used stronger lights to accent "organic lighting"... thanks Ryan! I LOVE learning (and even more-so when you make it fun, the way you guys do),
You guys are actully funny and i am learning something. HOLY SHIT. Well fucking done.
Havardoz I had to put something here
Thats why we love 'em
thanx 4 breaking that down. Never realized the value of lights for storytelling. I have always took them for granted.
Learn when to stop.... just because you have lights sitting around it doesn’t mean you have to use them. Sometimes just the light from the window, or in their case the practical is all you need if it looks great and serves the purpose of what you’re trying to achieve.
hey ryan this is the only show on youtube that i actually like being longer,the longer the episode the better. all others i dont like being longer!
Similarly: Why do people become d-bags when they get behind a keyboard? The world may never know. ;)
You are great. So enjoy to see this tips. Greetings from Poland :)
Haiki and Loki?
High-key and low-key :)
Excellent episode. I really like the episodes that have more info and less fluff.
well there is a computer so why not turn the screen brightness up and lighten up the actors face
The lighting quality might not be as good as an actual film light.
Completely up to you.
Lighting is more complex for me that I haven't really dealt with, but just seeing how you can literally "paint" your set with different lighting setups to crate different feelings and looks is amazing!
I'm dumb XD I was looking for their channel then I realized that I was already on one of their videos
I love film riot so much i just got my new 5D in the mail and watched this before opening it :D
Apparently I'm a vital component to indoor shots
Just realized I read that wrong... Since you have the t3i (which is a decent camera), I would upgrade the lighting gear first.
Ryan, i have a question for you regarding the lighting and cameras.
How do you get rid of all the noise in your footage?? Because it seems as if whenever i try to get a shot in low lighting my screen gets all wavy and i get a bunch of red and green dots everywhere :O
Please answer fast.
-Thomas.
There are some ways to grade the footage to minimise the impact of noise. However, in most cases, the best strategy is to avoid noise in the first place! Noise is caused by shooting at high ISO/gain - as a rule, I avoid shooting above ISO800 when shooting video with DSLRs for this reason. You can minimise the required ISO when shooting video by (a) increasing the amount of light (i.e. use lighting), or (b) using "fast" lenses (e.g. prime lenses with maximum apertures of f/1.4 or so). Using shutter speed isn't really an option, as generally shutter speed is the inverse of the frame rate (e.g. 1/50s when shooting at 25fps).
Leonard Low
Okay, so I'm a bit of newbie... 800 seems really low because even with my camera (DSLR Canon Rebel t5i), if I go to 800 my picture is super orange and dark in video mode. So when you say you don't shoot above 800, do you adjust your ISO to 800 at first and then build your room lighting from there?
sonicvortex99 Start your ISO at 100 and leave your Shutter speed at 1/50 and your Aperture or F-Stop at the lowest depending on whether you are going to use depth of field or not but to get a lot of light going into your camera. Go with the lowest. Maybe 3.5 I think on those Kit lens if you got. After you set those properly, work your way up with the ISO if it is still dark. After you get that proper lighting maybe at ISO 640 I think that is the correct number. Go into your picture style and go with standard or neutral and change either your saturation to normal or below zero. I think that could help.
get a 6d all your low light will problems will be gone
This is by far away my favorite youtube show cause you guys teach me and viewers so much about film making and sorry about that comment about it being friday.
I wanted to watch this but them trying to be funny is just too painful. Made it about 5 minutes in. I can't.
Depends on the camera you have now. If your camera sucks, I would get the t3i and buy some can lights from home depot to start off. Keep in mind, 50% of the lighting I used in this episode were cheap lights from Walmart.
how to basic
Just slam an egg on the light, another on the actor and boom, oscar.
Ha yeah! Love this vid, and it was really helpful, but clearly FilmRiot hasn't heard of or didn't think about the HowToBasic channel before creating this title...
I LOVE Film Riot! The tutorials, which were amazing two years ago, have gotten so much more... natural, I guess. There's even more flow to them these days. I feel smarter already.
haha the background voice is best :D
Yep. Like I said, it is a starter rule, not one that you have to stick strongly to. And can be broken completely, if the style you are going for has that green back light, then great! Just stay consistent. But if you want a more realistic look, you would want to light it logically still. So even if there is no practical in the scene, it is reasonable to think that there may be a lamp, chandelier, etc, within the room. Work off of that idea.
It's so hard to watch this video because of the 'jokes'
me too. i tried several times but i cant stand the "jock" waste of time.
Stavros Dellaportas I miss the days when people could just be informative and not try to be funny.
This guy is still like the most generously informative guy in the film / youtube world, if you're learning a fuck ton about film and cinematography for free and complaining about a few jokes then you're a douche in my opinion.
Well let me teach you something about making content, you make what your audience want to watch. I left feedback because I would genuinely prefer these videos without the jokes because the jokes are bad but the content is good. Hearing feedback is a good way of making your content better. This guy has ads on his channel so gets money for increased viewership so making content that is good is in his interest. I think the 'douche' approach would be to not like the jokes and not mention it.
I certainly disagree, however I agree that feedback is important, but you were a "douche" about it, again just in my opinion. The fact that you don't find all of the jokes funny doesn't mean that they're bad, Film Riot videos have invariably positive feedback.
You called it a beard! Friends for life officially!
6:34 He looks like a Terminator!
These three episodes on lighting have been extremely informative and helpful! Thanks!
I came here expecting eggs
I see some negative feedback on your 'jokes'...so I thought i might add my 2 cents. I genuinely enjoy the sense of humor that you all have in your videos. I think it adds a nice touch to your teaching style, which I find very helpful and makes you relatable. Please keep up the fantastic work. You are one of my favorite channels!
WTF! where are the eggs?
Its How to: Basic Cinema....
NOT How to basic: Cinema
***** you're fucked mate
***** not cool man.....not cool
yeah...and i'll sit in the corner watching
I'm sick of your shit FatCatMedia always pushing it too far....
This episode is absolutely awesome!!! Thanks guys!!!
These videos would be much better without the over-editing, "funny stuff" and useless rambling.
The comment section would be so much better without you here.
I agree
KingCodeTV :D true
i like it
That is a matter of opinion
I'M YOUR BIGGEST FAN! I'm 12 years old and I'm from Iceland and I LOVE your videos!
You can get the few useful bits of information from this and get past all the idiocy by playing at 2x speed. Or read Basic Moviemaking 101: Lighting in 2 minutes. :-p
ckeilah thank you!
Dude!!!! That was the most helpful and concise way of explaining some simple cinematography basics ever! Also I might actually go to domain.com one of these days after watching the ads in all your videos. Keep it up broskie!!!!!!
I'm glad Film Riot didn't give up their jokes because of some comments
Darn, I enjoy watching you guys just for the humor!
hate the ads on this channel. always the same. I know you the money to run the channel, but its getting boring watching again and again..
Then skip/don't watch the videos.
City on a Hill When I watch lot of their videos I hear it every time.
City on a Hill My point is their ad is not working if it will always be the same.
+Ajay Singh they do change it up sometimes with short sketches, but I can understand how they can become a little redundant. I still love their videos, though!
just skip the ad,its easy
Yeah!! I live in Santa Cruz up north! Just came back from the streets and now im going to hit up the park :)
Good info but the off screen voice and "comedy" drives me crazy.
Josh was so entertaining in this episode, please make him hyper for every episode. THANK YOU.
It took 1:00 and the video didn't catch my attention.
This video introduced me to Film Riot. So glad I came back for more videos late that week:-) Keep up the good work, Ryan!
All i heard was "money"
Cheap way to get good lighting is to use reflectors, that way you can add light sources without actually adding lights. Also available lighting i.e. daylight.
Also work lights from the hardware store are a cheap way to light a scene.
OMG that guy yelling out was CRACKING ME UP!
ha! Got ya! This video is fake!!! Its chroma keyed because he's using a macbook in a house. Everyone knows that hes really in Starbucks, writing his autobiography that no one will ever care about.
I had the same question. I have a t2i and I was debating the need to upgrade. The thing I realized is that the image quality is virtually the same between T3i, 7D, 60D, and all the other Canon EOS that are not full frame. There are advantages to the higher end ones but that is mainly for photography. Everything worth while for video you can get with Magic Lantern. Also, if you upgrade to the 5DMrkII you will want to have some good lights to take advantage of that full frame sensor.
Please get rid of that background guy. He's just distracting from the educational point of your videos. He's only mildly funny a fraction of the time. Not worth the distraction, honestly.
Nice work man!
why cant you guys just tell the story and info normally??? always noisy, full of hype up actions, it just makes me press stop right away guys.... Sorry.
hey ryan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you've been a really good teacher to me as i was really interested in film making but now im professionally into it. its really difficult execute a camera movement along with zoom and bloody focus controls can you please do an episode on camera movement on a tripod. and suggest some tips
Are you still on it!?
Im glad to see that film riot is responding to comments!!:)
moonrise kingdom has GORGEOUS lighting it is visually pleasing even the trailer is a vacation for the eyes
coolest lamp ever!! you guys are awesome!
You are amazing Ryan I practically LOVE you! You can't even imagine how much you helping me!!! I'm plan in on buying Cowboystudio with 3 color back drops and bunch of different lights. I have Cannon T4i camera, not the best one out there but I have to start somewhere!!! I wish I had a team like you!!! But I worship your videos, because they not just full of magical knowledge, but also incredibly inspiring!!! You the biggest reason why I finely gave in to my passion!!! Thank you for that!!!!
That is actually in the next episode.
This was a really good one - thanks for getting a bit more in-depth.
This shadowy look is a nice style choice.
SOOO helpful! thanks again filmriot!
Fantastically helpful. I'm learning so much from you guys.
I always watch your videos. it's so inspiring, also love the way you do it. Fun... I'm a cinematographer learned on sets. It's fun to explore.
Usually the audience eyes are attracted to the brightest thing in the scene. I would say that rings true for this set-up. I kept looking at the Iron Man lamp, then the background practical, then the actor.
Lots of great tips that I will definitely be using.
Great stuff guys! Love watching the show. You guys are helping so many indie filmmakers out there.
This is so cool! Very nicely explained and demonstrated!
That was my hope!
This video is a God send! Thanks guys!
excellent episode, its a totally different kind of tutorial, very useful. Thanks again Ryan!, best wishes from Chile.
Guys, your videos are informative and I can't thank you enough for taking the time to produce and share your knowledge. The only criticism is that you seem to be trying very hard to be funny and it can be off putting. I'm determined to learn about cinematography and that's why I persevered. I repeat your videos are informative.
Ryan IS THE MAN good stuff man
I don't understand why is there so much hate in the comments section under the videos of this fantastic channel... I really don't
Aw-shucks. *blushing* Thanks pal. :)
I'm about to do an intensive Cinematography course for Film School so this was a great video to get me thinking, as Cine is the most complicated side of FTV in my opinion. Cheers Ryan!
That's a great show ! Loved it !
Lighting is great as well as the vision
Awesome tips and great examples!! :D Super informative! Thanks film riot! :D
I love you guys. Thank you. Thank you!