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@editordefilmez6 жыл бұрын
When I was starting out (like.. some weeks ago), I shot all the "character walking takes" in correct perfect as-beautiful-as-I-could slow-motion. But at the final ones I didn't care a thing about continuity and instinctively choose the wrong direction for the walk (And as he was carrying some papers in one hand, I coudn't mirror that in post). The result is that the character had left home in a heroic assertive mood to give up at the middle of the way and come back with the same heroic assertive mood.
@luboyanev6 жыл бұрын
A pretty bad one is pressing record and recording in between takes, and not recording when actually wanting to...
@WDStevens6 жыл бұрын
Oh, I've so done that. 'CUT!' *hits record button*
@sergioam126 жыл бұрын
The story of my life with the a7's
@darrylsmith31026 жыл бұрын
Lyubo Yanev True That!!...
@fiev5 жыл бұрын
Just happened couple weeks ago
@THEMATT2225 жыл бұрын
It happened and unluckily I realized it after the shooot!
@msutherlandj6 жыл бұрын
Honestly, my biggest mistake starting out was always feeling inferior to other filmmakers who had been creating longer (even if that was just by a month or so). It’s good to know your limitations and work to exceed them, but it can be psychologically limiting to stifle your own ability by constantly comparing yourself to people leagues beyond yourself, when you should take inspiration from them but create your own, unique work.
@aputurelighting6 жыл бұрын
So true! Confidence in your vision is a huge component!
@StepbyStepPhotographyandVideo6 жыл бұрын
perfect advice. LEARN what you like and don't like from others work but compare your own to your past work and always be trying to get better.
@cinemenico6 жыл бұрын
Avoid shooting with the lens cap on, I'd say.
@aputurelighting6 жыл бұрын
Can't believe we forgot to include that one
@cinemenico6 жыл бұрын
There's always an excuse though. Like... you were going for that 'Film *Noir* '-look anyways. ;P In the more literal sense that is.
@Foche_T._Schitt6 жыл бұрын
Later, spend 15 minutes looking for said lens cap in every possible place you could have laid it down only to find it in your pocket.
@cinemenico6 жыл бұрын
Haha, yeah, it's like having your sunglasses in your hair and going like 'where did I put my sunglasses, can't find 'em'.
@Foche_T._Schitt6 жыл бұрын
I brought it up because today I actually _misplaced_ my Rokinon 14mm lens cap, which if you're not familiar with, could be mistaken for a food bowl.
6 жыл бұрын
*Great tips!* My biggest mistake at the beginning was thinking about the camera gear! All the time!!! Couple months ago I figure out that the *light and composition is the key to the beautiful footage.*
@HankChenTennis6 жыл бұрын
Worst mistakes that happens to me was running out of batteries and forgot to format the SD card... EVEN UNTIL NOW!
@simon_patterson6 жыл бұрын
I spent way too much time *thinking* of video ideas, and not enough time actually *making* videos. This limited my opportunities to make any other mistakes, so it meant I learned very very slowly.
@ChocolateHabanero226 жыл бұрын
My prob too. Now I now I'm not all alone.
@AlexMilanese6 жыл бұрын
When I first started, I’d always put people up against plain white walls to interview them, haha. It makes a big difference to pick an interesting background, separate your subject from it, and throw a little bit of beautiful Aputure light on them! As always, thanks for these awesome videos!
@MIRAJADESIGN6 жыл бұрын
Misplacing those tiny little SD cards! I like to use the small coin pocket in a pair of jeans when I am on the go. Remembering to pull the SD card out before the pants go into the washing machine is key to not being a total noob.
@jennyluvsfood6 жыл бұрын
ouch
@birchrockproductions6 жыл бұрын
Driving to the shoot, setting everything up, realizing you forgot your camera battery, driving all the way back to your house, grabbing the battery, driving all the way back, lol! That, and I’ve shot an entire movie in 60fps before!😂
@Space_Gaucho6 жыл бұрын
I set up a tiny "photo booth" at a comic book convention, i had with like zero budget for equipment so i slapped together some lighting with a couple of wooden planks + fluorescent lamps and some shop lights. Photographed like upwards of a hundred cosplayers in two days. Lighting was shoddy and missmatched, most shots were out of focus because i tried to compensate the bad llighting by opening up the aperture. I learned a bunch that weekend and of course didn't charge anybody for their pictures. Still have them fluorecent lights, budget hasnt increased much hehe.
@GauravKumar-dg4qy6 жыл бұрын
Worst mistake I’ve made is not reviewing he shot until the shoot is over. Whereas in the shoot I’d committed mistakes of under lighting the subject, wrong angles and sometimes stability of the shot
@rubenrodriguez25906 жыл бұрын
Big mistake: Chasing the cinematic look instead of loving and worrying about the story... a good story told through good visuals will trump getting that cinematic look all the time.
@felixkoch67116 жыл бұрын
Got my first camera, had that awesome take of a scene, thought I pressed rec,. no rec was pressed before the scene. After the scene I pressed rec again. I thought I had 2 hours of awesome footage I could watch after 5 hours of shooting instead a had awesome footage of the breaks between the takes. FML
@alexisflores70436 жыл бұрын
I'm guilty of shooting wide open all the time. One time I was shooting a PSA and I had my rokinon 50mm and the depth of field was so shallow and I was so close so only a part of what I wanted to show was in focus. Looking back I would've closed my iris to like 3.5 and just added more light.
@adventuretwins35476 жыл бұрын
We were doing some shooting in an abandoned building. A lot of the rooms were very dark, so I put the iso up to 25600, thinking that a noisy shot would be better than no shot. Did a lot of oners with the camera on a steadicam and focused on not stepping on glass during the shoot, so I couldn't really change the camera settings during filming. When we moved into rooms with windows, everything ended up overexposed, noisy, and had zero motion blur. Wish we had an M9 to light up the subject in those dark interiors...
@simon_patterson6 жыл бұрын
I filmed a whole wedding day with autofocus switched on once, to create a video comprised mainly of blurry-sharp-blurry-sharp-blurry-sharp as the camera kept hunting for focus. Man, that was tough to edit.
@tebs26 жыл бұрын
My biggest mistake was not properly light the scene thinking that the ambient light is enough
@tonygarcia19866 жыл бұрын
Biggest mistake I made was NOT being a good communicator with my Keys and delegating work when we were in a time crunch. A new DP might want to instead scramble and do the work himself/herself which might solve the immediate issue but if you’re on a feature or a multi-day shoot it creates a mood in which your Key Grip or Gaffer might feel underused or more importantly undervalued. To this point, a new DP feels that they should stick to the director most of the time but again, that dynamic, although important, can also create an appearance that the DP-Director clique is the end all, be all and could create isolation. Everyone must remember that a film crew is a team effort resembling the Henry Ford assembly line model for maximum effect. If every person is a good communicator and the work is equally split per department the you have a well-running filmmaking machine!!!
@simon_patterson6 жыл бұрын
How do we find out the native ISO of a camera? For example, where does Canon say the native ISO of the 5d3 is ISO160? Thanks.
@MilesDouglasGarrett6 жыл бұрын
I once heard that there is good cinematography, there's bad cinematography, then there's the cinematography that's right for your movie. And that really speaks to me
@ScottTakai6 жыл бұрын
My biggest mistake was overshooting a setup on a low budget music video. I was too busy making sure that the camera moves were flawless and the lighting was flawless to the point where at the end of the day we didn't have a lot of footage to work with. It was just multiple takes of the same thing. Since I edited the video I learned that the hard way. It's important to make sure that you do a good job shooting it, but also be respectful of the productions time and money. They're not gonna wanna bring you back if you can't get all the shots they need within the timeframe they give you, no matter how pretty it looks
@valentinavee6 жыл бұрын
Coming from narrative films into docs, at first I didn’t realize that when there is no production designer, the space isn’t designed! So it’s ok to move stuff around to make the shot what you want it to be. I used to try to make my shot work within the confines of how the space was set up. But when I have more time, I now like to make the space work for me.
@rayafahreza6 жыл бұрын
My worst beginner's mistake was forgetting to readjust my camera's display brightness. I was shooting exteriors, so I had to turn up the brightness so I can see. Afterwards I shot interior, an interview, in a dimly lit room with minimum lighting, but forgot to dial back down the brightness. Result was the interior shot were crazily underexposed and I had to pathetically bring the exposure up in post, which, you can guess, looks bad. I hope nobody experienced this fatal mistake.
@OtayMedia6 жыл бұрын
Worst mistake I made was NOT BUYING A APUTURE 120D SOONER to light my projects haha. But seriously my worst mistake was being so in love with the shots that I totally miss the mark with telling a visual story. I captured so much tight shots and cut aways that basically that’s all I had. Editing was a pain because I barely had any wider shots or establishing. Since then I’ve tried my best to be a visual storyteller rather than a guy hunting for beautiful shots.
@non_regulars6 жыл бұрын
Back in my really early days, I always had my cameras iso set to auto. However my worst moment was formatting a card, with everything on it, from a paid gig.
@isaiahkazarovich6 жыл бұрын
A few big mistakes I make are 1) Insisting I must add some kind of motion to the shot-not every shot needs to move-2) rushing my shot instead of taking time to think it through or set it up, and 3) failing to fill my frame with my subject (or filling the frame with extraneous, unnecessary details). Those are only three of several! :)
@zapillofilms6 жыл бұрын
Hi thanks for your channel! your videos are straightforward and get to the points we all want to know amazingly. Here is one of my biggest mistakes! When I bought my CANON 60D first video I made was a balcanic music concert in a very dark cafe, only lit by candles and a few practical lights. That was the mood I wanted to get. The owner and the musicians asked me if we needed more light and I said: "no no, this is perfect! it looks great this way!" based on what I saw from the camera LCD display and not attending at the ISO I was using. Finished the concert I went home and watched the images in my laptop... Horror! I had shot at 3200 or 6400 ISO - can't remember - and the level of grain and noise was unbearable. The material was useless and I learnt 2 lessons: KEEP YOUR ISO LOW, DON´T TRUST YOUR LCD DISPLAY & LISTEN TO PEOPLE AROUND
@JavierGonzalez-vf6rr6 жыл бұрын
Always shooting on a tripod is a quite common mistake and it was the biggest i made.😬 Go handheld when you have the option to!!!
@MrOmniscience6 жыл бұрын
Awesome video as usual. I learned about "native iso" like a week ago. XD Me and a friend of mine were trying to shoot a comedy webseries. So we wanted to nail the cinematography of: The Office, Parks and Rec, ect; but, our backgrounds and locations were so boring that I didn't want to show it; so, I did close up shots on the actors all the time and the project looked so boring.
@theodorecoleanderson78506 жыл бұрын
The biggest mistake I made when starting out was not lighting from the short side of the subject's face, also known as "Backlighting". I would always have my key coming from the angle of the camera. While that might be appropriate for some situations, it tends to make the scene look flat and unflattering. Now I'm always trying to find a camera angle that will motivate my key light into giving depth to both the subject and the background.
@nicholasyasi44916 жыл бұрын
One of my biggest mistakes was taking on a story too large for the resources I had. I was the only crew member and I was trying to set dress, light, shoot, and direct all at the same time. On one shoot, I was trying to capture the most pivotal scene at 60pfs but I was so rushed that I forgot to set the shutter speed accordingly. on top of that I was shooting wide open for the angsty in-and-out of focus effect. I didn't realize I had made that mistake until I started editing. tough lesson but I promise you I will never forget to adjust the shutter speed again
@Mile26point2films6 жыл бұрын
It was a very amateur mistake. In college I was operating a Bolex 16 mm camera, and forgot to lock the gate used to take the moving picture. Once the film was developed no images was taken on the entire film role. I felt like my whole world fell apart, eventually I finished the film and still got an A.
@JamesKiberuLuttu6 жыл бұрын
So true, but easier said than done (regardless of amount of preparation) when in public unscripted environments (beyond directors control), on a very limited timescale (when and where filming is prohibited) AND on a strict budget.
@CommandersRealm6 жыл бұрын
I used to think shooting on iPhone was the way to go for filming. It’s easy, convenient, and the best look. Since then I have gotten myself an Canon SL1 to start out with the nifty fifty and hoping to grow from here!
@keymedia51606 жыл бұрын
My biggest mistake was not taking the lens cap off. I couldn't "fix it in post" for some reason and the film remained pretty dark 😢
@bindithecorgi3836 жыл бұрын
Leaving the lens cap on for my whole first year of filmmaking! Man that was brutal.
@psoup21086 жыл бұрын
Not shooting on a flat picture profile. Using in camera sat, contrast and sharpening
@rspictures6 жыл бұрын
The biggest I've made, and still learning from it, is always shooting on longer focal lengths. It made every shot look the same, even with different lighting.
@LBBProductions76 жыл бұрын
Great vid! Worst mistake was during a indoor scene, it was night and we needed the scene to be daytime, it was a wide 24mm and didn’t shoot towards the window, we set up over 2300 Watts of lights, it didn’t look good so I (for some reason) thought it was great idea to overexpose the image thinking it could enhance the replicated “daylight”. The talent was lit! Including a underexposed background, yeah it looked horrible, however we saved it in post production, thank God! Every time I watch that scene I am beyond cringe.
@johanness65456 жыл бұрын
Great job! The best tips you can give beginners
@Ryan_Pitts6 жыл бұрын
Very Informative! Thanks for another great video APUTURE!
@tiesvanschaik6 жыл бұрын
2:04 "Headroom" 😂
@littlerebelle6 жыл бұрын
I honestly can't stop laughing at this
@aputurelighting6 жыл бұрын
Our editor Benny has the best sense of humor!
@thomasong99316 жыл бұрын
Not recording for a few seconds before saying Camera A on Dx and holding for a little bit after Cut
@mayorof2ndstreet2026 жыл бұрын
My biggest mistake was under utilizing flags and over lighting rooms. No more soap opera days of our lives lighting for me.
@CarbonGL6 жыл бұрын
Crop factors. I had no idea what crop factors were. My 50mm was more like an 80mm and I couldn't figure why it was different on a full frame camera!
@temiloluwaolawale47666 жыл бұрын
My 1st mistake ever was to shoot without knowing what I was gonna do on set... That's how everyone became a director even my lightman showed me what to do... Felt like melting away on set😃😃😃
@randyrobinsonfilms6 жыл бұрын
Seven years ago I bought a Canon 60d. I took it with me on a shoot where I was making a promo for a college organization (Cru). I had the cast (my friends) on site with the memorized script and we were ready to roll. I hit record and see the message “recording was stopped automatically.” Mind you, this was my first DSLR. I came from tape like most older videographers and I had no idea how to work a DSLR. I tried troubleshooting but eventually switched back to my SD video cam and the video turned out great (or at least for my friends!) Turns out my SD card wasn’t fast enough. My mistake (which I never made again) was to show up to gig with equipment I didn’t know how to operate 😂 Video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIuwooSkntKiqsU
@simon_patterson6 жыл бұрын
Randy Robinson Films oh that's a ripper story! Would not have been a ripper experience at the time, though...
@randyrobinsonfilms6 жыл бұрын
Simon Patterson Thanks for reading! I definitely felt flustered while it was happening but it was a good learning experience!
@simon_patterson6 жыл бұрын
Randy Robinson Films no doubt! Sometimes we can only chalk something up to experience and try to move on. But you have a great story out of it now it is part of history!
@iishaanpyne22913 жыл бұрын
Always useing soft light and not using hard light for the tougher more difficult scenes for the charecter
@inknpaintCW6 жыл бұрын
Not locking in the tripod vertical tight enough so when editing the footage (film) it was a slow tilt from perfect composition to no headroom...on a key shot. It still haunts me
@TheDetherageDialect6 жыл бұрын
Psh who needs a gaffer when you have 25k ISO? The grain just makes it more filmic #amiright?
@aputurelighting6 жыл бұрын
*laughs then cries*
@Sameir80556 жыл бұрын
Learn the rules and break them...!! :) Thanks for this video.
@ColinZiemer16 жыл бұрын
Forgetting to hit record on your audio recorder...
@luboyanev6 жыл бұрын
oh yeah, done that too, sucks so much
@scottslotterbeck37966 жыл бұрын
Colin Ziemer simple: wear headphones. And monitor the level meters at least occasionally.
@ChocolateHabanero226 жыл бұрын
Or forgetting to hit record on the camera.....
@JaimeMaldonado6 жыл бұрын
I used to use on camera lighting to light subjects. My short films looked like news stories 😭😭😭😭😭
@danzbeard6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the helpful tips!
@JasonLuongTV6 жыл бұрын
My biggest mistake? Dropping the camera in a lake my first week on the job. Didn't get fired but the camera was ruined :|
@martydenson_mfm6 жыл бұрын
Hey...I think I saw "They Call Me Cotton" in this Vlog. Lol and YC's work/Vlog on lighting.
@JThomasKX6 жыл бұрын
My worst mistake was that I did not notice that someone changed my camera settings to a time lapse mode. When I went to ingested my footage. It went so fast and that is when I noticed something was wrong. I shoot a whole project in that mode. and ended up shooting the project all over.
@kiribundi6 жыл бұрын
Anytime I'm practicing photography, I'll voluntarily stop the lens down to keep myself from becoming lazy.
@BLiu16 жыл бұрын
Shooting at a faster shutter speed instead of dimming the lights. I was gaffer and the camera operator didn’t realize how choppy the video was until halfway through the shoot.
@Oofling6 жыл бұрын
Not pressing record.
@lytranDP6 жыл бұрын
Leaving the camera on! I used to always leave it on hahaha
@Cjfilmandphoto6 жыл бұрын
First time I was DoP, ISO was the only way I knew how to make a scene brighter.
@Coveritupnow6 жыл бұрын
what is the range of iso?
@HackMyControlSystem6 жыл бұрын
Unnecessary camera movement: Steadycam, crane, drone...just because you can. Lock it down on a tripod and practice composition. Liked the tip on negative fill. Don't really hear it these days.
@WDStevens6 жыл бұрын
I used to have a really crappy tripod which I knew I couldn't pan or tilt on without it being impossibly jerky and unusable so I ended up doing a whole project with almost entirely locked-off tripod shots. It may not be my best work but I did learn a lot about composition doing that. I have a much nicer tripod now.
@camonproduction16 жыл бұрын
What is the best ND filter for Music Videos ?
@4XProductions16 жыл бұрын
I seem to forget to change my white balance settings.. Theyre a bugger trying to fix it in post
@scottslotterbeck37966 жыл бұрын
Actually, my biggest problem as a documentarian is dealing with volunteer help and lighting. Kids right out of film school think four years in the classroom makes them better at making lighting decisions than my 15 years actually shooting. Beginners need to be modest and willing to learn!
@shotcutandcolored6 жыл бұрын
The ultimate cringe worthy mistake I ever made was when I was running a one-man band operation shooting a 34 year old widow venting, via interview, about her recently deceased husband, due to a heart attack. Midway through the interview when she was in full tears my audio device which I was not closely monitoring went out due to a power surge from a Jerry rigged third-party power supply. However, due to the sensitive nature of this interview I knew to double check making sure everything was OK immediately after we cut only to find out that the audio clip only contained the intro portion to the interview. The video was scheduled to play the next day at the wake/celebratory ceremony and I knew I had to do the unthinkable and ask her to redo the interview. This has been by far the biggest mistake I ever made and what I’ve learned from this is to make sure I have the appropriate amount of people on set when content is so vulnerable.
@CheleRobertMihai6 жыл бұрын
The biggest mistake I made was when I was so absorbed by the time I was going to shoot it that I forgot to press the rec button and at the end of the moment I wanted to stop the movie I gave realize the error I've been doing
@jrock1981216 жыл бұрын
Not checking your exposure or white balance before every take....sometimes things get bumped or lighting conditions change...don't just set it and forget it
@chasevazquez1316 жыл бұрын
Shooting with my shutter too low and getting laggy footage and bad slow mo. Beginner stage lol
@ChocolateHabanero226 жыл бұрын
Yep.
@WDStevens6 жыл бұрын
Not timing the script. I did a film that was 8 pages long but was my first dialogue-lite film. It was 14min long. Consequently, 2/3 shooting days went about 2-3 hours over because I budgeted my time wrong. Luckily, I had very understanding cast and crew (plus great catering which always helps placate - I've had a few people say how nice it is not to just be eating endless pizza and have real food on set).
@jeevanrego18026 жыл бұрын
I've done 3 short films and only used natural light in all of those. The latest one is : Quench by Jeevan Rego. Look it up
@mcdrobert6 жыл бұрын
I hired a 1.2 HMI before understanding that it may trip the circuit of an old barn. Then finding out that the fuse box was locked away next door. Luckily we had a noisy generator which could power a 1k for the rest of the day. My first paid DP shoot. Which one of the three mistakes tops the list?
@HackMyControlSystem6 жыл бұрын
How do you announce the winners?
@HoggetBlanker6 жыл бұрын
Avoiding clichés is kinda tough when you're starting out (interior fridge shot, anyone?). Also not understanding why to use which camera angles/moves and when, though if you've gone to film school I suppose this may not be much of an issue. Concerning native ISO, I have tried to track down more information on the subject. There's a lot of confusing information and couldn't find a straight forward answer for the cameras in my situation. Anyone know any good, reliable resources? Some kind of database, perhaps?
@noelwiggins46796 жыл бұрын
Checking your ego at the door. Understanding the teamwork between the DP and the Director and the collective goal to tell the best story. All your shots should be appropriate for the story and not you trying to copy the Great and Power Roger Deakins.
@michaelocunningham6 жыл бұрын
Where do i begin...I literally left the lens cap on and tried increasing the light because i tried shooting at a low iso and thought my lights werent powerful enough even on 100%😂😂😂. Another cringy one was my friend thought he could use the flash on my G85 to light the room....for video! I almost died. #goodtimes
@Gregg0Palmer6 жыл бұрын
Don't....I mean absolutely don't .....reformat or erase SD cards until all the data has been copied to at least two (better yet three) different storage hard drives drives plus verified to be complete and readable. Lesson learned the hard way.
@scottslotterbeck37966 жыл бұрын
Gregg Palmer I use cheap SD cards, number them, and store them for a year in a safe place. It has saved my behind several times.
@Gregg0Palmer6 жыл бұрын
Excellent system, unfortunately I'm actually shooting on expensive XQD cards. I have to reuse the cards much sooner than I like. I would really prefer to save the cards until the project was at least edited and delivered, but right now, I have to shoot, dump, copy, then reformat. I'm always a little hesitant to reformat....it takes a strong conviction that I have everything downloaded and stored multiple places before hitting the yes prompt to reformat....Even then I worry.... Maybe someday I'll have unlimited funds or the price of XQD cards will drop dramatically, until then I say a little prayer each time I have to hit the yes prompt.....
@TommyCallaway6 жыл бұрын
My biggest mistake starting out: Listening to the KZbin comments.
@ChocolateHabanero226 жыл бұрын
That is a HUGE on for me. Sometimes I just won't read them and go off my research. :-)
@ZombieGoBoomVP6 жыл бұрын
Shooting on auto everything! Haha!
@lemmonsinmyeyes6 жыл бұрын
Not enough people use set practicals enough. ( I dont mean the ceiling fan light). Let the image be dark, we call that moody haha. Meters are great (especially for Raw/Log) but they are more like guidelines rather than laws.
@yacocanessa15315 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know what is the native ISO of the Sony a7III?
@ab007816 жыл бұрын
These are ALL mistakes I've encountered before, then some! My biggest mistake though is when I took my Canon camera and actually put it into a canon (like the pirates use), then shooting my Canon from a canon right into the Grand Canyon! LOL, thanks for this segment Aputure! #FilmingMissteaks
@ChocolateHabanero226 жыл бұрын
LOL! Love the play on words! :P
@ab007816 жыл бұрын
Luke Beise lololol 😂
@TheWillRobbins6 жыл бұрын
Mine was just in my first feature and that was overexposed exteriors. Never underestimate the power of ND filters! (Mine were stolen way before shooting began) 😬
@vidm966 жыл бұрын
My worst mistake was probably over-lighting a lot of shots. It just made everything look flat, took out all the shadows. People that were being interviewed ended up looking like cardboard cutouts...
@stevyz6 жыл бұрын
Creating hard shadows often is a big mistake...
@prathmeshdk6 жыл бұрын
The worst mistake is "We will fix it in the POST!"
@benarnoux6 жыл бұрын
Great video!! I once tried storyboarding in front of the talent on shooting day....
@aputurelighting6 жыл бұрын
Oh dear...
@benarnoux6 жыл бұрын
Aputure yep.
@MusicandFilm5236 жыл бұрын
Not lighting properly on my university graduation film, thought location lights were good enough
@koff_mm6 жыл бұрын
OH HAI MARK
@MPA1886 жыл бұрын
I used to always light the subject first, but that's not right, we should always light the background/setting first instead.
@nicknamelost6 жыл бұрын
Once, I was recording an interview, and I didn't press record on the audio recorder..
@nm5416 жыл бұрын
My biggest is still not being able to understand how to light a scene so it still looks dark
@WDStevens6 жыл бұрын
It is tricky, but I love it. I'm by no means an expert but have a little look around when you're in a dark environment and see where you actually have light coming from and use that to justify your light choices. - Moonlight's always good. Choose where you want your moon, stick a blue gel on (or lower your WB to turn daylight-balanced lights blue and get some extra brightness if you need it). - Street lights are useful and you can fake them by booming a light overhead or placing them outside a window if you're inside. - If you're indoors, make some blue ambient light (perhaps from the direction of a window?) and combine that with warm light as if it's coming from a lamp or two. Don't be afraid of having your subject fall in and out of light if they're moving. - Don't be afraid to crush your blacks when grading. There is a lot of heavy contrast in dark and night-time scenes. But, like everything, don't overdo it. Hope this helps somewhat.
@nm5416 жыл бұрын
W.D. Stevens cool, thank you!
@bobunitone6 жыл бұрын
Forgetting the sticks.
@philphelleston6 жыл бұрын
forgetting to double back footage onto a second harddrive. lost about 2 out of 8 months of production
@9VARZ6 жыл бұрын
Tripod everything!
@jasonsteiner11316 жыл бұрын
Not knowing which lens had back focus and which did.