Cove Lighting Tutorial: Light Like Deakins

[@LeroyVGANG]

Legend has it that Sara is still stirring brown sugar till this day.

[@BradyBessette]

HAHAH she is

[@SaraAnn]

i truly am pls help

[@JWS1968]

it's amazing how many videos there are on the internet with a click bait title like how to shoot "Cinematic" footage. Then they ramble on about lenses and cameras and gimbals etc etc etc. When really it's about the appropriate tools for that specific job at the time. I love this because although he uses pretty expensive lights in this tutorial, in truth all you need is a bed sheet and some cheap lights to get a decent rendition of this technique. Couple this with a great acting performance and the right choices in camera movement and set dressing and sound design, and you will get pretty close to "Cinematic".

[@BradyBessette]

thank you for your insight !!!

[@NewLayer]

I run across a lot of people who misunderstand cove lighting in that they will light each “segment” of the cove at the same brightness, so this is a perfect explanation. And the LitePanels Gemini is a BADASS light. I’ll be putting mine to use in a few videos soon.

[@BradyBessette]

hey brother!! Its a sick light, can't wait to see what you do with it!

[@EpicLightMedia]

Thanks for having an AMAZING channel Brady!

[@pettypoh]

We come in peace ✌️ back where we are from, there's a bastardised relationship 🤭

[@BradyBessette]

and I can say the same for YOU! Cheers to a new friendship!

[@idrisso.g.6316]

soon 100.000 I see it coming

[@kaidiekaidie1825]

Very good explanation one small tip, choose a lower F-Stop to let more of that light in and blur the background a bit, Deakins likes to keep the clarity on the faces but let the light truly overtake the face. He likes to adjust between f2.8 and 4 but it does vary.

[@Tanoaproductionsfiji]

Sera's acting is awesome. I mean she continues acting like a pro while you're adjusting the lights. Great tutorial. Learned heaps.

[@nitablackwood6301]

You, Rob Ellis, and wandering DP are KZbin goats when it comes to this stuff. Thank you

[@BradyBessette]

my heart is warm

[@noahyv]

PSA: don't use gaff or duct tape on walls, it'll take off paint. Use paper tape.

[@BradyBessette]

hey you're 100% right, just had gaff on hand

[@NickDelDuca]

I found this out the hard way the other day with gaff tape 😥

[@the_toppi]

NO GAFF ON WALLS. The big boys use ProTape 306P743160MSW Tape. It also goes by ShureTape Photo Black or Permacel Photo Tape. Take it off same day and you can basically guarantee you won't take paint off the wall. Good 'ol Blue Masking Tape works too in a pinch.

[@medalgear654]

@@BradyBessette My gaff tape is special kind... meant to save the tape :-). Y'all should get one of those.

[@arunskuviyam]

Wish I had a teacher like you during my school days. Clean , crisp show and tell method works best for me. Thanks mate. Love your classroom.

[@BradyBessette]

sorry I am late but better late than never!

[@IamAlexOmega]

Thanks for the gold information your channel produces Brady.

[@BradyBessette]

I am grateful you appreciate it!!

[@paulroyle-grimes]

My constant search for excellent content and I keep coming back to your channel - thanks for making these.

[@NIGHTRIDEPL]

great idea with show n tell, let's go!

[@Quicez]

Yeah, no doubt! I want a show n tell as well, Haha!

[@BradyBessette]

done deal!!!

[@blainemarcano]

I came after watching your more recent video on bouncing light. I can see you’ve learned a lot. Thanks.

[@ashvinpraveen]

YESSSS super excited for show and tell!!!

[@ashvinpraveen]

Would really love seeing you talk about amateur or semi pro projects and giving feedback, it’s a lot more relatable and relevant

[@BradyBessette]

ok ok ok!

[@PierreCalvo]

I recently stumbled across your channel and absolutely love your videos. I'm getting into filming as a hobby and you not only have the "look" that I'm trying to achieve, but also break things down so well and clearly. Thank you for creating this content.

[@BradyBessette]

Awesome! Thank you! I'm glad I can help!

[@timothywolff9277]

Oh, Thomas, you've done it again. Someone else great that I wasn't subbed to before but I am now.

[@BradyBessette]

thank you so so so much !

[@MA-jm3fu]

Your channel is a treasure trove.

[@BradyBessette]

that means a LOT thank you

[@JosiahBlizzard]

If you mention Deakins, you know I'm watching! Best video on how to use a cove light I've seen as well. Thanks bro!

[@BradyBessette]

I appreciate that! HUGE compliment!

[@jaymesagency]

Flexing the creative muscle unlike Epic Light Media... although they don't want subscribers they turn us on to great channels like yours, Brady.

[@BradyBessette]

why can't we share the love!

[@emptyvesselsyt]

This was very interesting, you’re actually the first video I’ve found on this technique. Actually quite simple to achieve as well when you think about it. Will definitely be utilising this in future shorts!

[@BradyBessette]

Oh really ?? I’m flattered! Thank you so much

[@scottburrow8293]

Epic light media sent me here. I’m glad they did. Subscribed.

[@BradyBessette]

thank you and welcome!!

[@jean-francoisrodrigues7602]

As always Brady the Classroom is really informative . Nice one

[@BradyBessette]

Thank you:)

[@edwardleefilms]

I AM TRYING TO FLEX THAT CREATIVE MUSCLE THIS YEAR. Solid content as always Brady!

[@BradyBessette]

DOOOO IT

[@aebonstudio7193]

Great setup. A lot of youtubers make complicated tutorials that never look good. This is not the case. You've got a good eye.

[@BradyBessette]

I appreciate that!

[@PanteraRossa]

Yeah I would only suggest using fresnels or spot lights instead for sheer output. Deakins himself would use cheap open face tungstens when bouncing simply because they had more output which is always the main "issue" when using bounced sources, you lose a lot softening the light so you need more output. Fresnels or par lights for bouncing and soft panels or kinos (horizontal) are better for diffusing.

[@LonePictures]

Thank You so so so much Brady For this amazing Video. Every video of your's improves my skills in many different ways especially in lighting.

[@BradyBessette]

You're so welcome! that means a lot thank you

[@kashymohit]

I actually always wait for your content.... thanku soo much ♥️

[@BradyBessette]

Makes me so happy thank you

[@shreearts8255]

Thankyou for sharing all your amazing techniques Brady...

[@bakoenanakin9400]

LOVE THIS SETUP!

[@intrinsiccinema7374]

Brady love your teaching man

[@BradyBessette]

Thank you tons!

[@darkmagicproductions3028]

Best class ever

[@D22-u2n]

Fantastic! I will definitely try to use this in my shorts this year! Thanks a lot!

[@BradyBessette]

Heck yeah good luck!

[@MisterAFilms]

This is definitely helpful, thanks for all the amazing videos!

[@BradyBessette]

Glad you like them!

[@andreibarle2914]

A channel called Epic Light Media - which I am not subscribed to, sent me here. Been subscribed here for a while though. Great videos, Bud! 🙂

[@BradyBessette]

hi Andre thanks for stopping by!

[@shafli4794]

My new fav youtuber!!! I used this method for photography 🤣

[@BradyBessette]

I'm flattered!!!!

[@riccardodevaleri_yt]

So my answer to your Instagram story was correct, that was indeed a huge af cove lighting😏

[@BradyBessette]

Ahahah yes!!!

[@lazarkumaar9935]

THANKS YOU VERY VERY MUCH... ITS GOOD LESSON... I WATCHED IT 2nd TIME..

[@BradyBessette]

Thank you!!!

[@sallahwonder3051]

This is awesome!

[@BradyBessette]

thanks!

[@TylerEdwards]

I love cove lighting! Great technique to have in the toolkit 👍

[@BradyBessette]

It really is!

[@theseventh2609]

Amazing tutorial. As usual.

[@stevebeat]

Let's take a moment to appreciate all the girlfriends/boyfriends who patiently go through our filmmaking experiments! What would we do without you? 😆Nice video Brady. Keep it up!

[@BradyBessette]

I couldn't agree more!! thank you

[@SaraAnn]

This one was so interesting! this is my new favorite lighting trick! great job babe!! ❤️

[@BradyBessette]

Thank you hunni !

[@TheArcAssassin]

I think show and tell would be great. Critiquing each others work is one of the best ways to improve.

[@BradyBessette]

you got it!

[@otabwill709]

5:02 "...you can just tape it to your walls..." DON'T put gaff tape on your walls, even less so duct tape, unless you want to rip the paint off the walls. If you have to tape to the walls you want to use paper tape. Or cover wall the surface area with a few strips of paper tape and then tape the gaff tape on top of that.

[@BradyBessette]

there's an option as well, all depending on the paint on said walls. thank you for that!

[@theampedlife]

Lovely tutorial, thanks! I will be using your Deakins hack on my next doc interview - just the solution I needed. Great channel, thanks mate.

[@BradyBessette]

best of luck on it!!

[@erikthomasfitness]

Dude are you kidding me!?!?! 56k! Insane. 100k incoming 🚀

[@BradyBessette]

duuuuuude. eventually !!! catch up to me hop on the gain train north to Gainesville!

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Proud student from Kenya, marking the register

[@BradyBessette]

hello and welcome!!

[@drumndirty]

I'm Loosing it, Lol, great channel and amazing teacher! Keep it coming , thank you so much!

[@BradyBessette]

Thank you! Will do!

[@JimiJames]

Great video Brady, great way to start the year. Love cove lighting. For ultimate Deakins lighting I wanted to see one of those bright practical sources off her camera right shoulder to get that Deakins 0101 shadow highlight pattern.

[@BradyBessette]

thank you so much for this!!

[@EricksonMatree]

show and tell sounds really nice

[@BradyBessette]

you got it!

[@kaustubhpote]

A good example of the cove light setup but one thing I would like to mention is moonlight is naturally a hard source of light (and not a soft diffused source as you mentioned here). It's a common misconception that moonlight is a soft source but it's not. Since moonlight is essentially sunlight reflected from the surface of the moon, the light travels farther than direct sunlight hitting the earth surface and is naturally a hard source of light. Nothing wrong with using a diffused source of ambient light in the background here though.

[@BradyBessette]

Well I do appreciate your CC, thank you!

[@KrishnenduKes]

Fantastic video once again. Thank you. I see that you crossed 50K. Congrats!

[@BradyBessette]

Yes! Thank you!

[@FilmSpook]

Brilliant, man! 💡 Much Appreciate you, Brady and Sara! I love this fast-growing community we have here; I'm learning lots. All the Best. ☮️ Carlos

[@BradyBessette]

thank you so much Carlos!!

[@FilmSpook]

@@BradyBessette 🙏 You're very welcome, my friend!

[@danyilsekunda9227]

I am very happy to find Your channel! This exact video helped me in today’s shooting

[@BradyBessette]

That means a ton! Thank you

[@donbrooks8479]

Wow, I love this indirect lighting idea. Thank you!

[@BradyBessette]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jerrysommer5379]

Great stuff!!! I enjoy your videos👍

[@BradyBessette]

thank you Jerry!

[@hersh_yt]

Epic light brady 💪🏻💪🏻💥💥

[@BradyBessette]

funny funny!! nowhere close!

[@alext8651]

Great STUFF! We need more Deakins light setups tutorials

[@BradyBessette]

tough to come by, the lighting master is so talented!

[@VVIPWORLDUSA]

Sir Roger Alexander Deakins is a legend, great tutorial!

[@BradyBessette]

I agree! Thank you!

[@SteelWorksFilms]

First time seeing this lighting technique explained so clearly, I will be using for sure in a Indy Film I am DPing :)

[@BradyBessette]

I hope it goes so well!

[@Bryce.Padovan]

Show and Tell!! Love that idea. Show-n-Tell Saturday’s where you break down submitted work.

[@BradyBessette]

that's a good idea!

[@dukegreer1915]

Hello I found your channel last night about 10:30 and I watched till 3:30 lol I love the content. Learned so much from you I’m a pro photographer I’m wanting to do video more and seeing you do what you do I’m truly inspired thank you

[@BradyBessette]

That makes me so happy thank you so much

[@dukegreer1915]

@@BradyBessette your welcome I’m learning so much watching you two how your doing things it’s amazing and what I want to do for sure even more so now

[@SamHolland]

Awesome brother

[@TheKazgamingroom]

Hey man, great video! I have a suggestion for a video. Could you do a video about different type of lighting to invest in when on a budget. If you did this it would, personally, be the icing on the cake. Such an awesome channel!!!

[@BradyBessette]

I think I could do that!!

[@kondamedia1869]

This Video was awesome, it would be awesome if you can go over camera exposure setting for when you are lighting your subject and making sure your final footage is not under or over exposed. How would you check for that in camera before realizing your lighting setup was shot too soft where the footage is overall too dark and grainy or shot too hot. I think that would be a good tip. Hopefully I didnt over look it on your channel

[@BradyBessette]

I often use false color when exposing!

[@jojoowens9309]

Great techniques! You really helped me with my shadow problems, thank you sir.

[@BradyBessette]

I’m glad I could help

[@DaveGregan]

Excellent video mate, thanks for sharing.

[@BradyBessette]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@REC.709]

Brady this lighting is "Epic", are the "light" used on these videos new, and also your "media" sound and partner is awesome!

[@BradyBessette]

thank you so very greatly much !

[@malozfilms]

Happy new year Brady!! Best wishes for this 2021. I like this kind of videos, is always great to learn from the masters! :)

[@BradyBessette]

More to come! HNY!!

[@rainer_wolf]

My Light Master :-)

[@BradyBessette]

the light master is within you

[@leedonohue]

definitely down for show and tell and im 100% going to try the cove light method this sunday😍 its perfekt for what im going to shoot... its like you knew... haha

[@BradyBessette]

I hope it worked well!

[@mathieubuchholzer796]

Amazing tutorial, as always ! Thank you Brady

[@BradyBessette]

No worries! my pleasure!

[@darsh_cine_talks]

The way you explained fanstatic

[@BradyBessette]

Thank you!!

[@nathanpoling4926]

Who's here from Epic Light Media lmao

[@BradyBessette]

me!! lol

[@NIKONGUY1960]

Did she ever finish baking the cookies? I’ve seen vids on his famous cove light set ups. Sir Roger floods the scene with beautiful light. Nice vid, sir.

[@JibbyTalkingElephant]

Great video! You always make the steps super easy to understand. I would really love to see a lesson on a compact / portable lighting setup for people that have to shoot on the go and can't carry too much gear.

[@BradyBessette]

I could attack that!

[@ImagemSonora]

what's up Brad! First of all thanks a lot for share this knowledge so precious.. Please, let me ask you. I've been trying this method. But I didn't achieve the Rembrandt triangle. The point is stand the lights as tall as I can? And aim in the face in 45 degrees? Thanks a lot!! Best regards

[@BradyBessette]

it should be within that range, try moving your subject left right forward back and such to try and find that in your frame!

[@ImagemSonora]

@@BradyBessette Nice One! I Will try, thanks a lot, best regards

[@YuriyAndSarahKravets]

Show and tell 🙌🏻

[@BradyBessette]

You got it!

[@dennivisuals]

Great video man! Cove lighting is such a great technique that really gives your talent flexibility of movement around the set

[@BradyBessette]

thank you so much!!

[@Efficiencyts]

I've never been so excited to come back from winter break! ;) Absolutely no hate, you're a much better cinematographer than me, but to me this scene looked lit. Maybe it's simply because I know that it's lit, but the practical is so dim and so small compared to the fairly bright and extremely soft light filling Sara's face and the surrounding area. I could be sold that the light is from a chandelier or other bright overhead light coming from out of frame camera left, but not the in-frame practical. Maybe if the practical was a larger lamp like at 1:30 I would also buy that.

[@TreW9808]

I felt the same way about the practical lamp too but didn't want to sound like I was dragging him. But sometimes people seem too obsessed with protecting their highlights. Like you can see work from plenty of famous cinematographers including Deakins with a small amount of clipped highlights.

[@Efficiencyts]

@@TreW9808 I agree. As long as the practical isn't distracting the eye from the subject, I don't think clipping is too much of an issue.

[@BradyBessette]

Im sorry to let you all down :(

[@TreW9808]

@@BradyBessette No worries. Love your work and hope you have a happy new year!

[@EDK]

Hello, really nice soft lighting^^ thank you for your elaboration

[@BradyBessette]

thank you so so much!

[@lvapicture]

Hahaha 6:12 Brady Bessette breaking character for a short sec. Awesome Video dude!

[@BradyBessette]

I am human!!

[@pragmaticapproachenglish6875]

awesome ! seen some of ur videos learnt a lot

[@mostlyharmless88]

This -- more vids like this. But most ppl dont have the 1x1 LED. Would love to see more of what you can do with garbage lights - neewar, godox etc.

[@Visethelegend]

You missed the opportunity to call him Sir Roger Deakins, now that he has been knighted

[@BradyBessette]

I was informed a bit too late im sorry !

[@kiddid7363]

I was wondering when you would talk about cove lighting 💪🏽, great vid Brady

[@BradyBessette]

Today’s the day!

[@kiddid7363]

@@BradyBessette 😎 💪🏽

[@boscommediastudio9795]

Great my guy

[@BradyBessette]

thank you so much!

[@jaredfilms]

Didn’t know this lighting technique was called that way... so learned something new, thanks!

[@BradyBessette]

Happy to help!

[@TheFilmGuyOfficial]

Looks, good man! nice clean setup, I really wish you put a light on in the hallway behind her to give her an edge thought haha ;)

[@BradyBessette]

That's a good idea! next time!!

[@WhySteve]

I love it when my favorite channels do a crossover! Please collaborate with @epiclightmedia

[@BradyBessette]

let's cross our fingers!

[@unsou87]

it's beautiful! thanks! Brady, may I ask a question, how can we achieve Cove light effects with cheap photography light bulb? coz this kind of light source doesn't really have that brightness like LED panel

[@adolfoenriquez_]

Great video! Very informative! Instant suscribe!

[@BradyBessette]

Thanks for the sub!

[@mcgreevs24]

Loved this demo, thank you!

[@BradyBessette]

My pleasure!

[@daarshg]

great idea!! interesting video. sent here by @epiclightmedia :)

[@BradyBessette]

thanks for coming!

[@samsonkipp]

amazing set up! only thing i didn’t like were the greenish shadows, made the scene look a little muddy!

[@BradyBessette]

I have a thing lately loving greens. But thank you!!

[@soundp7521]

Great look!!! How did you grade this?

[@BradyBessette]

I grade in Resolve to get the look that I want!

[@kiddid7363]

Wasup Brady? Looking forward to see what you do for the next video, glad to see you close to 60k 😎

[@BradyBessette]

almost there and it's almost out!

[@SaraAnn]

also lol at me stirring brown sugar for 20 mins hahaha

[@BradyBessette]

It was so tasty

[@NobuhikuObayashi]

I'm late but show and tell sounds fun man

[@BradyBessette]

Still I have to do it!!

[@michaelruebusch2275]

Looks great. I love all your stuff. Just one question...who on earth cooks in a kitchen that dark lol???

[@BradyBessette]

Good question! Lol all out of good fun