Gaffer & Gear 52 - Skin Care Commercial

Gaffer & Gear 52 - Skin Care Commercial - Glamour Shots
A run through of some lighting setups for a skin care commercial I worked on about a year ago.
A big thank you to Cinematographer Rod Pollard
Please note I was coming down with the flu as I was shooting this, so my apologies if my dialog is not clear!

[@meetthegaffer]

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Andrew. Mate. At the end of the video where you talk about people up the food chain that don't respect our work, is so true. Thanks for all the videos you do, I'm a younger gaffer and I appreciate your videos so much. Thanks mate

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Thank you for sharing this. Very helpful content. I really like that blue-magenta background. :)

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Gaffers do all the work, it’s the camera operators who are doing bugger all.

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Please make more videos like this! Thbaks for sharing! We are learning alot!

[@FKfilmphotography]

Last scene was wonderfully lit!

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Last shot (both look and breakdown) is my favorite.

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Simply brilliant. I've watched over 200 videos on video and photography and this is my first comment. Thank you so much for sharing! Thought I wanted to shoot photos but have been leaning towards video and this touched me deeply.

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The last shot looks so amazing!!! 👍

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thank you for showing the perfect example of creating music video or some video content isn’t always about setting up camera on a gimbal and putting wide lens and running forward and backward.

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Inreally liked that last sequence especially the color

[@joshpark868]

I absolutely agree with your comment about letting the upper people that lighting department have the knowledge that is required to carry out the shoots. I heavily cooperate with gaffers on shoots as a DOP for a reason - it is a leadership position and carries a heavy backload to make the shoot pop.

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that was super informative !! Thank you very much for this video. Highly appreciate it. Keep up the good work.

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Learned a ton. Thanks a lot. One day I would like to be a Gaffer, and videos like this have really helped me.

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It must be so hard starting now.

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What a noble cause! I'm not working in the same industry, but the knowledge sharing, the respect of people is probably a topic in every business. Thanks for sharing with and inspiring your audience!

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Fantastic breakdown of the work process!

[@GregStonham]

I really appreciate that as a working professional, you're taking the time to do these. Lots of "expert" KZbinrs around (creating great shots with DSLRS etc, no disrespect to them), but not many commercial operators taking the time to share their expertise and experience. Thanks.

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Love your video's, without a doubt the best content around gaffing online. Thanks, learning a lot!

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[@AlexLopez-iy4by]

Thank you for amazing breakdown. Lovely looking footage.

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Thank you a lot to share this !

[@PlanetFrosty]

Excellent breakdown of the scenes and shot! As a producer it was very valuable.

[@StillPictureProduction]

Thank you for showing us your work. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

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Well done, thank you for sharing your work. Beautiful piece.

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Thanks

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This was an amazing work and great walk through guide. Thanks a lot!

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Отличная работа! С удовольствием поработал бы с вами на проекте! Хороший гаффер это важный элемент команды в достижении профессионального результата!

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Thanks so much for taking the time to share with us!

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So much more value in this channel

[@michaelwalsh3462]

Cheers Andrew! Your parting comment meant a lot. I worked in Hollywood for thirty years, mostly as a lighting tech and later gaffer. Because I was a member of the IA (a labor union) I often felt my contributions were discounted. You are lucky to be affiliated with a DP who values your work, instead of simply taking all the credit. Your lighting is beautiful and it is appropriate that people are made aware that this is a team effort -where all the members of a crew bring something special to the job. I am happy to see that you still use old school tech as well. This is the best time to be in the business, where the advantages of the new and the old can be blended together with amazing results! Thank you!

[@anthonypc1]

Beautiful work! Thanks for breaking it down with your diagrams

[@smallbrownfox594]

Great Andrew, thanks very much 👍🏼

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One of the best lighting breakdown video I saw, thank you, really appreciate it. Great job all around.

[@gaffergear]

Thanks

[@danielfinn5022]

One of the most helpful videos I've seen this year. Thanks for this. I help with some KZbin videos for my partner and my small business, I'm not doing anything this complex, but it really helps with ways to think about how I use my little Godox and all my cheap Neewer lights. I don't think anybody can "steal" years of experience with this sort of thing, I know myself I come into every project with a pre-conception of how it's going to look and never enough experience to make it look that way. But it does get better every time. Anyway thanks again for a great video.

[@itozphotovideo9753]

This is great! Thank you for sharing. Something I feel would be valuable to talk about is the amount of time allotted/spent setting up these scenes. I feel that's one of the areas of least understanding for clients and agency professionals who don't work in production. Advocating for more setup time enough time when scheduling is taking place is always an enormous battle, at least in my experience working at places that don't want to pay for proper crews.

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Thank you

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Thank you for sharing Andrew. I think your channel is gold, showing young people interested in the industry that there's more to the visual side than simply Director or DOP. Having worked under an experienced Gaffer for 4 years, the knowledge I've gained and respect for the Gaffer is unmeasurable for my long term goal as DOP of features. I still Gaff from time to time on smaller shoots in my home town, and can resonate that perception by many: Gaffers put lights on stands. Gaffers are at the tip of the spear of productions with knowledge and advise that is suuuuuper valuable.

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Thank you so much for this kind of videos .

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Very nice video and great work from you and the DP.

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You're absolutely tops when it comes to your breakdowns. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

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Ive shot a feature film and been an ac for some 2 years ive learnt most from my mentors gaffer then the dp himself.Have huge respect for gaffers yes the word itself means someone who needs to be respected because of the knowledge they have.

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Thank you Andrew, very appreciated! This content is very helpful and helps me to step up.

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That exterior, WOAH!

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Thank you for great demo and message. Lovely looking images.

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Awesome. Thx for sharing your knowledge.

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Thanks for the BTS video Andrew!

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Great Opinions from Great People!

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Great share....and good point about the real work of a gaffer.

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Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, very informative video and love to watch more breakdown videos like this

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Thank you for the detailed breakdown and the lengths you've gone to make this available, it's very valuable and most appreciated!

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That was fantastic, pure knowledge - expertise and talent put together in such a short video. Thanks.

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thanks for the breakdown. best content i've seen for quite a while!

[@myvideoguy]

Thanks for sharing. And thanks Rod Pollard / the agency and / or client for their approval to show these assets and bts content. Of course lovely work to all, the quality of the night vision goes without saying, but I also especially loooove the specular highlights, polish and texture in the daytime product shot!! I think that's my favourite. Spending a tonne of time learning how to controlling light, and / or incorporating lighting / gripping professionals into your budget is always going to drastically improve the quality of your work!

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This is really amazing to hear you break down your lighting techniques... thanks for the great content!

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