How To Light A Cinematic Bar Scene | Filmmaking Tutorial

[@garrettsammons]

What kind of scene do you want to light?

[@zentai5076]

how about something atmospheric horror, like lovecraftian madness as opposed to slasher? my .02 thanks for putting these together!

[@insanejughead]

Along with Zen Tai, I was thinking dungeon thriller. Pit and the Pendulum style!

[@NetherReactorCore2006]

a disco

[@jeffreynicholson5464]

GREAT JOB! Car Interior/Prison Visitation/Office/Detective Interrogation Room/Run down Motel room

[@soymaxv]

Thanks

[@karl-marxschweinsteiger1828]

the best lighting bar i seeeeeeee woooow amazing i gonna save it for my project

[@soymaxv]

Ok I just used a super thanks whatever thing, but my actual comment is that you are still my favorite content creator. Your videos have been so helpful. Thanks a lot 😄

[@garrettsammons]

Glad you find them helpful Max!

[@Carjackwilder]

This was great! Excited to see the future lighting videos!

[@garrettsammons]

Thanks Carson 🤙

[@FilmSpook]

Thanks Garrett, amazing tutorial! Pure Gold, brother, Pure Gold. ✅

[@garrettsammons]

Thanks 🙏

[@FilmSpook]

@@garrettsammons 🙏🏾 Very Welcome! Much appreciate you. Best Wishes :)

[@SillyStudios]

Gonna try this!! Thanks for tutorial 😊

[@garrettsammons]

Let me know how it goes for you!

[@SillyStudios]

@@garrettsammons for sure. Not sure if you have seen a Netflix show called Ragnarok. It's Danish. Some of their scenes are just superb. A horror scene tutorial would be great!!

[@garrettsammons]

Copy that! Horror would be a fun one to play with.

[@mribi]

This is awesome! Thanks so much!

[@AdamFunk]

Oh, hey, that's LoFi! I appreciate that Wilkin was able to employ both his skills as a bartender and a filmmaker for this shoot.

[@garrettsammons]

A man of many skills!

[@arissamoromisato1835]

Amazing breakthrough, thanks!

[@SebasSant87]

that playing cards fx on the money stack xD

[@garrettsammons]

I’ll do you one even better… it was SFX of Bible pages flipping 😂

[@isaacokunola9073]

I want to know how to light wide shots. Especially for interior scenes

[@FR3SHAnimation]

Really helpful, thankyou

[@ah_j]

OMG, do my eyes deceive me? If I remember, I had a class with you a few years back! How surprising that I'm looking for film tutorials I end up on your channel! I enjoyed how easy it was to understand you during school so it's great I can come back and check out videos when I want to try something new. A scene I'm trying to light is a cocktail bar. The lighting there is not that great so I came here for ideas.

[@garrettsammons]

Small world! Glad to have you here. There’s more coming

[@jordanb7144]

How would you film an club scene? Specially how would you handle audio?

[@garrettsammons]

Generally, when we film “loud” environments, we maintain full control. So there wouldn’t be any music, background talent would remain silent, and all dancing, moving, etc is done as quietly as possible. Recording audio becomes much easier and we then add all the club sounds and music in post. For lighting, you always light bright and grade dark. Avoid laser lights as they can cause sensor damage. Haze is your best friend for creating volumetric light. Global shutter cameras are usually best for this kind of work because of the strobing effects that are often used. A china ball is a great way of getting a soft, unobtrusive key light that can follow your talent around as they move.

[@felibertolorenzo2759]

How do you set the white balance in this case?

[@garrettsammons]

Solid question! Because we setup the lighting ourselves with no real house or practical lighting, it’s dealers choice. We balanced to 5600k to help the blues pop.

[@shyaboutmyart]

what program did you use to make the lighting plan ?

[@garrettsammons]

Photoshop utilizing the Film Set Objects asset pack.

[@zentai5076]

i couldnt see much of the actual shoot because the clip was at the end and youtube put up thumbnails for other vids. 😖 otherwise, what a great practical application, real world usage is so nice to see!

[@garrettsammons]

The scene opens the video too! Check it again. You should see it right away 🤙

[@zentai5076]

@@garrettsammons it does.. derp.. 🖖