How to Achieve a Cinematic Look

[@superpowerpictures]

This is one of the most amazing lighting videos I've ever seen. A lot harder to achieve when you don't have a team or access to so much equipment. Thanks for this!

[@TenfoldProduction]

Thanks for the feedback! Would love to know what you want to learn more of!

[@janeeightfive7331]

@@TenfoldProduction for example how to do all of this as solo filmmaker.

[@speliotis]

I'm working solo tomorrow doing a corporate interview.... I know I'll be walking into a small office.. so I'm working with small lights for background & a modified light for main light... I have a tendency to go creative but I'll need to be more conservative.... Appreciate your breakdown & would love to see wide BTS shots as well as your illustrations... Thank you see you in the next one...

[@joenicklo]

Why the %^$# do you guys not have far more subscribers?!? This is GOLD!

[@TenfoldProduction]

Thanks so much! Really appreciate the kind words. We have some dope stuff coming soon, excited to get it out to everyone.

[@mauthbahattab]

Best cinematography breakdown channel. Thanks Buddy.

[@TenfoldProduction]

Thanks! Appreciate you

[@OG_PG_]

Hey, really love the videos, super informative however when you are explaining your lighting diagrams it’s difficult to follow your cursor and I have to wait for you to draw before I know where you are

[@TenfoldProduction]

Thanks! It’s just how it’s designed, not really writing anything inbetween talking points. Appreciate the feedback

[@gusnwanya]

An awesome breakdown! Thank you for always putting out engaging and well put together BTS of your amazing work. Always inspiring.

[@TenfoldProduction]

Appreciate you for watching

[@barbarianberzerk]

Really enjoying this breakdown! Not sure if its been picked up on before but could you make the mouse a little more obvious? Found the tips great but at times had to chase around screen to find where you're sketching 😅 (may be because im on a phone though). Straight to the chase though, great stuff, subscribed!

[@TenfoldProduction]

Glad you enjoyed it! Will enable the mouse on the screen recording for the next one. Appreciate the feedback, it helps alot

[@kruq666]

Dude, you sounds like Joe Rogan :D

[@JonathanRichey]

Great tips! So, key light set to daylight (5600), practicals set to 2700, what about white balance on the camera? Thx!

[@TenfoldProduction]

Typically we’ll keep them at 4400k to look at balance in camera. Ultimately we know our colourist is going to massage the rest.

[@JonathanRichey]

@@TenfoldProduction Great thanks!

[@jeffreybuoncristiano]

but what did you use to screen record and draw on frame?

[@TenfoldProduction]

Hey We use OBS in combination with photo shop

[@jeffreybuoncristiano]

thank you@@TenfoldProduction

[@kaic1764]

Hey Zachary! Love your channel have really learned so much watching your videos over the last few months! I know you mentioned in the video about shooting dark scenes that it’s a bit advanced, but I’d love to see a video going over color grading/using a monitoring lut on set and how it affects the overall exposure for your scene? Would love to hear your input! Thanks for everything you’re the goat!

[@tedrzz]

Absolutely love this video...I'm a commercial photographer and appreciate you sharing your knowledge!!! Much respect!

[@TenfoldProduction]

Thanks for watching! Glad it was helpful

[@MatthewEncina]

Thanks for providing the thorough break down. Seeing all of the work it takes to accomplish the smallest detail always gives me a huge appreciation for the crew and creative that goes into commercial work. 🙌🏽

[@TenfoldProduction]

Thanks so much for watching Matthew. It really is a collaborative effort and it couldn't be done without a great team. Love your channel, and thanks for watching!

[@MatthewEncina]

I appreciate that! @@TenfoldProduction

[@alawiphotography8643]

thnx a lot ,, learned a lot from this breakdown

[@TenfoldProduction]

Thanks for watching!

[@malcomwilliams8750]

Great informative video! What are you using to write on-screen for this type of video! Would love to pre-record info for some customers using this! Definitely subbing! Thanks for the information!!

[@Motionandstory]

This was great! Please let us know how you Grid a 4x6 or 6x6 diffusion frame.

[@TenfoldProduction]

Will definitely do a video about this shortly

[@Motionandstory]

Yessah! Please do!!@@TenfoldProduction

[@mikethecreative]

One of the best cinematography/lighting videos I’ve ever watched on KZbin. Thanks for the detailed explanations. So inspired!

[@TenfoldProduction]

Thanks Mike! Glad it was helpful

[@offscre13n]

insane job as usual. If you could put just bts images of the set when ur talking about sources it could be perfetc ! But video is fire tho

[@TenfoldProduction]

We didn’t have much time shooting bts for this one as it was an older job. Everything we do now has bts attached to it. Thanks for watching

[@benarnoux]

Thanks again for taking the time to make this breakdown. I am just now getting to learn more about the use of tube lights, and these videos really do help me get a better understanding on the usage

[@TenfoldProduction]

Glad to hear that! And thanks for watching, let us know what else you’d be interested in watching.

[@rodwarrior1694]

Anyone know how he’s able to achieve drawing on the video like that?

[@karliemorris7318]

very helpful , thanks

[@TenfoldProduction]

Thanks for watching! We have some good ones coming soon

[@entoptik]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@TenfoldProduction]

Thank you!

[@danielperez6227]

Man!! Such an amazing video about lighting!!! First video I’ve seen from you and definitely earned my subscription haha. Can’t wait to check out your your videos!! Keep it up man

[@TenfoldProduction]

Thanks for watching Daniel! We have more lighting videos on the way

[@prod.12tone]

ahh just noticed your LOGO! what an amazing, thoughtful design. love your vids - thank you for uploading!!

[@TenfoldProduction]

Haha thanks a lot! Our designer would be really happy to hear that. Appreciate your time and support.

[@dynamicrangeproductions]

That was beautiful

[@TenfoldProduction]

Thanks so much! Appreciate you watching

[@dpixvid]

On the first scene you used mostly 56k temp but it looks ...warmer? No doubt red hair helps and brown blouse... was this art direction? And was it warmed up in post? Nice breakdown! Thanks 👍

[@TenfoldProduction]

Thanks for watching! We shoot in daylight a lot, as we find it easiest to set with the lights we use. In most cases, we have a colourist that changes the colour in post.

[@keyspacemedia]

Awesome video! Subscribed! Please do more like this, and pleeeeaaase take some BTS shots of your lighting in your next shoots and incorporate on those videos, it will 10x the value! If you want of course :) Thank you!

[@TenfoldProduction]

Thanks for subbing! This was an older project before we shot bts. Check out our other behind the scene breakdowns, we show our full setups.

[@spencertorok]

So good! I have a shoot this week that I definitely will be taking some of these tips into!

[@TenfoldProduction]

Glad this was helpful Spencer!

[@hempstead.studio]

this was a good video

[@TenfoldProduction]

Thanks for watching!

[@caffeinatedcameras]

I loved the breakdown. If I were to request anything to better any following lighting tutorials, the pen used for on screen diagrams is really small and thin and the color used blends in with the things your pointing out so it was difficult at times to follow along. Other than that, splendid.

[@TenfoldProduction]

Thanks so much for the feedback and appreciate you for watching

[@caffeinatedcameras]

Thanks for making it! @@TenfoldProduction

[@Jon.Kyle.Art.]

Really great tips! I'm currently a solo operator and there's so many golden nuggets in this for myself to remember, even though I don't have a team to help me execute. Commercial looked hella good. Keep up the great work!

[@TenfoldProduction]

Glad that this was helpful Jon. Will keep more videos like this comming

[@richarddzisiewski7197]

Really nice breakdown. This form of commercial work is something I very rarely do so great to get this sort of detail. Great piece.

[@TenfoldProduction]

Thanks Richard! Glad you enjoyed it, lots more coming soon.

[@vuhlez]

what achieves that soft creamy look? i have an fx30 and i use a sigma 16mm f1.4, and while the quality is amazing the videos seem really sharp, id like my footage to look creamy like yours

[@kenvincent19]

Maybe a mist filter

[@TenfoldProduction]

It's a mixture of lenses, filtration and the sensor. Typically if you want a creamier look, lenses with vintage characteristics helps a lot.

[@52markin]

A black pro mist filter could help.

[@Save.cesarr]

I found a used rokinon cine lens at work and it’s so soft. I love it , my favorite lens by far I can send some sample footage of it if you’d like

[@vuhlez]

yeah please i'd like that, where can i message you@@Save.cesarr

[@JeremyLevis]

This is so interesting, please do put together more of these.

[@TenfoldProduction]

Thanks For watching Jeremy! We have one coming out on Monday!

[@CrossCultureStudios]

I like how you worded the look for commercials…they do often look ‘other worldly’ or enhanced. Nice work!

[@TenfoldProduction]

Thanks so much for watching! appreciate it

[@montymov]

Such a great breakdown! Would love to hear more about how you managed your transition from videographer to cinematographer

[@TenfoldProduction]

Here's a video about that very thing! How I Became a Cinematographer kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYC3o6Wijc5se8U . We'll be dropping more videos like this soon, thanks for watching

[@OuterEastLLC]

Great info. Thanks for sharing. Subscribed.

[@TenfoldProduction]

Thanks so much! Appreciate you, more coming soon

[@jadamzink]

This is great!! Love that someone who is working with large clients is sharing tips for us trying to learn. Tenfold!

[@TenfoldProduction]

Thanks Adam! Appreciate it

[@jakeEDITsyt]

Great lighting man, pulled off the high-key look really effectively. I'm curious, do you go onto location before a shoot & play around with lighting setups? Or do you go in blind & freestyle the lighting? I find that when I do lighting tests before shoots, I get a better result and I can really achieve that look that I want!

[@TenfoldProduction]

Thanks Jake! It’s imperative that we always location and tech scout. We aim to be as prepared as possible for any shoot that we go into.

[@jakeEDITsyt]

Do you do lighting plans in advance?@@TenfoldProduction

[@tildeathphotofilm]

This was incredible. Thank you. Instant sub.

[@TenfoldProduction]

Thanks so much for watching! Appreciate you.

[@sonofthesea]

Really nice breakdown - thank-you :)

[@TenfoldProduction]

Thanks Dylan!

[@MountUpMedia]

What software are you using to write on your screen?!

[@TenfoldProduction]

Hey we use a drawing pad in combination with photoshop and obs to screen record it. We just record the screen and then crop and sync in post

[@VulcanworxSG]

This is really good and thanks for sharing!

[@TenfoldProduction]

Thanks Vulcan! Appreciate you

[@EC3D_Studio]

Great video. Useful for 3D stuff too :) What are you using to add the annotations/draw overs on your video?

[@lucdekanter]

Love the video! A lot of good tips. Im wondering what do you set your camera White balance to when you use lights at 5600K and 2700K?

[@TenfoldProduction]

Typically something around 4400k! Thanks for watching

[@lucdekanter]

@@TenfoldProduction Thank you, I will try it next time!

[@guillaumemilette3869]

Thank you so much for taking the time to breakdown your work. Really helpful and inspiring.

[@ChadVader143]

Wow this is a goldmine of info. Thank you!

[@TenfoldProduction]

Thanks for watching! Appreciate it

[@luman_kim]

Thank you!! I wish I could see where ur mouse is pointing though!

[@TenfoldProduction]

Thanks for pointing that out, will add that for the next ones!

[@peterpan5903]

All I want to say is thank you bro!Keep going!

[@TenfoldProduction]

Thanks Peter! Appreciate it

[@voodstock]

Great skills, chill vibe, thx for video 🙏

[@TenfoldProduction]

Thanks for watching! Appreciate you

[@billmccarty4561]

Great breakdown! Thanks so much!

[@TenfoldProduction]

Thanks for watching Bill!

[@amondene]

This was SO educational 🤩

[@TenfoldProduction]

Thanks Alex!!

[@BobbyGogios]

Great breakdown !!

[@TenfoldProduction]

Thanks Bobby! Appreciate it

[@texashammer4]

Super helpful, thank you!

[@TenfoldProduction]

Glad you enjoyed it, appreciate you!

[@9studioproductions6]

Love the breakdown man. More more more!

[@TenfoldProduction]

We have some big ones coming soon!

[@ChilledFilms]

this is great thank you please do more of these

[@TenfoldProduction]

Thanks, will keep these up!

[@migbeauregard164]

Soooo goood 👌

[@TenfoldProduction]

Appreciate you!

[@drewloewen6079]

Great stuff! Subbed!

[@TenfoldProduction]

Thanks Drew!

[@hellolau]

Get over yourself, there's nothing to be excited about here.

[@TenfoldProduction]

Appreciate the feedback!

[@SlamBradley]

👀👀👀👀

[@TenfoldProduction]

Thanks Slam!