How to Achieve Good Lighting (in your self-tapes)

As an actor, you don't need to learn EVERYTHING about lighting. However, whether you tape at home or at a service like ours (Get Taped), it behooves every actor to know SOMETHING about lighting. In this video, we cover the most basic concept in lighting, which is really all an actor needs to know on the subject.
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[@rekalukacs3655]

love these videos! soo helpful keep doing them!

[@maryniederkorn541]

SO GOOD!!! Thank you. Enjoy your vacation. :)

[@rose.bianco]

Fantastic.

[@eleireyes]

Thank you!!!

[@veradragilyova3122]

:D THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOUUUUU for your videos!!!! No one explains self-taping better!!! I am just getting together my home setup, and this is extremely helpful! :D

[@GetTaped]

So glad to be of service!

[@JodiLarratt123]

Thanks for this well done video. I kept getting it slightly wrong!

[@GetTaped]

You're welcome! It's tough to be an actor AND a lighting expert, sound expert, editor, etc.

[@cameronwalas9160]

Do you put the camera tripod in front of or behind the lights?

[@samchristensenatlanta]

That will depend on the geography of your room, and the camera you use. Since we're using a camera with a zoom lens, we like to get the camera at least 7-8 feet away, and then zoom to the appropriate frame. And in our room, we have the two main lights (key and fill) at the same distance as the camera, but placed 45 degrees off axis against the side walls. If your room was smaller, or your lights weren't too powerful, you might need to get the lights closer. If you're using an iPhone or DSLR without a zoom lens, you may need to get the camera up close, and let the lights be further away. That help?

[@GetTaped]

meant to send that from this account (Get Taped), and not our sister channel. Whoops!

[@sarahconnell6332]

HOW do you get a light above your head?

[@GetTaped]

It's clipped to the ceiling. A simple clamp light from Home Depot.

[@AussieGirl235]

This backlight is drawing attention to the top of your hair which is distracting

[@GetTaped]

Well in your own setup I would encourage you to tweak the brightness and location to your liking. But I’d also encourage you to look at any network, cable, or streaming TV show, or any movie, and watch for the hair light. It’s there. And when it’s not, it’s highly intentional. In the end, though, you have the power to creat your own lighting scheme for self-tapes. I was merely hoping to educate actors to the bare fundamentals of lighting.

[@AussieGirl235]

Get Taped! - I understand, I’m just saying what my experience was when that particular light was turned on. That’s where my eyes kept focusing from that point. After watching the vid and before I commented I went and re-watched other vids I had seen in the past to compare if they were the same and maybe I’d just not noticed, but they didn’t have it that way so it was a notable visual distinction. I’ll pay more attention to the hair light in some shows as you’d suggested