how to light big spaces at night

[@lewispotts]

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[@willfulmattergonefr]

Babe wake up new Lewis dropped

[@williamshakespeare9815]

Im already awake. And stop calling me tht in public

[@WasabiNoise]

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[@runawayboyy]

Liked before even playing the video. Man I appreciate your free lessons very much!!!!

[@bertelxi7344]

You deserve 1 million+ views on all your videos. Seriously. I learn something new from every video and you're great at explaining the process.

[@flochfitness]

The two examples at the end, though different in their approach seem perfect for the environment that the characters are in. Thanks for adding value to my day!

[@lewispotts]

Agree

[@sammorganmoore]

@@lewispotts I thought the rolling soft box a little too consistent. the other shot.. a little too in consistent!

[@soybrunomarin]

looks beautiful and super natural which is even better! great work as always lewis

[@davidvincentsmith]

YO! Awesome Lewis, thanks for putting this together and having capturing so much footage to document the journey together. Kind of incredible to think you did such complex setups in such a short time; 🙏 Amazing breakdown.

[@lewispotts]

Thanks, yeah it was great work from everyone involved!

[@IOS.mobile]

What a wonderful share! As a hobbyist, a person like myself would never get a chance to see and understand all of these techniques. Thank you for a great view into the process. Keep us in the U.S. posted as to where and when we will be able to see the film. Thanks again!

[@FreddieAsh]

that Deakins inspired shot is gorgeous

[@welchworks]

Potts does it AGAIN! 🏆✨

[@marcdevinci893]

Awesome work m8! Love the grading too on this.

[@halfgraincinematography]

Great breakdown! Thanks for taking the time to do these. Excited to see more. … and the movie.

[@donhendricks3190]

Awesome work. Love your choices with this - and your honesty regarding get the shot and move on! Cheers. With love from Atlanta.

[@philippscheithauer]

This is honestly so sick, looks great!

[@lewispotts]

Thanks man!

[@jaredlobato5264]

​@@lewispotts im new, What camera did you use for this video?

[@lewispotts]

Alexa 35

[@OllieTheFirst]

He never misses

[@sonpois]

Your shots look so good! Thanks for giving us a glimpse at how it was all put together. Super interesting

[@lewispotts]

Thank you!

[@LaFuenteOnFilm]

The goat is back 🔥

[@AllThingsFilm1]

Great video. I love these lighting breakdowns. I learn so much from them. Even working with a lower budget, you can still figure out alternate ways to light scenes in a similar fashion.

[@AaronMcCann]

Such a great breakdown. Can’t wait to see the final film in cinemas.

[@lewispotts]

Thanks man!

[@orcanimal]

This breakdown was really cool!

[@TheTjark57]

insane - thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@spencerwad]

needed this last week 😅

[@stevenzengdp]

The goat is back

[@innatemusic]

Yo, man... this looks fantastic, as usual. So awesome to see the BTS shots. I like to look at shots to see if they match up with what I would've done. Some shots, yes. Others, I'm like, "Wow! I would never have thought of that." It's great to watch and learn. Thank you. Can I get one of those monitors, by the way? Ha! "You get a monitor, and you get a monitor. Oh yes, you in the back, you also get a monitor! Yay!

[@lewispotts]

Haha thanks

[@deadbrosvideos]

Fantastic video, thanks for sharing! Quick question-this is more of a production design note-how did you source the car with the damaged grill and hood?

[@davidvincentsmith]

The art department sourced one from a wrecker to match the car in the driveway and arranged for a tow truck to drop it off where we needed it further up the road.

[@undronenellozaino]

Thanks for sharing!👏🏻🙋🏻

[@touure]

my goat

[@Bruno_fyi]

Awesome video man! The biggest problem I'm having at the moment is how to film night scenes with high contrast without having noise in the shadows. I would love a video on that!

[@StefanRingelschwandtner]

Nice! Thanks for sharing.

[@lewispotts]

Thanks Stefan!

[@jonask682]

Love it

[@lewispotts]

Thanks, I think it just a combination of doing it for a while and knowing what tools work for specific shots. Also, you might not have the budget for every bit of gear so reusing gear that’s not completely ideal for some shots happens

[@deejaytunez2653]

This too harddd ❤

[@plisskenetic]

1:05 - Can't lie.... this is the best shot! xD But overall, seriously good lighting!

[@lewispotts]

thanks man

[@andy_holbrook]

Love everyone of your videos, always come away with new perspective after viewing them ready to take into my own work. Would it be possible to see a lighting breakdown on the shower scenes that you showed in the intro?

[@lewispotts]

Thanks, that was lit with just one soft top light above him

[@wowpwnme]

GOAT❤

[@IanSnape]

Looks great and nice breakdown dude. Whats the idea behind shooting 1280ei on the night scenes? Are you trying to boost the image or protect more highlights etc? Thanks

[@lewispotts]

I was just trying to boost the exposure, everything was maxed out

[@jamieandrei]

Sik!

[@jelanmaxwell4762]

Another great video

[@dane0534]

Amazing video.. 1000th likes.. 👍🏾

[@EmileFeik]

fantastic vid

[@dejvivandeveire5771]

haha that ending

[@73jayzee]

Awesome looking shots mate i will try to see this film for sure!. Can i ask - how come you used 172.8 shutter? Also, I've learned that a camera might have more dynamic range in the shadows at lower Iso, were you tempted to do this before going for 1280iso? Thanks pal

[@lewispotts]

Thanks we were shooting 24fps for this movie and need that shutter angle to stop light flicker here in Australia. I would have used a lower iso but we needed it for the ambient light level

[@saeedrouhani9806]

Thx master

[@mark12345697]

Bro just casually shoots with a Netflix level actor lol

[@aleclyons281]

Question...in any of those night shots are you clipping black? Or are you exposing brighter and then bringing down in post?

[@lewispotts]

Some of the dark blacks are clipped, we only had a certain amount of light from the ambient light in the street so we had to work with that, so it’s exposed as is

[@sammorganmoore]

some nice struff there :)

[@YeahWhiplash]

Can you tell us your main motivation for using the light bridge? I've been wanting to use them in my work but haven't fully figured out when it's the right situation to use them. Also I would have loved to do steadicam for you in those shots over a ronin 😂

[@lewispotts]

You get a nicer more natural light fall off from those reflectors and you can choose how punchy or not you want them from swapping to either side

[@YeahWhiplash]

@@lewispotts makes perfect sense, thanks!

[@hakeemgravesande]

Lewis can you do more stuff with your FX30?

[@lewispotts]

Soon

[@andersistbesser]

I wanted to day the footage looks like beautiful black Magic stuff and then i hear it was an alexa😸

[@theowlfromduolingo7982]

What’s going on with the crashed car. Is it really damaged or was it modified for the shoot?

[@ganzatronique]

3rd !!!

[@TzFizzy]

Hi Lewis, why did not you light the scene directly to the character but reflect it through a reflector? Is there any different?

[@TraeBeneck]

Possibly because supporting a lightweight reflector 20 ft in the air is a lot easier/safer than supporting a heavy skypanel or something similar? Makes it a little softer too. That's my best guess at least

[@benjamingentile1660]

I could have sworn that was Blake Lively

[@WhySteve]

Did you buy a broken car, or crash it there? 😅