How to Make Your Own Sunset | Cinematic Lighting

This video will teach you how to FAKE beautiful cinematic sunset lighting, and do so on a budget! With a simple small lighting setup, it is super easy to achieve a look of sunset even in the dark of night!
Lights I used were Aputure 120dii and some Aputure LS Mini 20's.
I also used a 5in1 diffuser reflector. All of these can be replaced with cheaper budget alternatives like work lights from hardware stores and sheets for diffusion and bounce. Do what you can with what you have!
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[@tuckerpenner7429]

I'd love to see how you would light a close up of someone holding a small object like a coin! Thanks for all the videos!

[@raymondli7212]

The haze is a big plus man

[@BradyBessette]

oh yes!!

[@Dodosimch]

Great video! Pro-Mist for the win!

[@BradyBessette]

Heck yeah! Makes me want the 1/4 and 1/2 for some extra dreamy things!

[@Dodosimch]

@@BradyBessette For sure! I really love using my 1/2 BPM on my GH5, paired with some film emulation in post and you can get a really awesome surreal look. Two weeks ago I went camping with my friends and decided to film a little bit, I used the 1/2 BPM and it gave the video a really awesome surreal vibe (and took a bit off the digital feel of my GH5). If you're any interested you can check it out here- kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXXXZKuCYsqJe5I

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ido Simchoni on it now!

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i love your cinematic style Brady!!! i think the most important thing in a video is the light, not quality of the camera, so i can only appreciate all your efforts to show us the real setup for scenes!! nice job

[@BradyBessette]

Thank you so very much, glad you enjoyed!

[@m.hassaan57]

What a great tutorial, I don't have any of these lights and setups even don`t have a good camera but watched till the end while enjoying every second. love the way you explain everything in detail. Love from Pakistan 😍🇵🇰

[@jlimproductions9411]

Can't get enough of these lighting tutorials, keep these coming! Loved the clear and concise explanations, congratulations!

[@BradyBessette]

Thank you kindly!! I will!

[@AFistfulOfVinyl]

This was an awesome tutorial. Shooting at sundown is challenging for sure (we do it for live music) so I think borrowing some of your strategies here to help supplement that light will give us a good combo of a perfectly natural look and a wider window of film time (along with a more consistent look throughout). Love the DIY approach my dude.

[@BradyBessette]

Thank you a ton! I’d love if you tagged me in the next project you do this style with so I can see!

[@MARZACpro]

Great explanations and results.

[@BradyBessette]

Thank you a lot! Hope they help. Lmk any other videos you’d like!

[@MARZACpro]

@@BradyBessette I'd love to see more of these scene break-downs! Some experiments, perhaps. Thank you

[@BradyBessette]

@MARZACpro I love doing them, any specific ones you’d like?

[@AlexSchmittCinematography]

Looks great!

[@BradyBessette]

Thanks Alex!

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[@BradyBessette]

I love that I get this often

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Brady Bessette But unlike the real Nickelback singer, your videos are really good and informative.

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25hourpartypeople any more comments this will bring back nickleback feuds to KZbin

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Hi bro, I watched many videos before on cinematography related but when I saw your videos I feel like you are the most genuine, down to earth person. I am writing this so you should know that you are doing a great job. Good luck with your life ahead.👍🙏

[@BradyBessette]

This really made my night. Thank you so much!

[@peacefulscore2378]

No worries, I am a Cinematographer too. So, I know...

[@EpicLightMedia]

Wow!!! Amazing! Great stuff here

[@BradyBessette]

Thank you so much!!

[@nickutr3999]

here from reddit... great work! extremely useful stuff here, so thanks for taking the time to make this.

[@BradyBessette]

Ah thank you so much Nick, please suggest more video ideas!

[@SSM654]

Thanks for making this man!

[@BradyBessette]

And thank you for watching!

[@ProPhotoTips]

Man this looks awesome with the sound effects, great breakdown and really easy to follow!

[@BradyBessette]

Thank you!!

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Thanx a lot for sharing ur knowledge bro god bless u with health and wealth

[@BradyBessette]

thank you so much for the kind words!!

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One of my favourite channel. Learnt a lot from you. Thanks a lot

[@BradyBessette]

Wow thank you!!

[@andreheizer]

Dude this is so good! Love the way you light your scenes

[@BradyBessette]

Thanks master André!

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This is Gold

[@BradyBessette]

gold-en hour;) lol thank you!

[@samuelmesfin564]

It's so cool seeing this video....i need more to know how trick convert day-light

[@BradyBessette]

practice makes perfect!

[@maxphotolight8673]

You are amazing bro! Thanks for share it with us! I'm brazilian and is so hard to get content like this in portuguese, no exist many things about cinema techniques here! Thanks a lot! I learn a lot with you! Congratulations!

[@BradyBessette]

I appreciate that! thank you so much!

[@MauroNigro]

really cool video.thanks

[@BradyBessette]

You’re welcome!!

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Man, thank you! Super loved this!

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thx......as usual, very good tutorial........i've learn alot from your channel.........

[@BradyBessette]

Thank you very much!!

[@lena___]

more lighting tutorials please! luv ur vids

[@BradyBessette]

Never enough lights!! Thank you

[@Director414]

beautiful image :) well done dude. Cool video, appreciate it

[@BradyBessette]

Thank you too!

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just discovered your channel! i am a filmmaker too, love the quality and intelligence in this video, keep uploading you're bound to blow up! :D

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That’s really nice news to hear thank you so much!!

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It's very usefull thanks...

[@BradyBessette]

Thank YOU

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Hey Brother... you have a great sense of lighting the scene. You have really done a great job. Your honesty and simplicity adds a flavor to your true efforts. My best wishes to you and your forthcoming projects. Keep up the good work. Thank you very much for your time and efforts. Your work is really going to influence me and help me grow in my career. God bless you Bro. 😊🙏👍🏻🌹💐💖💐🌹🎥🎞️🎶✨

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Thank you very much for all the support!!!

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[@BradyBessette]

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so cool trainer

[@Federico_borella]

Love this video! I definitively subscribe to your channel! Just a question about LSmini20, are them usable also in outdoors portrait photography?

[@copperwheatfilms]

So good! Thanks for this. I would love to hear how you set your white balance for something like this? Thanks

[@BradyBessette]

Probably right around 5500-6000 if I remember right

[@copperwheatfilms]

Brady Bessette thanks 🙏

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Great video and good book that your gf is pretending to read in this breakdown lol. I randomly found that book last year and read it in like a day, was surprisingly really good. Keep up the good work

[@BradyBessette]

Hahahaha really!! Thank you lol

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@@BradyBessette Yeah you should give it a read honestly. Its kinda crazy all the situations that the author goes through, its very inspirational. Plus theres a part where he meets Steven Speilberg and its pretty funny and cool. I'll bet you'll appreciate it, From one filmmaker to another, you know what its like. Keep up the great work and lightning. Your lighting is very impressive and practical which i think helps a lot of the newer filmmakers out there. I remember when i first started lighting a decade ago and tried to find videos online. It was pretty difficult and most videos over the last decade dont really show very realistic/practical situations. Most new filmmakers DO NOT have amazing expensive lights/gear or an actual location that's meant for lighting lol. Nothing is more annoying than watching people who have all top notch equipment, perfect locations and yet still dont properly explain or breakdown what theyre doing. Cant tell you how many videos ive seen like that over the years in which i gained nothing of value or knowledge from...lol. You're doing a good thing for people here and the results are showing. You're definitely earning your rapid growth of subscribers. Cheers!

[@nasilemak868]

Maybe it's just me but I'll light those candles to add a little bit practical lighting to the shot

[@BradyBessette]

You read my mind. But I decided to keep the focus toward the sunlight

[@eszesfilms1651]

So if you have a simple fog machine you can use it like an expensive hazer? Can you get very similar result with some swing? :D

[@BradyBessette]

Not a perfect look but better that than nothing!

[@eszesfilms1651]

@@BradyBessette to me look like same. Maybe the time can be an issue because need often push again to the air manually, but for budget shots i think it will be my solution to. Hazers to expensive yet now for me. Thank you for answer.

[@pablonunez6328]

Beautiful! what colour tempererature did you use in the camera?

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Respect sir🙏❤ If I made something cool the full creadit is yours... Thank you very much❤❤🙏

[@BradyBessette]

that's awesome! I would love to see!

[@costa_konstantinou_dp]

Thanks for the well done breakdown! Just one question: Did you happen to use this setup(s) on actual projects? I mean, yes, you did very well with the shot, but how would it hold if she'd stand up and walk to the (camera) right? Would you be able to pan with her? And how about the skedule? What if you were forced to shoot this scene over a longer periode of time - let's say from noon till midnight - any ideas on how you'd approach lighting when the sun's position and intensity change? Just curious.

[@BradyBessette]

Great questions, all shoots are different and deserve a different approach to the setup according to the shots. I would use this setup in an actual project but would change lighting for different shots whether they're mid tight or more wide.

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[@BradyBessette]

Thank you!!

[@nathanpoling4926]

Another amazing tutorial. I'm binge watching them now! Could you tell me what ISO and white balance you shot this scene at?

[@HomesteadPictures]

What color temp was your camera set to?

[@BradyBessette]

I think it was maybe 5500k range.

[@lukemccarthy9116]

what iso where you at.?

[@BradyBessette]

400! The native iso

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Soooo Fire, your lighting is getting so good bro I gotta catch up 😳

[@BradyBessette]

Catch uppppppp. Thank you

[@camaraliestudios9416]

Actually I like it very much without the fill light!

[@BradyBessette]

You’re right about taste! Thank you though

[@lukaskuth7195]

last time i put a gel infront of the 120d i nearly burnt down the set!

[@BradyBessette]

Really? Mine I use all the time🥴 everyone make sure to check on your gels occasionally!

[@NicoloMeneses]

It would be great if you put subtitles in English, to facilitate people who speak another language, (like me) the video is amazing.

[@BradyBessette]

Thank you!! I’ll work on it! So sorry

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I love the lighting breakdowns! But can you stop using the same song on all your tutorials lol I'm going crazy here

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I did I did! thank you sorry

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Promist one eighth, promist 1.8 isn’t a thing.

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Correction^! Sorry , mistake

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Great breakdown!

[@BradyBessette]

thanks so much!!!

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[@BradyBessette]

Thank you hunny ❤️

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[@BradyBessette]

So kind!!! Thank you

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I haven’t checked out any of your other videos yet, but if they’re anything like this, I’m glad I found your channel! I’m obsessed with lights and lighting too (as you can see by the million light reviews on my channel), but I have focused more so on the technical aspects of light up to this point. I’d love to do more tutorials like this, so this was a great inspiration for me 👍

[@BradyBessette]

Hey thank you so so much !!

[@SaraAnn]

hahaha jk i love being your model

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Could you link that halloween Haze maschine down somewhere please?😅

[@BradyBessette]

OH BOY, I need to find what one, I got this one from a friend

[@fotonocity3887]

Great tutorial! BTW what did you set your white balance to in camera ?

[@BradyBessette]

oh boy it's been a little while. I want to say 5500 range! sorry!

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this stuff shouldn't be for free man....... So glad that I came across this channel. So helpful :)

[@BradyBessette]

Tips are always appreciated 🤣 thank you subham!

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Reddit brought me here 😤

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Hoping that’s a good thing!!

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Putting the viewer in the frame itself, that’s what it’s all about! Love the knowledge🥳

[@BradyBessette]

Thank you for the support Yas!

[@sobiacsay2208]

I wonder how the whole scene and mood would have been if you had lit the candles...

[@BradyBessette]

That’s a good question, I wonder too

[@njugunawainaina]

Since this is supposed to be a morning or sunset scene, it wouldn't be practical to have candles on

[@sobiacsay2208]

@@njugunawainaina Well it's a sunset replica. And I don't see anything impractical about having the candles on when the 'sun' is going down. While I can't be emphatic here, I still feel it would have enhanced the overall mood and vibe of the shot. Obviously not in any outstanding way. But, yeah, it is what it is.

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nice bro, why not light up the candles for atmosphere, light and moving shadows ? :)

[@BradyBessette]

cool idea, I didnt think of it at the time!

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[@BradyBessette]

Thank you kindly

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next could you show us volumetric lighting/shafts of lights with 120d

[@BradyBessette]

Can you clarify a bit more? I wanna always be able to deliver exactly what you want !

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shafts of lights , light rays coming through the window

[@BradyBessette]

debasish naiding yeah that sounds fun!!!

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Bravo!!

[@BradyBessette]

Thank you!!

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Here from Reddit, what a great video bro

[@BradyBessette]

Thank you sky!! I got more coming. Let me know if you have any video tut suggestions!

[@AaronMello]

Love this breakdown! Super helpful. Added a 1/4 BPM to my bag this year, never leaves my lens now!

[@BradyBessette]

Isn’t it amazing how something so small does so much

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@@BradyBessette it's amazing!

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I'd love in your videos if you could explain what you set your camera white balance too and how that correlates to the kelvin temperature of your lights.

[@BradyBessette]

I can thank you! sorry for this!

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Did ya shoot it in a log profile...do i need to color grade it in editing...???...or the lighting was enough for the shot?

[@BradyBessette]

I did shoot in a LOG profile so I did color it to get the look. Lighting was enough though!

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[@BradyBessette]

Awesome thank you!

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love the way you explian.. keep growing..

[@BradyBessette]

Thanks a ton!!!

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Wow... love this.🙌

[@BradyBessette]

Thank you!!

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Sooo romantic the way you describe things.

[@BradyBessette]

that may be a first time hearing that! thank you!

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your channel is gonna blow up. keep at this.

[@BradyBessette]

That made my night honestly thank you. I really hope so. I just want an audience to share my learnings with and help! If you have suggestions for videos please share with me! I’d love to do them

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@@BradyBessette for sure bro! I'll be sure to keep up here and just followed your IG as well. if you are ever in Denver, let me know.

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Guess now I’ve got a reason to be!

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Thanks professor Brady! Love you work as always and did I mention that I love you?

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Very nice 👍👍👍, thanks for video

[@BradyBessette]

Thank you thank you for watching!

[@simontraveling3347]

when these are the only lights thet where used in this setup, why you don`t change your whitebalance

[@BradyBessette]

good idea, but wanted to show the flexibility with gels

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Well done. I've decided to pay attention to you

[@BradyBessette]

thank you and welcome!

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Can you please give some no budget cinematic lighting hacks please

[@BradyBessette]

sounds like a fun video!!! thank you!

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Beautiful

[@BradyBessette]

thank you. cheers!

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WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GIRL'S MOUTH?

[@SaraAnn]

Hakan Serttaş What do you mean?

[@SaraAnn]

wowie wow your model is gorgeous

[@BradyBessette]

She really is isn’t she ?! My jaw 😱

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Love these tutorials and the colors that you get!!! Keep it up Brady!! 💪🏼

[@BradyBessette]

Thank you David! Glad you’re loving it!!

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Dope!!! 🙏🏾 we need some tips on lighting to smooth skin tones. Love your tones bro 🙌🏾👏🏾💯

[@BradyBessette]

I’ll work on it!! Thanks for the support!

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Good job, bro! Enjoy your channel.

[@BradyBessette]

Thank you!!

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what smoke machine did you use?

[@BradyBessette]

One of the party store Halloween ones! Lol not the best but it works!

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Your contents are really amazing, I love it. You deserve a million subscribers!

[@BradyBessette]

I wish!!! Thank you

[@surinderchouhan86]

Quick question : Doesn't Haze cause fire alarm to go off cauee i am always afraid to use it indoor. Please reply. By the way great job 💥

[@BradyBessette]

It can, when able to with permission I will remove or cover smoke detectors, otherwise I steer clear to avoid liability issues!!

[@surinderchouhan86]

@@BradyBessette Thanks for replying 🙏

[@dhrubajyotisheet2980]

Nice Video Bro, I have been checking your videos recently and its really fun to know these kind of techniques, really appreciate your stuff. It would be very helpful if u let us know the cheaper version of the lights you use or any DIY lighting set up that you would recommend. A big Thanks from India.

[@BradyBessette]

Glad you like them! and thank you for the CC, definitely something to consider!

[@Pictureartists]

Very inspiring. Thanks

[@BradyBessette]

Thank YOU!

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I love this type of content. You're amazing!. I'm a new italian subscriber and unfortunately I can't follow every single word but I catch the sense. Could you suggest me some books about creative use of lights settings?

[@BradyBessette]

Welcome aboard and thank you! I do not know of any books as of now, the internet is a huge resource

[@simontraveling3347]

you are a beast. awesome!!!

[@BradyBessette]

thank you so much

[@thepropolys]

Nice. The fan placement was a little weird. For a while I thought you accidentally left a fan blowing up into the corner or that there was some heat blowing from an air register. Maybe redirecting the air horizontally with a piece of cardboard would help ruffle the sheers more naturally.

[@costa_konstantinou_dp]

Hope it's not a 1.8 but 1/8th ProMist filter your talking about :-) at 00:46

[@BradyBessette]

YOURE RIGHT I NEVER NOTICED. Got it confused I am sorry

[@costa_konstantinou_dp]

@@BradyBessette no worries - your intentions were clear :-)

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I like your vids a lot.

[@BradyBessette]

thank you Benjamin

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Oh my, I wished I stumbled across your videos sooner. Rushing to buy those Rosco filters, and some more lights, I hope to get them in time. Thanks for your videos, they have greatly improved my understanding of lighting.