Get Great lighting On ANY Video | Lighting Breakdown

[@JeffersonDonald]

The fact that you chose Cronenweth’s lighting from Blade Runner as one of the analysis images is fantastic. It’s a great movie to study lighting. Kudos.

[@BrittneyJanae]

@@JeffersonDonald it stood out to me so much!!

[@gabelomoteycreative]

It blows me away that before last year I didn't even think about learning about lighting. Now I am utterly obsessed. It is such an important skill to have when being a cinematographer. Loved this video!!

[@BrittneyJanae]

Thank you!! And I agree!!

[@Tusa_Mamba]

Direct. Concise. One can't ask for a better tutorial !

[@BrittneyJanae]

Glad you liked it!

[@joshgaffney]

These types of lighting breakdowns are invaluable!

[@blacknobleproductions]

Great video. Thank you for the knowledge.

[@BradyBessette]

Top tier material right here.

[@nounfocus222]

Perfect!!!!, Thanks for this video.

[@BrittneyJanae]

You're welcome!

[@SeanFBoyd]

Great video and channel over all. Alot of hard work went into all this.

[@BrittneyJanae]

Much appreciated!!

[@WildShadowsZA]

Enjoyed this video. Well done. Thank you.

[@BrittneyJanae]

Thank you!

[@tangoleadaz]

Love the vid Brittney! Keep up the great work!!🔥

[@BrittneyJanae]

Thank you Tango!!

[@HysteriaProds]

Great! I think that it will also be very helpful to watch that particular scene and understand whats the motivation behind or whats motivating the light.

[@BrittneyJanae]

Yess love that! I agree!! It so much that goes into analyzing. If we actually took the time to do it more we would understand light in a completely different way!

[@HysteriaProds]

@@BrittneyJanae love your content! Thanks for taking the time out making awesome tutorials for all of us. 👍🏾💪🏽🎥

[@Ohitsdyeezy]

Very informative I love this video. Thank you for sharing - this helps a lot as a photographer how to use light+color to affect the mood/tone of the stories we’re sharing.

[@BrittneyJanae]

Glad it was helpful! And I love that perspective for photo! Understanding light doesn’t just stop at video!

[@Bigcookfilms]

Great video and it helped me understand the dynamics of lighting better

[@BrittneyJanae]

Glad it helped! ✨

[@iamtheaudioman]

Great vid. I especially appreciate the nugget about catchlight.

[@BrittneyJanae]

Thank you!!

[@ticaltp3]

Thank you for this. I have so much to learn

[@BrittneyJanae]

You are so welcome. It’s a forever learning thing so that’s okay!

[@JustinPorterMedia]

You are just tooooo good for your own good haha. Seeing this in person was insane. Keep crushing it 🔥🔥🔥

[@BrittneyJanae]

Thank you!!! I’m excited to get back on this aputure video tho! lol

[@KG-theknickerbockerkid]

Very informative. Understanding how light works is probably the most important part of photography but seems many dont understand. I just watched a video of someone reviewing an instant film camera and seeing the individual rant that the photo was overexposed and blamed the camera. Thought to myself "no sir you cannot aim a camera at objects in full sun without filters". Cameras cannot compensate like that.

[@BrittneyJanae]

People automatically run to the camera or just buy lighting they see other people get without understanding the fundamentals

[@itscinemasam]

Thank you 🙏🏾 this was a great video!!

[@BrittneyJanae]

Thank you so much!!

[@danphilbert605]

This exactly what ive been wanting to do to practice/begin my cinematography journey

[@BrittneyJanae]

It’s such a good way to learn to see light before actually physically practicing it. You have to understand it in order to use it

[@briannadevons8846]

This is gold!!!!

[@BrittneyJanae]

Thank you B!!

[@WhySteve]

Nice breakdown! I also look at location, direction, quality and then colour when I analyze scenes.

[@BrittneyJanae]

Yep! Location plays a huge part. Finding a location that has similar assets that yours has really helps you see the bigger picture!

[@WhySteve]

Exactly, like this shotdeck competition right now is actually not as easy as I thought when I was trying to find a location 😅

[@BrittneyJanae]

@@WhySteve same! I gave up lol

[@WhySteve]

Haha no! Don't give up! I just took really simple stuff so I can still make something. Even if it IS just a macro shot of a flower 🤣

[@BrittneyJanae]

@@WhySteve true! I found a shot that maybe I could do but then I’m like I want talent to look just like the actor too lmbo! I’m doing too much

[@Okiyah]

Yes, knowing how to read images is as important - if not more - than learning to replicate an extremely contextual setup! Also, and I say it cause a lot of lighting breakdown/analysis do it, but doing it with a still is somehow incomplete. Films are moving images after all ;) In the Blade Runner example, you chose a frame where all his body is dark. Made me think there's probably a light dedicated to his face, but seeing other stills from this shot, his body catches the light too.

[@BrittneyJanae]

I think it’s more about learning to see the light motivation and learning to see where all the light is coming from to make the image. Films are moving stills. So you can def look at an image and learn lighting, learn what it’s doing to the overall look and scene.

[@Okiyah]

​@@BrittneyJanae Yeah I agree with you, that's what I meant by reading the image :) And you can definitely learn this from stills. Just saying the final step is to test your scene lighting with movement, but you're right, wasn't really your point.

[@BrittneyJanae]

@@Okiyah oh for sure!! I agree. I think people automatically go into trying to learn by using the light without learning the fundamentals or even knowing how to see light. I’m right with ya!

[@piusgyagenda]

Nice one

[@Framesbyfrisby]

You da goat 🐐

[@BrittneyJanae]

🥹🥹🥹

[@juliustubbsDP]

I do this too much when watching films lol. These are the reasons why it’s hard to watch movies with a cinematographer. 😂

[@BrittneyJanae]

lol facts! But it’s a good skill to have we just have to learn when to turn it off lmbo!

[@juliustubbsDP]

@@BrittneyJanae ain't that the truth.

[@iammz81]

Nothing else is needed only: 1. Money 2. Free lighting from the companies

[@BrittneyJanae]

Is that what you got from this video?

[@iammz81]

@@BrittneyJanae no, these are the fundamentals you did not talk about. Without it you can be the best videographer, you won't be able to do anything what was explained in the video.

[@BrittneyJanae]

@@iammz81 lol you missed the whole point. When I first started I made things happen with no money. No free lighting. Learn lighting and you can buy the cheapest stuff to have good results! Amazon has really good cheap affordable lights. You really did miss the point. It’s really sad.