Light It Up! Episode 1: Low Key Dining Room

[@arunskuviyam]

Ok, stumbled upon your video when I was searching for kitchen cinematic light setup , watched few others but this one stood out for me. Thanks buddy

[@WhitespaceFilms]

Thank you! I'm glad it helped!

[@MarcosRochaTV]

its so freaking good to see you go thru the process. Most tutorials make it seem soooo easy to light up scenes. They forget to show how long it actually takes to get the right lighting.

[@jcinewilliams8819]

I was thinking the same way. Setting up the scenes with lighting does take patience! This was very helpful; today was my first real attempt at shooting for a specific project purpose. Lighting is interesting beast. Many video tutorials go in pretty sufficiently, today I learned - especially since im a 1 man band its not as easy as setting a key , fill etc. Again thanks for this video; at least my uncomfortableness in having to really think about how do i shape my light/shadows with ttial and error. I fo know i need a couple of cstands and more flags. Lol

[@CoolDudeOnYoutube]

I think this is one of the most practical and useful videos on lighting I've ever seen....

[@bryanmercado2067]

I've been searching for this tutorial for hours lol I remembered how you lighted it but I wanted to watch it again haha. This video is going to my cinematography playlist so I don't lose it again. Great tutorial :)

[@robbym219]

This is great I was first saying to myself, "Why doesn't he just put up a flag?" And the I realized I don't have a flag in my kit, but I have black wrap. Brilliant. This episode is a great way to show the how and why it works. Too many times tutorials just show you how to do it, but you've shown how to do it right, wrong and everything in between. We learned right along with you. Thanks for taking the time.

[@wolffofcinema3448]

This is flat out the best lighting tutorial on the internet! I learned more in this short video than I have in entire textbooks on cinematography. I like that it was you "in action," working through the thought process, revising, and starting again until you achieved what you set out for. Thank you very much for sharing and I hope you make more like this!

[@syekbe]

Excellent! I did not realize how much difference these changes make for every ser up.

[@MikeMatsuiJr]

Totally helpful. Just curious why you didnt use the practical lamp above and get a bulb with the Kelvin you want, even a dimmable one, then flag off the back of it.

[@just.do.something]

Thanks for sharing man. Great to see you go through the process.

[@dreadedthread6208]

Superb. You are definitely on to something BIG. Keep making these lighting sleuth vids and your number of subscribers will soon be through the roof. Thank you!!!

[@malk6277]

Fantastic - glad I discovered your channel. Great to see your thinking evolve through the clip.

[@beekay4906]

This was great, I know I'm posting this comment years after the initial release of this video but I'd love to see the series continued. Please and thanks

[@sanshady6575]

hey, i liked the way you documented every problem and solved it. I hope to see more in future subscribed.

[@ShaneFredrickKinsman]

It's fun to experiment like this, I tell my students to test, test, test. I typically approach most lighting configurations with motivation in mind unless not conducive to the shot, or If I'm just going for something creative where I don't care if it needs motivated lighting (music videos, etc...) I probably would have ran with the china floor lamp as my main motivator, then the stove as my secondary. Then I would have brought in whatever's needed to modify, enhance that scheme. Just figured I would post my approach as it's very subjective and it's cool to see how other folks approach the same scene. No right or wrong, it's personal. Either way, cool video man! Oh, one last thing, rarely do I use a meter these day's, I typically light to protect my highlights unless I'm purposely blowing out a window or whatever. I feel like most cams have enough exposure tools to light accurately based on those. Back in the day, I used a meter for everything, maybe I trust my eyes more now than when I was shooting other mediums. I've also found with protecting my highlights that it's a very consistent way to maintain an exposure from scene to scene. Just my two cents. Keep up the great work man!

[@Knochenfuarz]

Very interesting! I would love to see the ISO/f settings in your "camerashot" to get a true feeling for useabilty with my Setup. Thanks for sharing.

[@bharath508]

excellent bro neat explanation,it is used for my short film

[@WhitespaceFilms]

Awesome to hear that! How'd it go?

[@VistarCreative]

That was excellent! Thanks for taking the time to do this!

[@medallionmotionpictures]

Excellent breakdown and troubleshooting lighting techniques. Fantastic study material this really helps me. Best of success in all your filmmaking endeavors. Atlanta Georgia USA

[@VolcanoBakeMeat7]

this is great! nice work

[@IanMunroArt]

Very useful mate! Thanks for sharing.

[@pagehorton1812]

What was your T-Stop/F-Stop in the shot? Curious of the ratio of fill/key you used. I shoot blackmagic so I tend to go 1 over on key and 1 under on the fill/back light (depending on what mood/contract I am shooting for). Would love to know what your thoughts are. Thanks for the tutorial. Very creative use of tools by the way - I would of thought of Chimera for the overhead, but your solution saves $$. Nice work.

[@pele5828]

Great! Thanks

[@FilmmakerTery]

Nice! Thanks for sharing your setup

[@dantan357]

great video keep up all the hard work .... keep showing all the small details as well i just subscribed to ur channel

[@OllisonDElitavrilMZBian]

Very cool to see your process!! One correction, I believe double nets cut down 1 full stop while single nets cut down half. :))

[@Solveiga555]

Love it! :)

[@CraigAhrens]

Great information, thanks a lot for sharing!

[@tsedik]

Nice done, man! Thanks a lot! Can you please add more info about the sense of using light meter when shooting videos? I will really appreciate that!

[@enriquevp77]

I found this video really useful since in other videos is not frequent to watch the entire process of placing the lights and experiment with different angles. I especially liked the light quality of Lowel Omni-Light 500 watt fixture but since I have not experience with tungsten light fixtures I would like to ask if I could run an eventual risk or provoke a short circuit if a simply plugged it at full power into my house or home studio electric outlet. Thanks in advance for any help :)

[@sashalegend1990]

I learnt so much thank you!!!!!

[@SP990]

Nice work.

[@DawRoStudio]

enlighting! please do more of that! :)

[@ACasualCustomer]

no you didn't

[@take-do8st]

Nice video! Where can I get your gloves😂? Thx

[@celestial8210]

good one 👌

[@shootshow678]

very good n informative, thank you sir

[@harveytupamahu5013]

wow really?? this is real live tutorial. thank you for shared

[@orangerecords_studio]

why this with reflect board in the ceiling when the ceiling already i s white ?

[@WhitespaceFilms]

It being a tungsten light, I didn't know if it would discolor or damage the ceiling of my friend's apartment, which I was borrowing for this shoot. That's all. The same effect would have been achieved with just the white ceiling.

[@orangerecords_studio]

@@WhitespaceFilms jah, ok, I liked the tutorial, just curious on how your thoughts ) hopw so see more :)

[@humbertoteski]

great video.

[@lekhaedirisinghe1490]

thank you ,its really helpfull

[@rakeshraky7655]

Very informative video

[@Chaoticmind_Shan]

Do more lighting tutorial dude.just show ur final product n how u achieved it,it LL be easier :)

[@VictoriaFilmsgroup]

it just doesnt respect the logic of the scene itself, how could your character's front have light when the window is behind him?

[@DavidNW_]

Hi Victoria, he is lighting for night time, the window would have no light source and the front is lit from a assumed regular kitchen over head lighting. Hope that helps. You may have not watched until the end because he doesn't block off the window until later in the video, so it does look like day at the beginning.

[@VictoriaFilmsgroup]

actually the window would be his source of light, it could be moonlight it could be street light but that would be the first logical source, then if there is an assumed light coming from the roof or whatever on top of his head it would have to be bounced and not create an overexposed circle on his front.

[@DavidNW_]

Hey Victoria, having a light source from the window is a great idea. I think since this is only a test, he was just practicing some indoor lighting techniques for fun and with a minimal amount of gear. Not saying having a light from outside doesn't work, but it didn't look like his intention was to practice using that source since he closes the curtains off, instead he highlighted the big lamp in the wide shot and used the overhead lighting. Its always fun to practice different techniques, maybe he will try out that source next time.

[@YoungBlaze]

Im not trying to be funny but...... NOODLE

[@tophermcgrillis]

Why did you bother spending so much time trying to create a top light when you couldn’t see a light from above and also you had a motivated light come from the oven?

[@WhitespaceFilms]

It's because I wanted it to look like many eat in kitchens do, with a light above the table. I could have lit it with just the stove light if I wanted it to be very low key and dramatic, but I was looking for more of a relationship confrontation kind of environment, so I didn't want it too dark.

[@tmcgphotography]

@@WhitespaceFilms Fair enough. Thanks for the reply