You only need two lights...

[@efatix]

I am always amazed by your wife's acting skills. She acts like a professional actress! And she is beautiful in it 🙂

[@KacelyKarl]

Absolutely the top notch tutorial on how we can create documentary and narriative point of view in portraying an actor/actress.🤩🤩🤩

[@thebunn]

All of your setups look phenomenal!

[@georgec89]

I think this is the first video where I see you and Steph in the same shot. Hope to see more of this in the future! :D

[@EdProsser]

Haha you might actually be right! Maybe we'll do a Q&A interview together one day, maybe when this channel hits 30K subs!

[@the_black_douglas9041]

Nice one Ed! And thanks as always 😊 Apart from the beautiful look you get with the Alien, I love the compactness for the power, not to mention the flexibility of having RBG. Love that amazing interface on the ballast too. The ability to squeeze these into small spaces (which is the reality mostly right) is a big big plus. I mostly use an Aputure 300Dii and 120Dii, plus an old no name flex panel, a couple of little Pavo tubes. Only small downside with the Alien is the limitation of modifiers you can add, eg fresnels and projectors. Or can you? But the speed of setup! Anything that can circumvent the perennial producers’ “are we ready to go yet?” question is a great thing. And the waterproof thing for this price! Love your work Ed ❤

[@EdProsser]

yeah it's a swiss army knife of a light! great for doc work when you're not sure what you're walking into and a great light for bouncing. I have found myself bringing it out on most shoots now just so I have it to solve what ever lighting issues I might have in the space. Impressed by the Pavotube too, will probably pick up some more soon.

[@OscarCloud]

Top notch quality as always Ed

[@EdProsser]

Thanks man!

[@RobOliveri]

Really great setups mate! Thanks Ed!

[@ColinHuijser]

Another banger video man! Love it.

[@Doughnutmanmanman]

My favorite KZbinr!

[@carlosq00]

Love the corridor scene! I've been on a mission to shrink my kit the Alien 300C seems like the right bank for buck compromise.

[@EdProsser]

Thanks man! Yeah, if you've ever used one, it's a lot like the Aputure Nova 300c but with much more output, lighter and waterproof. It's a good light to have to be adaptable in diff situations.

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Great as always my man. I especially love the corridor shot only having one eye light despite the multiple light sources. I think I'm gonna have to rent an Alien for my next shoot after all of your videos haha

[@cleverghostchili]

Two lights are all you need

[@EdProsser]

the classic 1-2 combo!

[@mcorsig]

Great video, thanks!

[@stevesherrick6583]

Ed, you are always providing top notch content and you always get great results too. Steph is awesome for being a model/actor in all these vids. Great job all around!

[@EdProsser]

@@stevesherrick6583 she is my leading lady!

[@AdamKuzniar]

great video man!

[@NaorFilms]

Great Video Ed!

[@josephjwoods66]

Loved the video!!! The colored shots were my favorite. I have the Godox Knowled 400 Bi. I saw your other video with the Godox 200 Bi. That was good too. Wish I would have gotten the 200, it' would have been easier to work with, it's smaller.

[@EdProsser]

I love my Godox, it's usually great if I'm working on my own and just lighting an interview shot. The Alien feels a bit more versatile with it's RGBWW - and higher output - so for the doc project featured in this vid - having some colour output was really useful to match the location lighting.

[@HackTheWrist]

Another banger!! Thanks for the informations Ed. Love the headshots with that background. Did you shoot it on the Dzo Vespid 90 macro?

[@EdProsser]

@@HackTheWrist sorry should have mentioned the lens on that one 50mm vespid, I believe it was with speedbooster as well

[@MrJayclas]

🔥🔥🔥

[@judsonbertoch7928]

Bonus takeaway: The corridor scene: Stef, I'm considering purchasing 2 new lights Why do you need more gear Ed? Stef, these will pay for themselves over time AND I got them on sale! Ed, look me in the eye, and tell me the truth - you already purchased them, didn't you? Ed quickly exiting corridor scene

[@EdProsser]

@@judsonbertoch7928 haha I should have run a competition for the corridor scene script !! I'm gonna pin a comment for people to suggest their best lines

[@ludovicavice3496]

Are these on the s5ii ou og s5 ?😊 your lady is so photogenic 😮

[@EdProsser]

The BTS in the flat is on the S5 iix, the main shot is Komodo. The Shot of the artist sitting in his bright studio is S5 OG, the other artist in the darker studio is on the Komodo.

[@sittingnow]

Great vid. Sorry for the weird question, but is that the Kupo stand with built-in boom at 10:18?

[@EdProsser]

wow, well spotted! YES! I literally just bought one and this was my first test using it. It is BLOODY heavy and big, but solid as hell. It's perfect for booming heavier lights, feels really well made, but it's not something you'll want to sling in and out of your car on a daily basis.

[@platinumboundmgmt]

What is the white balance set to in camera

[@EdProsser]

For which setup? it's usually listed on the shots across the vid

[@leonardopriolo521]

Hi, what is the difference between a LED light (e.g., Nanlite Forza 500) and a LED panel like the Godox F200Bi that you use? What are the main differences to consider when choosing one over the other?

[@EdProsser]

COB lights like the Forza tend to be a bit harder / more concentrated, all the LEDs are packed into a small area, so they're easier to shape and focus beams of light using modifiers like a reflector dish, spotlight or Fresnel. But you'll also need bulkier modifiers to soften up the light, softboxes etc.. Panels tends to be larger light sources, more diffuse / softer but sometimes harder to control, cut or shape. COB lights are also smaller and easier to transport. Panels are great if you need to evenly light larger areas, it needs too down lighting, flat lighting of objects etc. but the two kinds of light can be intermixed on most jobs.

[@minktronics]

Hey Ed! Unrelated but are you interested in the Sirui autofocus anamorphic lens that apparently works well in full frame?

[@EdProsser]

They did offer to send me one but no L mount version and atm I'd rather try the Apex, I think the image looks more interesting than the Sirui Anamorphics which are a bit too clean

[@minktronics]

@EdProsser I also wanna see that apex but there are literally two videos that have test footage of them 😭 wondering if they also work well on full frame as it's those edges where you seem to get a lot of the distortion and fun particularly on the smaller crop factors

[@ILZHOO]

Dear Ed, is it possible to find out what exact format and codec and CBR/VBr etc. you upload to KZbin? Cause it`s just so outstanding quality I can`t get with my uploading. Can you give Davinci secret recipe pleeease? :)

[@EdProsser]

Sure I export from Resolve, I use Quicktime, H265 as my codec, under Quality I usually go to "restrict to" and use a bit-rate between 30,000 and 55000 Kb/s (I tend to use higher if the video has more movement or I really want to push quality, this vid was 45,000Kb/s I think ) and then under "Encoding Profile" I select Main 4:2:2 10

[@ILZHOO]

@@EdProsser much thanks to reply! I did very close to this, but KZbin didn’t give the same quality, I think it is because of different restrictions of different channels :) And my other idea that KZbin struggle with added noise and when you add it the overall quality is better. Anyway, thank you for your creations, after your video about 100mm macro I wish it would be my next lens, top notch demo :)

[@EdProsser]

@@ILZHOO are you also uploading in 4K? Grain settings are a lot of trial and error to get something that survives the KZbin compression! In some cases if it's too fine it can degrade the overall quality of the video.

[@ILZHOO]

@@EdProsser yes, it was 4k indeed, h265, but I convert it from 422 10bit to 8 bit for YT, maybe here is a problem…

[@EdProsser]

@@ILZHOO yes, export in the highest quality possible, KZbin will do it's own thing and compress it, you don't need to do that before

[@bruceebe]

Ed, what would you do without your wife's superb jawline and high cheek bones. You have the most photogenic partner! Thanks for the content

[@EdProsser]

You'd all be stuck with my ugly mug and my videos would probably bomb