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5 Lighting Concepts Every Cinematographer Needs To Know

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There are an infinite number of ways that DOPs can paint with light. There are however certain key principles which every cinematographer needs to know in order to use them as a base for their lighting.
In this video I’ll go over 5 of these concepts for cinematic lighting: Three Point Lighting, High Key Vs. Low Key, Soft Vs. Hard, Colour Temperature and Naturalistic Vs. Expressionist, which are all foundational to the knowledge of anyone who wants to be a filmmaker.
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List Of Films Featured:
Casablanca (1942)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Manhattan (1979)
Lost In Translation (2003)
Good Time (2017)
Atlantics (2019)
Marriage Story (2019)
Midsommar (2019)
0:00 Introduction
1:04 Three-Point Lighting
4:00 High Key Vs. Low Key
5:57 Soft Vs. Hard
8:09 Colour Temperature
9:38 Naturalistic Vs. Expressionist
11:07 Conclusion
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    @simusvisuals@simusvisuals3 жыл бұрын

    • "and explained in a way even novices can understand."

      @SwingingInTheHood@SwingingInTheHood3 жыл бұрын

    • 12 minutes of cinematographer's favorite subject! : lighting.

      @TehObLiVioUs@TehObLiVioUs2 жыл бұрын

  • As someone who is not planning to go to film school but instead still joining the industry, I highly appreciate the videos.

    @RM-uy3yp@RM-uy3yp3 жыл бұрын

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      @jolan3720@jolan37203 жыл бұрын

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    • @@jolan3720 That’s especially a bummer since in my opinion, the perk of film school is the connections you make. The film program I went to was not great but it introduced me to a lot of collaborators and close friends. My time in journalism though is what actually let me go out and get filmmaking experience.

      @tatehildyard5332@tatehildyard53322 жыл бұрын

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    @jayasrighosh8852@jayasrighosh88523 жыл бұрын

    • I agree. There are still way too many people out there that don't see the art behind cinema. Most people just care about the story of a movie and don't even notice how important cinematography is

      @CaughtInTheLoop@CaughtInTheLoop3 жыл бұрын

    • @@CaughtInTheLoop I think that both of them are important, I have seen movies which story was simply brilliant and I loved them (even when the cinematography was poor) but a brilliant cinematography without a good story, doesnt catch you in the same way neither. A good film has to work in both aspects at the same time in my opinion!

      @josedelaguila5027@josedelaguila50273 жыл бұрын

    • @@CaughtInTheLoop yes absolutely . If the plot, the characters and sets represent the mind , the cinematography is the heart indeed .

      @jayasrighosh8852@jayasrighosh88523 жыл бұрын

    • Which is why there are people that work exclusively on cinematography

      @LeonardoKlotz@LeonardoKlotz3 жыл бұрын

    • Jonas Music agreed. Cinematography > story

      @prilljazzatlanta5070@prilljazzatlanta50703 жыл бұрын

  • "... stories which are more lighthearted in nature" Midsommar, Lost in Translation

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    @edward4840@edward48403 жыл бұрын

    • Yeah its more like "here are the tools you have at your disposal, now you can create the art in your head." Otherwise you'll study your inspirational sources endlessly not having a clue as to how you actually achieve the look.

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  • The fact that the example in high key lighting was Midsommar and their description was light hearted and cheery is hilarious

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    @BrandonSallinger@BrandonSallinger3 жыл бұрын

  • No one else i can find on YT explains these key concepts as well and with great examples like you do. Wonderful job putting together and editing this video. And a usual, your examples are from many om personal favorite films

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      @InDepthCine@InDepthCine3 жыл бұрын

  • Another awesome video! I loved the look of Midsommar, contrasting the high key look with such intense subject matter made for a very unsettling watch :) kinda similar to the shining in that regard

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    @obody-sl9np@obody-sl9np3 жыл бұрын

  • Really helpful video & I enjoyed it - my only recommendation is to explain why you are bouncing/diffusing the light, i.e., to use the secondary source (wall, ceiling, reflector, diffuse screen) as a larger light source in order to soften the light - the larger the light source, the softer the light and the more wrap around effect it will achieve. This can get confusing for people when we talk about the sun because people think of the actual size of the sun (huge) as a large light, but in terms of lighting, it is a relatively small source because it is relatively small in relation to our scene - a tennis ball in the sky with all the light rays coming in one direction - and so produces a hard light with sharp shadows. By setting up a diffuse screen between our subject and the sun we change the light source from the sun to the diffuse screen, which is "larger" than the sun itself (relatively speaking) and so creates a softer light. Good stuff.

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    @RedoxRampage@RedoxRampage3 жыл бұрын

  • Thanks a lot for making videos like these, love your channel! Can you make a video on the lighting of some iconic scenes from movies, focusing on the equipment used and the reasons for using it.

    @abhisheknair2863@abhisheknair28633 жыл бұрын

  • so great!!!!! I learn lighting for 3d rendering now and your tuto also very helpful , maybe one day I'll create my film with what you told me in these tutos.

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