So when people think about artists, they think
about painters.
They think about musicians.
Architects.
But, what about cinematography?
Cinematographers paint with light.
You think Hollywood when you hear cinematography
but I'm here to let you know that with a couple
of simple steps you can dramatically improve
the lighting of the videos that you film yourself.
So let's get into it.
So you'll notice that when I have a lightbulb
to the right hand side of my face, the entire
right hand side of my face is lit up and the
left hand side is completely dark.
No this is not ideal for somebody like you
that is trying to create a video for Linkedin
or Facebook.
It's too dramatic.
It's too dark.
But you'll see that as I bring the lightbulb
around my face it will start to light up the
left side of my face.
Not quite as bright as the right.
You'll see a little bit of a shadow, a nose
shadow on the left hand side of my face.
This is called Rembrandt lighting.
Another lighting technique is when you bring
the light directly in front of you.
This is straight on lighting.
It makes your face incredibly flat.
You should try to avoid this at all costs.
When you bring the lightbulb directly up and
above your head..This was first discovered
by the cinematographers on the Godfather.
When you watch the Godfather, there's tons
of clips where you see these lights directly
above their heads.
And it pools light down their face and darkens
their eye sockets.
It creates this really amazing, dramatic effect.
Another fun type of lighting is to have the
lightbulb down below your face.
This creates this horrific, horror-esque movie
effect.
You probably shouldn't do this for a business
video unless you're a filmmaker like me.
Here's a fun little tip that not many people
know about.
You can use one of these China Ball lanterns
and place your lightbulb inside of the lantern.
It greatly softens the light.
recommend using a Rembrandt lighting with
these china balls.
It's gonna look absolutely gorgeous.
You're gonna look awesome and it's a total
investment of maybe 25 dollars or so.
Anyways, I hope you guys got a whole ton of
value just learning a little bit of the basics
of cinematography.
I will see you guys soon on the next tutorial
video.
