Great breakdown with fantastic detail of very fine looking footage! You are a credit to your profession. Thank you for taking the time to share. When I hear the murmurings of "you're giving away all the secrets" I think it comes from a lack of global awareness that this is actually the way mentoring is done now and when we share knowledge it makes us all better members of whatever crew we're on. Keep it up:)
Instead of me watching a new camera announced every three months, I will invest my time to this channel and learn the art. keep it up, I HAVE SUBSCRIBED.
Simply brilliant. I've watched over 200 videos on video and photography and this is my first comment. Thank you so much for sharing! Thought I wanted to shoot photos but have been leaning towards video and this touched me deeply.
These videos are soooo helpful... At first I was saying “This dude needs way more subscribers” but then I remembered, this content is for those of us that really want to geek out and are REALLY serious about the craft of producing high end content... Again thank you
Well yes, but I'm a hobbyist photographer and this knowledge direct from the Pro world is so "illuminating"! The excellent presentation would certainly be worthy of a "Learn with the Pros" online course, Skillshare.com for example.
Andrew. Mate. At the end of the video where you talk about people up the food chain that don't respect our work, is so true. Thanks for all the videos you do, I'm a younger gaffer and I appreciate your videos so much. Thanks mate
I really appreciate that as a working professional, you're taking the time to do these. Lots of "expert" UA-camrs around (creating great shots with DSLRS etc, no disrespect to them), but not many commercial operators taking the time to share their expertise and experience. Thanks.
What a noble cause! I'm not working in the same industry, but the knowledge sharing, the respect of people is probably a topic in every business. Thanks for sharing with and inspiring your audience!
This is so amazing!!! Thank you so much for such a wonderful wealth of knowledge you are sharing!!! It is a real honor to have this channel available for the world to learn from!!
I’m just at the beginning of cinematography and I watch your channel to avidly lean lighting techniques, skills and creative use so videos like this are gold dust for us small end guys who have to do our own lighting as well as filming due budget. Brill 👍
Cheers Andrew! Your parting comment meant a lot. I worked in Hollywood for thirty years, mostly as a lighting tech and later gaffer. Because I was a member of the IA (a labor union) I often felt my contributions were discounted. You are lucky to be affiliated with a DP who values your work, instead of simply taking all the credit. Your lighting is beautiful and it is appropriate that people are made aware that this is a team effort -where all the members of a crew bring something special to the job. I am happy to see that you still use old school tech as well. This is the best time to be in the business, where the advantages of the new and the old can be blended together with amazing results! Thank you!
I am a young guy trying to learn lighting and your videos are way better because i am able to see what fixtures you are using. Not like the aputure channel where i can only see aputure fixtures all over the place, i would like to see more HMI, Dedolights, kinos, and other brands on real world scenario like this. Really appreciate it! Please make more like this!
Ive watched this before but it popped back up and you do such a good job I sat through it again. The best part about watching twice.. I noticed on your diagram you called them FLOOPIES! lol. Great job as always and appreciate all the content you put out with a practical, on-set mindset of a professional.
I absolutely agree with your comment about letting the upper people that lighting department have the knowledge that is required to carry out the shoots. I heavily cooperate with gaffers on shoots as a DOP for a reason - it is a leadership position and carries a heavy backload to make the shoot pop.
Thank you for sharing Andrew. I think your channel is gold, showing young people interested in the industry that there's more to the visual side than simply Director or DOP. Having worked under an experienced Gaffer for 4 years, the knowledge I've gained and respect for the Gaffer is unmeasurable for my long term goal as DOP of features. I still Gaff from time to time on smaller shoots in my home town, and can resonate that perception by many: Gaffers put lights on stands. Gaffers are at the tip of the spear of productions with knowledge and advise that is suuuuuper valuable.
This is great! Thank you for sharing. Something I feel would be valuable to talk about is the amount of time allotted/spent setting up these scenes. I feel that's one of the areas of least understanding for clients and agency professionals who don't work in production. Advocating for more setup time enough time when scheduling is taking place is always an enormous battle, at least in my experience working at places that don't want to pay for proper crews.
thank you for showing the perfect example of creating music video or some video content isn’t always about setting up camera on a gimbal and putting wide lens and running forward and backward.
Incredibly informative video and some beautiful lighting! Definitely spoke to me when you mentioned the young guy who wants to be a Gaffer. The amount of detail you go into regarding your reviews and lighting plans is incredibly motivating for me so I’m definitely subscribed!
Thank you Andrew. This is amazing. I am so grateful. I also did appreciate the other episodes on Aputure products. So detailed on every things. Many thanks for your time. Patrick
Hey I'm a production assistant in Louisville KY USA and this is pure Gold!! Great Job, like you said people on this level of production knows these tips and tricks, but it gives inspiration and education to those wanting to up their game! Thank you! Keep them coming I subscribed and will watch every video you have!
One of the most helpful videos I've seen this year. Thanks for this. I help with some UA-cam videos for my partner and my small business, I'm not doing anything this complex, but it really helps with ways to think about how I use my little Godox and all my cheap Neewer lights. I don't think anybody can "steal" years of experience with this sort of thing, I know myself I come into every project with a pre-conception of how it's going to look and never enough experience to make it look that way. But it does get better every time. Anyway thanks again for a great video.
Thanks for sharing. And thanks Rod Pollard / the agency and / or client for their approval to show these assets and bts content. Of course lovely work to all, the quality of the night vision goes without saying, but I also especially loooove the specular highlights, polish and texture in the daytime product shot!! I think that's my favourite. Spending a tonne of time learning how to controlling light, and / or incorporating lighting / gripping professionals into your budget is always going to drastically improve the quality of your work!
What is that girl on??? LOL.. Thanks for putting this up. I learn so much from your videos. I used to be an actress, teacher and worked as a videographer on documentaries back in the 70's through the 90's. I didn't have the fantastic opportunities to learn about film making because being a mom of two, divorced and had a regular job on the side most of the time I couldn't afford film school. I did learn that lighting is the "other" actor. It's so important and like creating a character, it's complex. My daughter is starting a business on the internet and I have been helping her buy equipment. I'm knocked out with how you can now get amazing equipment for a relatively cheap price on the prosumer level. I am like a kid in a candy store! Thank you for all your work in putting these up and helping others. You are a wonderful teacher and one of the few who really knows their shit. Stay safe - vote (blue). LOL.
I've loved and learned from every video you have posted (the tip about orienting gels and diffusion on barn doors to allow heat to escape has never to my knowledge been offered anywhere else) since you began this outstanding channel, but this one was extra special as it made explicit the craft and care invested in what you - with typical understatement - describe as 'a very basic shoot'. If I could create something with one tenth the quality I would be made up! You sir are a born teacher and the wonderful largesse with which you and others (like Luke Serveld) share your incredible wealth of knowledge is quite simply marvellous. A thousand thanks - I will be making your channel required viewing for my students next academic year.
Really appreciate your videos full of tips and "how to"s! Thanks for your work, I've learned so much so far by watching a lot of videos on your channel.
Another great great video!! I learn so SO much from watching these videos, thank you as always for sharing. And I think you're spot on, letting people know how much knowledge is contained in the hands & heads of the crew and how vital it is to creation, is very much needed in today's world. So thank you for that as well!! If I live in Australia I'd probably be following you around like a puppy on set, that is until you took pity and hired me. ;-)
Great breakdown with fantastic detail of very fine looking footage! You are a credit to your profession. Thank you for taking the time to share. When I hear the murmurings of "you're giving away all the secrets" I think it comes from a lack of global awareness that this is actually the way mentoring is done now and when we share knowledge it makes us all better members of whatever crew we're on. Keep it up:)
Period.
Everybody involved should be grateful for their shots being shown, instead of trying to block it.
This here is free promotion for everybody.
@@OldSchoolFilm1930 For an old 1930s film school, you show little 1930s filmmaking techniques.
@@21stcenturyscots Indeed. I prefer a 3kg camera insteaed of a 1 ton monster.
Instead of me watching a new camera announced every three months, I will invest my time to this channel and learn the art. keep it up, I HAVE SUBSCRIBED.
for real bro, skill over gear, always and forever
Invaluable content here. Can't thank you enough. The fact that you're taking the time to share this with us is very, very appreciated.
Thank you very much! Your videos are my morning song and my lullaby. Great!
Hello from snowy Russia 🥂
Simply brilliant. I've watched over 200 videos on video and photography and this is my first comment. Thank you so much for sharing! Thought I wanted to shoot photos but have been leaning towards video and this touched me deeply.
Doing the Lord’s work, thank you from a young pup.
These videos are soooo helpful... At first I was saying “This dude needs way more subscribers” but then I remembered, this content is for those of us that really want to geek out and are REALLY serious about the craft of producing high end content... Again thank you
Well yes, but I'm a hobbyist photographer and this knowledge direct from the Pro world is so "illuminating"! The excellent presentation would certainly be worthy of a "Learn with the Pros" online course, Skillshare.com for example.
You are the best. If the industry had people like you it would be a joy for everyone to work.
Andrew. Mate. At the end of the video where you talk about people up the food chain that don't respect our work, is so true. Thanks for all the videos you do, I'm a younger gaffer and I appreciate your videos so much. Thanks mate
I really appreciate that as a working professional, you're taking the time to do these. Lots of "expert" UA-camrs around (creating great shots with DSLRS etc, no disrespect to them), but not many commercial operators taking the time to share their expertise and experience. Thanks.
You are a skilled craftsman - thanks for sharing!
What a noble cause! I'm not working in the same industry, but the knowledge sharing, the respect of people is probably a topic in every business. Thanks for sharing with and inspiring your audience!
I am soaking knowledge and I am saying to myself no investment in cameras can outweigh lighting and it's understanding. Thank you for this video
Stumbeled upon your channel. Great video. Thanks
Oh my.... I'm so grateful to have landed on your video! Poetry in lighting :) Many thanks for sharing your precious knowledge.
Amazing video! Absolute wealth of incredible information
Thank you for sharing this. Very helpful content. I really like that blue-magenta background. :)
This is so amazing!!! Thank you so much for such a wonderful wealth of knowledge you are sharing!!! It is a real honor to have this channel available for the world to learn from!!
Thank you 🙏🏽 please give us more of this type of videos 🙏🏾
I’m just at the beginning of cinematography and I watch your channel to avidly lean lighting techniques, skills and creative use so videos like this are gold dust for us small end guys who have to do our own lighting as well as filming due budget. Brill 👍
Learning so much from your channel. Thank you for your efforts in putting these videos together.
The last shot looks so amazing!!! 👍
Thanks for sharing. Very generous of you. Well done, mate.
Please make more videos like this! Thbaks for sharing! We are learning alot!
Cheers Andrew! Your parting comment meant a lot. I worked in Hollywood for thirty years, mostly as a lighting tech and later gaffer. Because I was a member of the IA (a labor union) I often felt my contributions were discounted. You are lucky to be affiliated with a DP who values your work, instead of simply taking all the credit. Your lighting is beautiful and it is appropriate that people are made aware that this is a team effort -where all the members of a crew bring something special to the job. I am happy to see that you still use old school tech as well. This is the best time to be in the business, where the advantages of the new and the old can be blended together with amazing results! Thank you!
Last scene was wonderfully lit!
I am a young guy trying to learn lighting and your videos are way better because i am able to see what fixtures you are using. Not like the aputure channel where i can only see aputure fixtures all over the place, i would like to see more HMI, Dedolights, kinos, and other brands on real world scenario like this. Really appreciate it! Please make more like this!
Ive watched this before but it popped back up and you do such a good job I sat through it again. The best part about watching twice.. I noticed on your diagram you called them FLOOPIES! lol. Great job as always and appreciate all the content you put out with a practical, on-set mindset of a professional.
So glad I came across your channel! Thank you for sharing your knowledge :)
Thanks for sharing. Beautiful work!
Thanks so much for taking the time to share with us!
Thank you for sharing... the gaffer is the right arm of every DP, and the key to a successful project. Much appreciated!
Learned a ton. Thanks a lot. One day I would like to be a Gaffer, and videos like this have really helped me.
It must be so hard starting now.
This video was invaluable. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
I absolutely agree with your comment about letting the upper people that lighting department have the knowledge that is required to carry out the shoots. I heavily cooperate with gaffers on shoots as a DOP for a reason - it is a leadership position and carries a heavy backload to make the shoot pop.
You are the best. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, experience, and precise technical reviews of equipment in our field.
I'm blessed to have been introduced to this channel. So much love for you and what you do. Thanks!!
Thank you for sharing Andrew. I think your channel is gold, showing young people interested in the industry that there's more to the visual side than simply Director or DOP. Having worked under an experienced Gaffer for 4 years, the knowledge I've gained and respect for the Gaffer is unmeasurable for my long term goal as DOP of features. I still Gaff from time to time on smaller shoots in my home town, and can resonate that perception by many: Gaffers put lights on stands. Gaffers are at the tip of the spear of productions with knowledge and advise that is suuuuuper valuable.
YOU ARE THE BEST!!!! Thank you for making these awesome video!!
This is great! Thank you for sharing. Something I feel would be valuable to talk about is the amount of time allotted/spent setting up these scenes. I feel that's one of the areas of least understanding for clients and agency professionals who don't work in production. Advocating for more setup time enough time when scheduling is taking place is always an enormous battle, at least in my experience working at places that don't want to pay for proper crews.
Great share....and good point about the real work of a gaffer.
Отличная работа! С удовольствием поработал бы с вами на проекте! Хороший гаффер это важный элемент команды в достижении профессионального результата!
that was super informative !! Thank you very much for this video. Highly appreciate it. Keep up the good work.
Thank you a lot to share this !
Excellent breakdown of the scenes and shot! As a producer it was very valuable.
You are doing a great job sir! Thank you for this
You're absolutely tops when it comes to your breakdowns. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
One of the best lighting breakdown video I saw, thank you, really appreciate it. Great job all around.
Thanks
thank you for showing the perfect example of creating music video or some video content isn’t always about setting up camera on a gimbal and putting wide lens and running forward and backward.
Last shot (both look and breakdown) is my favorite.
Gaffers are definitely an artists. No doubt in that.
Thank you for great demo and message. Lovely looking images.
Incredibly informative video and some beautiful lighting!
Definitely spoke to me when you mentioned the young guy who wants to be a Gaffer.
The amount of detail you go into regarding your reviews and lighting plans is incredibly motivating for me so I’m definitely subscribed!
Thank you for taking the time to make this video!
This was super helpful with lots of information. Thanks!
This video, like the others on your channel, is a real gift. Thanks for creating and sharing them.
Very informative... Thanks for sharing!!
Thank you Andrew. This is amazing. I am so grateful. I also did appreciate the other episodes on Aputure products. So detailed on every things. Many thanks for your time. Patrick
Thanks so much for posting your videos. It's great to learn from a real master. Tim in Ireland
Your last message on why you do this is amazing and thank you for your way of thinking 👌
Hey I'm a production assistant in Louisville KY USA and this is pure Gold!! Great Job, like you said people on this level of production knows these tips and tricks, but it gives inspiration and education to those wanting to up their game! Thank you! Keep them coming I subscribed and will watch every video you have!
One of the most helpful videos I've seen this year. Thanks for this. I help with some UA-cam videos for my partner and my small business, I'm not doing anything this complex, but it really helps with ways to think about how I use my little Godox and all my cheap Neewer lights. I don't think anybody can "steal" years of experience with this sort of thing, I know myself I come into every project with a pre-conception of how it's going to look and never enough experience to make it look that way. But it does get better every time. Anyway thanks again for a great video.
Amazing! Thank you for sharing this. Lighting is an art form and it is funny that people in the industry does not understand this. Just subscribed.
Thanks for sharing. And thanks Rod Pollard / the agency and / or client for their approval to show these assets and bts content. Of course lovely work to all, the quality of the night vision goes without saying, but I also especially loooove the specular highlights, polish and texture in the daytime product shot!! I think that's my favourite.
Spending a tonne of time learning how to controlling light, and / or incorporating lighting / gripping professionals into your budget is always going to drastically improve the quality of your work!
Loved this!
You are incredibly talented, great work. Thanks for sharing all of your amazing knowledge.
Love your video's, without a doubt the best content around gaffing online. Thanks, learning a lot!
What is that girl on??? LOL.. Thanks for putting this up. I learn so much from your videos. I used to be an actress, teacher and worked as a videographer on documentaries back in the 70's through the 90's. I didn't have the fantastic opportunities to learn about film making because being a mom of two, divorced and had a regular job on the side most of the time I couldn't afford film school. I did learn that lighting is the "other" actor. It's so important and like creating a character, it's complex. My daughter is starting a business on the internet and I have been helping her buy equipment. I'm knocked out with how you can now get amazing equipment for a relatively cheap price on the prosumer level. I am like a kid in a candy store! Thank you for all your work in putting these up and helping others. You are a wonderful teacher and one of the few who really knows their shit. Stay safe - vote (blue). LOL.
Really nice work, everyone talks about cameras but lighting is what makes the shot. Thanks for sharing to all who allowed this.
Thank you for the amazing video. How I wish I could learn from you in actual practice.
Thank you for showing us your work. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
Amazing. This has blown my mind the level of detail involved in lighting!
Gaffers do all the work, it’s the camera operators who are doing bugger all.
Well done, thank you for sharing your work. Beautiful piece.
Thank you so much for this kind of videos .
Fantastic breakdown of the work process!
Well this is my new favorite channel. :). Brilliant.
this is a fantastic channel! thanks for sharing so generously your knowledge.
Really you are great Gaffar I like your Teaching Style. This is Azlan Arain khan cinematographer Bollywood in Indian Cinema.
Excellent videos BTW - all of them.
Absolutely amazing! Please make an episode for the other scenes you did show at the end!
I've loved and learned from every video you have posted (the tip about orienting gels and diffusion on barn doors to allow heat to escape has never to my knowledge been offered anywhere else) since you began this outstanding channel, but this one was extra special as it made explicit the craft and care invested in what you - with typical understatement - describe as 'a very basic shoot'. If I could create something with one tenth the quality I would be made up! You sir are a born teacher and the wonderful largesse with which you and others (like Luke Serveld) share your incredible wealth of knowledge is quite simply marvellous. A thousand thanks - I will be making your channel required viewing for my students next academic year.
Definitely one of the best tutorial video in youtube,Thanks for your teaching!
Really appreciate your videos full of tips and "how to"s! Thanks for your work, I've learned so much so far by watching a lot of videos on your channel.
Another great great video!! I learn so SO much from watching these videos, thank you as always for sharing. And I think you're spot on, letting people know how much knowledge is contained in the hands & heads of the crew and how vital it is to creation, is very much needed in today's world. So thank you for that as well!! If I live in Australia I'd probably be following you around like a puppy on set, that is until you took pity and hired me. ;-)
Very nice video and great work from you and the DP.
Oh man! So cool to get some insight into how you work!
Thank you for amazing breakdown. Lovely looking footage.
What a Great Channel, This will really improve my photography! Thank you
Really appreciate your insights!! Beautifully done
Great episode, thank you so much for taking the time to make these!
I cannot thank you enough. I love how you are trying to bring others up to speed and capable.
This was an amazing work and great walk through guide. Thanks a lot!
Fantastic video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Inreally liked that last sequence especially the color
loving this channel
Thanks
Beautiful work!
Thanks for breaking it down with your diagrams
What a detailed break down. Thanks Andrew!
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, very informative video and love to watch more breakdown videos like this
Tu canal es maravilloso! gracias por tus conocimientos compartidos