Hi there Eric, greetings from DownUnder! Just a quick note to say how much I'm enjoying your UA-cam channel. I have signed up for the Lighting Secrets workshop and am learning SO much. Thanks, mate!
Hi Eric, thanks for the breakdown! It's awesome as always, and I learn new things every time you post! I still can't wrap my head around the exposure for the shadows. I'm referring now to the scene starting at 12:48, the wide shot in the gym. It's mostly "dark", but I want to know where do those darks/blacks stand on the IRE scale? I learned that usually DPs expose "more bright" and pull it down in post, but would love to know your approach to it. Is it best to "leave room" for post, or should one aim to get those type of dark/blacks in camera...what's the best approach? I'm always afraid of noise in the shadows, and never can seem to get "clean" shadows. Thanks for your time in putting these videos together, they are super helpful, and the fact you achieved this shoot with a single light is nothing short of amazing!
I don’t know about others, but I always try to expose properly in camera. I don’t adjust exposure in post (as much as possible). Noise comes from under exposing and then lifting your exposure in post or with ISO. So make sure you get the right exposure in camera and then don’t change it in post and you won’t have problems. I’m also not as afraid of noise as some people. A little noise never hurt anyone 😉
Am understand your explanation but also feel similar to the OP. Are you shooting in log, in which case you are over exposing a bit correct? Or do you have a monitoring lut laid over the log footage and adjusting exposure so the lut is how you want in camera?
I love all your videos and you are providing tons of value. I was curious as to the notation and setup you are using on your iPad? Is it any particular app? Keep up the good work!
Hey man, I just discovered your channel and subbed straight away (clicked the notification bell button too). Got a question for you. Whenever you film outdoors using natural light like in this video, do you avoid shooting during midday to avoid the harsh sun and just shoot during sunrise and sunset to get that nice sunrise and sunset light? I ask this cause I live in the UK where it's cloudy almost every day, so filming outdoors is super easy but I'm moving to a country where it's blue skies 24/7.
Yep, almost always around sunrise or sunset. Unless I’m going for a mid-day look, and then we’re just using scrims/diffusion/negative fill to control the light
@@EricThayne Got one more question dude sorry haha, also, thank u for replying back to me. My last question is, does filming during sunrise and sunset mean your shoots take a lot longer to film due to having limited time to film because of sunrise and sunset light? or do you end up having to film quite quickly? I guess what I'm trying to ask is, how do you schedule your shots/shoots around this type of way of filming?
@@OmarOmarOmar yes you are somewhat limited on time, but we just make sure to get there early to set up so we’re ready to shoot as soon as the light is right. Once everything is ready, shooting a scene usually only takes 30 min or less
Very nice Eric! Were the shots mostly done at handheld? They seem to be and going handheld seemes like a good option, since you had to shoot in many different places and different days
Hi there Eric, greetings from DownUnder!
Just a quick note to say how much I'm enjoying your UA-cam channel. I have signed up for the Lighting Secrets workshop and am learning SO much.
Thanks, mate!
So glad to hear mate! Keep crushing!
Hi Eric, thanks for the breakdown! It's awesome as always, and I learn new things every time you post!
I still can't wrap my head around the exposure for the shadows.
I'm referring now to the scene starting at 12:48, the wide shot in the gym.
It's mostly "dark", but I want to know where do those darks/blacks stand on the IRE scale? I learned that usually DPs expose "more bright" and pull it down in post, but would love to know your approach to it. Is it best to "leave room" for post, or should one aim to get those type of dark/blacks in camera...what's the best approach?
I'm always afraid of noise in the shadows, and never can seem to get "clean" shadows.
Thanks for your time in putting these videos together, they are super helpful, and the fact you achieved this shoot with a single light is nothing short of amazing!
I don’t know about others, but I always try to expose properly in camera. I don’t adjust exposure in post (as much as possible). Noise comes from under exposing and then lifting your exposure in post or with ISO. So make sure you get the right exposure in camera and then don’t change it in post and you won’t have problems. I’m also not as afraid of noise as some people. A little noise never hurt anyone 😉
Thank you so much for your reply@@EricThayne ! Great info, thank you! :) Will try tho get it as best as possible in camera!
Am understand your explanation but also feel similar to the OP. Are you shooting in log, in which case you are over exposing a bit correct? Or do you have a monitoring lut laid over the log footage and adjusting exposure so the lut is how you want in camera?
Love your work and the way you thinking
It’s true ! I’m learning a lot to put these practices in my own works
This really helps me a lot coz most of the time I fail to shot using one light, but like this I think I can do a lot...
Very helpful video. Thanks!
Loved this video. very useful and insightful
I love all your videos and you are providing tons of value. I was curious as to the notation and setup you are using on your iPad? Is it any particular app? Keep up the good work!
Looks good, I like the subtle sound design toward the end of the main video. Powerful story. Pretty noisy tho
Hey man, I just discovered your channel and subbed straight away (clicked the notification bell button too). Got a question for you. Whenever you film outdoors using natural light like in this video, do you avoid shooting during midday to avoid the harsh sun and just shoot during sunrise and sunset to get that nice sunrise and sunset light? I ask this cause I live in the UK where it's cloudy almost every day, so filming outdoors is super easy but I'm moving to a country where it's blue skies 24/7.
Yep, almost always around sunrise or sunset. Unless I’m going for a mid-day look, and then we’re just using scrims/diffusion/negative fill to control the light
@@EricThayne Got one more question dude sorry haha, also, thank u for replying back to me. My last question is, does filming during sunrise and sunset mean your shoots take a lot longer to film due to having limited time to film because of sunrise and sunset light? or do you end up having to film quite quickly? I guess what I'm trying to ask is, how do you schedule your shots/shoots around this type of way of filming?
@@OmarOmarOmar yes you are somewhat limited on time, but we just make sure to get there early to set up so we’re ready to shoot as soon as the light is right. Once everything is ready, shooting a scene usually only takes 30 min or less
Very nice Eric! Were the shots mostly done at handheld? They seem to be and going handheld seemes like a good option, since you had to shoot in many different places and different days
Yep, using an easy rig
Dude, your baby is hungry! ;) But seriously. Always appreciate walk throughs like this, thank you.
Was there some screaming in the background? 😬
Great video Eric! What lenses did you shoot on? How long did it take you to shoot the entire film?
Sigma art lenses. Time wise... each scene was probably only a few hours of shooting, but it took place over multiple days
No budget for lighting...
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shot with RED camera...