Lighting spaces. Not faces!
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
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this video explores that never ending chase for finding the cinematic light. taking the classic "lighting spaces, not faces" approach can help when capturing scenes in a narrative or commercial world, where you want to have an easier time creating a mood, or something more natural.
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You are one of the few youtubers that I watch on the big screen. Your scenes, choice of lens, and grading are very inspiring.
thank you so much. I am honored 😇
Accidental beauty + that tiny amount of light on the desk. So good dude! These are awesome
thank you! once I moved things from the accidental beauty, I almost quit 😂
In my career I never understood why anyone would light narrative like a TV interview. Yet, thats what people do. They also get so obsessed with a "shadow side". If you lit the room nice, then it looks real and you can focus on getting good shots with the good light you set up. Regardless of the side. Helps bang out shots quick lighting this way too.
Yep. Agreed!
imagine roger deakins saying "lets bang out some shots"
My man, these independent tests are the stuff that you know all giant names in the industry did at some point. I love staying up and practicing with stuff like this - it's frustrating only until you catch one of those magic frames. Good light is addicting. 😁
Yep. Catching those frames is a nice moment. The tests really do help too. Very useful!
@@BlaineWestropp1looks amazing!! What camera and lens what this shot with?
28min record time leading to a 15min video is the level of a-roll articulation I wanna achieve. Thank you so much for your time Blaine, you’re the realest 🙌🏼
thank you! gotta get that down! 15 minutes for 15 minute video!
28 aint bad tho..
@@BlaineWestropp1 gonna be my next attempt 🫡
Best channel on UA-cam. No nonsense
thank you thank you 😊
Phenomenal video. I like your videos a lot more when you're actually lighting things yourself and creating moods rather than analyzing other people's work. I think it's more digestible.
hey thanks so much. I do like making these. more to come 🙂
@@BlaineWestropp1 If it's this format, I'll be watching every single one. Thanks so much for the knowledge/experience you're sharing.
It's always reassuring to hear that even cinematographers I look up to are struggling not to give up on a test shot.. the ones who stand out, are the ones who just keep going and keep doing.
I love how this looks. There is so much beauty in these lighting imperfections, which makes it perfect.
thank you. you know.. last night when I shot this I went inside and was significantly pissed off bc I was set on just not finishing and calling it a day. I chilled for a moment and went back outside until I at least got it to a point. was not easy, but always feels better pushing through. and yes this was just a test and a YT video.. but the same holds true when shooting for real, and other areas of life.
i loved this! the lighting setup in the garage was chef's kiss!
thank you.. love it!
I think the biggest invisible factor in this situation is the location! The grungy garage definitely helps shape the mood of the lighting and allows it to be what it is.
sometimes letting the location do some of the work for you helps a lot!
Balancing levels from inside is the hardest. It’s so easy to overcook it. My favorite scenario in such a space is a few lamps in a background / backlight and top light with a spotlight to the table if I want some level on my face.
Also you didn’t mention but dirty windows is so important for soaking up some light. Give that extra layers instead of pure blackness
It ain’t easy. It’s also hard when on set and there are time limits. Lamps are cool, I could have put one on the table. If I was in a house I know I would have put one on the table. Spot on the table to get the face.. yes! Also yeah texture on windows is great for this. Really helps!
More of this series, please. Loved this video.
Love it. I got more in the pipeline!
Wally Pfizer, Tom Stern, and Conrad Hall would be proud and totally dig the vibe of the scene this way. Looks great.
Hey thank you! I hope they would be proud 😊
1st video ive seen from you. Subbed straight away. Such a great video
Glad you finally made it 😇
Your channel is an absolute goldmine man! Seriously been learning so much from your videos! Thank you so much for this! 😃
thank you so much Erik! more to come... 😊
dang he just cracked influence of light on video like that... good shit bro
thank you 😎
Great video! I think your point about adding gels was a good one to create some more depth. And adding a tiny amount of haze for that "dusty" garage feel would have been a cool way to add some beams of light coming in. I know that feeling of not wanting to film and just going to bed. keep up the good work.
Hey thank you. Should have mentioned haze. I almost went to get a hazer earlier in the day but didn’t. I also put on scatter in the edit and it looked great, but removed for faster render time. That feeling of wanting to quit… I almost did and I was pissed. Went inside and almost didn’t go back out to finish it up. Glad I did.
Great video! The most interesting and useful part is hearing your thought processes, rather than just seeing finished frames. Looking forward to the next one!
Thanks so much. More on the way 🙃
This channel don't have to be 4K, there's tons of information already .
😇😇 I’ll still do the 4k though :)
End result: PERFECTION. Much appreciate your hard work, because that was a LOT of work!
Many would not have gone the extra mile like you did! I felt your pain every time I saw the direction of the outside lights change. LOL
Thank you! 😎😎 it ain’t easy!
Love your approach to this video, nothing but value. No frills. Extremely refreshing
thank you. more to come :)
so happy to have another lighting process breakdown video, really cool to see how you think through various situations!
Thank you Eva ❤️
love the lighting breakdowns man
Thank you! More to come 😎
New to your channel Blaine. Great and original content! I appreciate it!
thank you thank you. glad you are here!
This was a solid video, these tests are gold. Man thanks for taking the time to share this with us.
🫡 thank you and sure thing. More to come
100% agree with this. when I'm starting with lighting, i think "atmosphere" first. it gives you a launchpoint of where lighting terms like "motivate" can come from. Plus itll always set you up for a less invasive approach. good stuff boss
Yep. Love it. The “final” shot here kind of sets us up to more, get some light on the face if needed, some practicals, haze. Gives a good base that you can move around nicely in.
Accidental beauty is so true, you can never get it back to what it was, thats why i never try to make it better after i think its good enough. cause it could be the perfect in the grand scheme of things
Yep agreed. I was significantly upset when I moved away from what was looking good. I should have just augmented from there, instead of making a new look. Good lesson though!
This was a fantastic lighting walkthrough video. You showed us how you worked through various light placement and control to achieve a look to suggest a mood or situation. This was very helpful. More like this, please.
Thank you 😊 more on the way!
🤌🏾🤌🏾🤌🏾 mindset when setting up isn’t something that’s talked about enough. This is gold.
😎😎 thank you!
Love it! Great ideas for testing and practicing. Inspiring to do the sameb
thank you!
I definitely watched this while doing a setup in my studio. Thanks for the direction and inspiration.
🫡 hope your setup went well!
Instant like & sub! Looking forward to binging your channel. Great insight!
Thank you 😊
Love these vids from you, you should totally do a live stream where you're doing something like this in real time!
Thank you. This could be arranged!
Big true
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‘But, I don’t have a grid.’ is so real.
Amazing video man, gained a new subscriber that’s thanking the algorithm for todays discovery
Haha thank you. Grids just ain’t always laying around!
Amazing, gonna start playing with this! Great video blaine :)
Thank you so much! More to come 😎
Great info brotha. Often confused by new filmmakers
thanks bro ❤️
I started this video on my phone and stopped it went and got my food threw it it up on the big screen and I’m about to begin 20 secs in and I can’t get enough ! When I start uploading I want it to look like your stuff !
Haha I love this! Thank you!
Excellent shot and explanation brother
thank you :)
I fucking love this
Thank you. Me too. 😎
I’m about to shoot a scene in a hospital room. I generally use natural light with a little bit of additional light but due to challenges with the location, I’ll have to adapt. This video you gave
me a little bit more confidence in how to approach it, thanks 🙏
great! you can definitely augment natural light, as long as it will stay where you need it for the time that you need it there! let me know how it goes!
Ah man, the accidental beauty. Happy accidents. That’s art.
Thank you for doing this, incredibly motivating in the most subliminal way.
🫡 more to come!
Lighting the space will be particular handy when I’m feeling self conscious about my face…
But actually, awesome dude. Cool hearing these different kinds of perspectives.
thank you.. you can light it however ya know. dont even need to see anything really. lol
Thank you so much for another substantial video!
🫡 more to come!
this is fascinating, instant sub
Thank you 😇
Good perspective on Good enough/ complete/ perfect!
thank you :)
Amazing 👏🏼👏🏼 love your videos man thank you so much for the tips
Completely changed me take on lighting
Thank you thank you. More to come :)
This was really insightful! Great video! Would definitely love to see more of these!
thank you! I really do want to do more of these.. mostly bc it forces me to make something during the testing and push to the end!
@@BlaineWestropp1 Looking forward to it! 😄
Phosphor color main backlight would help as well as some sort of practical. Also some hint of hard shafts on your shirt.
Yep agreed
U cant get more authentic than master Blaine. Another masterpiece.
thank you. that means a a lot :) more to come.
Great stuff Blaine
thanks Sam 😊
Learnt a lot. Thank you!
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amazing video.
Thank you :)
Really like it. Reminds me of the opening scene in Bladerunner 2049 👏
That you. Love that you saw that! I also see that a little bit too and also was thinking about that scene while on the garage. Light coming from outside. Simple. Love it!
Love it! Would like to see more tests.
I will post more!
Man there's so much good advice here...
😇😎 thank you
No UA-camr has ever sounded more bored or annoyed that he had to make a UA-cam video
acting!
Really interesting, I also watched on big LG oled screen.
I was missing some kind of table lamp on the right side of the frame, maybe one of those with a magnifier lighting the table.
Some haze could also be cool in that situation because it would make the background less sharp and the light beams more defined.
All of these are just ideas and as always it all depends on the story, story is king.
Yep. Table lamp would have been perfect. I have the best lamp and really should have grabbed it. :( also thought about haze. Agree with you on all!
The set-up looked good artistically, but I couldn’t get past how dark your desk looked and why anyone would want to work like that. Good for someone sitting at their desk and having a “moment” but even then, where is their work light?
maybe a lamp on the desk could help!
I feel like a Leko bounced off that desk would’ve been pretty cool for believable wrap but I understand resources can be limited and choices are made!
Yep Leko would have been great, and easy to shape. That is the way.
Just wow bro this is so so good 🙏👏🍾🎥
Thank you thank you 😊
i fucking love you blaine. thank you
I love you too 😇😇
Super cool stuff Blaine. What lenses did you use for the shots?
thank you! this was all an atlas mercury 72!
It was probably lit beautifully, but all I could see was terrible macro blocking. Thanks YT compression!
I know. It’s frustrating. This is why I tend to stay away from lower exposure stuff on YT.. though I would love to do it more. :/
Thanks mate, this is some of the best film-making content on youtube! Quick question though. I noticed that on the close up at the end, the shadows on the side of you face were really noisy and full of artifacts because of youtube. Can you tell me how I can get that high contrast with black shadows without the noise?
hey thanks so much! YT does not handle dark gradients well. I almost didnt even do this video bc of that. there is so much lower exposure stuff I want to do, it's just hard to do on yt. you can make sure your darkest areas are really dark (in this video I had mine around 4-5% though, or you can upload in HDR, which provides much less banding and artifacts!
Great video
Thank you 😊
I love this video
Thank you :)
minute in and I'm sold.
also, color temp matters as well. Halfway through, luminance and diffusion has been the main focus, but the vibe can totally change with subtle tints.
100%. Didn’t even get into color temp on this one, but yes.. you are right!
Now I need to know what F1 is
I see you watched to the end 😈
great example
thank you :)
Are you using some kind of anamorphic adapter? The Bokeh looks very **cinematic™**
haha love the TM. this was an atlas mercury 72!
your channel is so underrated, i absolutely love your style
hey thank you so much :)
Peak bagel content
Thank you Ghost ❤️
I dont like the maxim of lighting spaces not faces because It usually leads to underexposed/barely visible faces and sometimes for some movies it works but for most i feel we should do better
This is where boomed out panels help tremendously. Get the space first when wheel in the panel, if needed.
@@BlaineWestropp1 yeah, its just the general trend that im seeing that i dont like. I like my classic backlight + soft main source but its not the most useful as you explained in the video with the new angles and stuff, it doesnt matter how much i like it if its slowing down production
helllo been strungling with something in Davinci , how to you get your grade to be the same after export ? my clips seen to be desaturated and less contrasty after exporting
Great advice once again thanks 🙏🏼
When would you consider Muslin to bounce light your talent ?
Thank you! I really only bounce when the space is small. I like using 8x8 and 12x12 muslin in the the studio, and I just shoot through it!
A good friend once told me, squint your eyes and the shapes you see is what the viewer will see. What do you see?
I feel this. I like this. I dont quite know what I see for this one
@@BlaineWestropp1 Great! That's what really matters.
I see some horizontal lights and in the middle of the frame a black tangent that falls and mixes on the head of a man in darkness
BTW, I love the worm eye view shot with the 2 windows on the sides. It's simple and effective.
@robertodelatorre1464 I’ll take that!
Great video but have to ask - what lenses did you use??
thank you! lens was an atlas mercury 72mm!
Lighting farts. Not feces!
Really should have titled it this 😂
it is annoying light scene is universal most argumentative aspect of videos, all tyes are unique
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F0cking love this video
Thank you ❤️❤️
Good stuff! ❤
Thank you! 😊
What do you think about doing it first in software like set a light 3D etc?
now that is a level that is beyond champion. set a light 3d is so ridiculously valuable, I love it and use it all the time!
@@BlaineWestropp1 oh, just wondering if i should get it ;) which one you recommend, basic or studio?
someone watched blackberry for that opening line, channeling the MJU (Mathew Johnson Universe)
I havent seen it! should I watch?
@@BlaineWestropp1 I think it's worth the watch! Literally the same thesis! On it's own it's pretty good but I'd throw on the blu-ray commentary as you go (you can find an audio track on youtube). I think you'd really enjoy listening to their process. It reminded me of the stuff you do. Big fan!
I would recommend tossing it on with the director/editor's commentary on in the background. They really contextualize the making of the movie and compromising/settling for good. It felt like therapy. You can find a track of it on youtube. Big fan of your stuff!
what was that thing he said at the very end? "If you don't have F1, I don't know what to tell you?" What is it? WHAT IS ITTTTTT
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seriously what is it
It’s a film emulation I created! There’s a video on my channel with a yellow thumbnail!
Was this shot in log ?
Of course!
Love the idea! You should copyright the claim 🤝🤓
Hehe maybe I should
key light recommendation?
id look into a 600d or a 300d. the new 1200x with the new Blair tech looks amazing too, but I really like the 600d pro! so insanely versatile!
Exactly
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When did you write your first manifesto ?
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I bet I can guess the scene at 0:42
😂 I know you know!
I have an idea…. Next video you invite your barber over and get a hair cut lol
haha you know I have thought about this..
omg 😂
This.
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Love your work bro and you're very skilled at this but I'm gonna be honest... that intro was so pretentious and smug.
thank you, and it was just me joking around!
@@BlaineWestropp1 Apparently, I complimented your dead pan then because... dog, I'm going to be so fr I thought you were serious LMAO