iams3b
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Beginner lighter here !
Ok so this may sound absolutely ridiculous, but I used the lights I've bought to shoot a short 'film' with teddy bears as actors. I had nobody who could come over, and I was on a mission to film something with my new adapter.
My objective was to go through a couple different moods/settings and light/color them differently, including 'normal' lighting, night-time, only a key, blue shadows, yellow tint, etc..
All I'm looking for is some feedback on what worked and what could've been improved. So here it is:
*I know the "idk im hella drunk" line on the screen cap makes it look unworthy, you just have to trust it fits
PS: I have a 35mm adapter on my camera, so some shots were horrifying trying to film by myself. (especially the scene between 1:02 - 2:00). Focusing was near impossible by myself
It's extremely shaky too because I can't find the removable piece of my tripod that screws into the camera. So it's all handheld
EDIT: for those uninterested in pressing play, here's screen caps:
:Normal lighting - I just placed a key and a fill, real basic, and bumped up saturation in post
:Bed time - I had a light directly overhead and a small fill by their feet. I desaturated and added a little blue to midtones
I'm sad that this one was out of focus, I wasn't behind the camera. He was supposed to be scared.
Strong harsh light in the background to make sharp shadows, a backlight over him to replicate a natural light source and a fill by the camera.
Normal key, fill, and then I threw a daylight balanced bulb in the background. I wanted to color correct this twoards a more action-ey look, but I couldn't get it to work and look good.. so I just bumped up saturation.
I personally really like this one, because of the colors. Just one key over his shoulder. I desaturated shadows all the way and tinted midtones to yellow
Now he's all alone and depressed without his gf. My second favorite. One daylight bulb behind him, but balanced for the key in front. Then desaturated and blue'd the midtones.
Majority of the light is unmotivated, but for the first time that I've tried lighting and it hasn't looked completely unnatural and out of place
Ok so this may sound absolutely ridiculous, but I used the lights I've bought to shoot a short 'film' with teddy bears as actors. I had nobody who could come over, and I was on a mission to film something with my new adapter.
My objective was to go through a couple different moods/settings and light/color them differently, including 'normal' lighting, night-time, only a key, blue shadows, yellow tint, etc..
All I'm looking for is some feedback on what worked and what could've been improved. So here it is:
PS: I have a 35mm adapter on my camera, so some shots were horrifying trying to film by myself. (especially the scene between 1:02 - 2:00). Focusing was near impossible by myself
It's extremely shaky too because I can't find the removable piece of my tripod that screws into the camera. So it's all handheld
EDIT: for those uninterested in pressing play, here's screen caps:
:Normal lighting - I just placed a key and a fill, real basic, and bumped up saturation in post
:Bed time - I had a light directly overhead and a small fill by their feet. I desaturated and added a little blue to midtones
I'm sad that this one was out of focus, I wasn't behind the camera. He was supposed to be scared.
Strong harsh light in the background to make sharp shadows, a backlight over him to replicate a natural light source and a fill by the camera.
Normal key, fill, and then I threw a daylight balanced bulb in the background. I wanted to color correct this twoards a more action-ey look, but I couldn't get it to work and look good.. so I just bumped up saturation.
I personally really like this one, because of the colors. Just one key over his shoulder. I desaturated shadows all the way and tinted midtones to yellow
Now he's all alone and depressed without his gf. My second favorite. One daylight bulb behind him, but balanced for the key in front. Then desaturated and blue'd the midtones.
Majority of the light is unmotivated, but for the first time that I've tried lighting and it hasn't looked completely unnatural and out of place
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