Friday, April 24, 2015

Lighting for Video and Film - Year 3 TECH

Lighting for Video and Film

Here is a great video that clearly describes a basic three-point lighting set up with a black background, a white background and also a film noir, moody set up.

Here's one on using a green screen. Very handy for eliminating the background and adding graphics or any other kind of background.


Making your video look like film. Check out this video

Please review these videos and look/think about any other ways you can creatively and stylistically light your video to take it to the next level.

Read this article and watch the Lenny Kravitz video for a sense of a stylistic coherence.

Pay particular attention to the suggestions to NOT be literal.
"The music videos that tend to be appreciated by the industry these days are highly conceptual. This means that the imagery used in the music video is mostly unrelated to the lyrics "

Here is another article with tips on making music videos.

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