How To Light A Set (bright commercial look)

thanks for the tips left a like..after all you don't want us to subscribe

great video, appreciated very much! May I ask you if you ever struggle shooting orange objects with Ursa mini pro? I often have trouble with the saturation the camera gets on those wave-lenghts.

The result is amazing
I would love to have something similar to that set

Pretty good presenting btw, I appreciate the effort for showing bts

I wish i could give this channel a billion likes at once.

"Epic" short masterclass, thank you! May I ask how you were using your iPad as a director's monitor? That's cool!

what mics were used for the scene pllz

cool it with the lamps bella.

first thing I thought of when you put that 20x up was "oh that's gonna be warm, I hope thats what they were going for..." lol

Amazing content. Just subbed. Jokes on you.

I would have never thought that light could be so interesting. Good work and narration!

How do I get one of those city vinyl things out of the window

that's clearly unbleached...

Dave Maze is a great guy

I'm in love with lights. I have been saving up for the nova and a spotlight mount. Nice job made me subscribe

Did you have to adjust for the biker’s jersey? In some of the BTS footage, it looked like his jersey was reflective.

I love your channel. The best. How did you bounce the 1200 aputure? from bottom up ? Where did you position it? or was it bounced from the top ? On top of the bleached muslin ?

Lol I really went through a Dave Mays wormhole because he mentioned it at the end

What are you using as a remote monitor with the Ursa G2?

How did you handle the boom mics for the wide shot?

I cannot believe I just discovered this channel. Amazingly informative content. Thank you so much

I’m looking at thay backdrop and I’m like “Man, even the lights won’t make that look real” and the second he flipped them on and showed the shot again I’m like “woahhhh wtf” 😂 amaazzingggg. This just threw me so many ideas now

God! Watching your videos I realize I don't know anything yet!

I wish you could see my crappy studio in Phoenix and help me out. It’s a podcast called family care learning. But little to zero budget.

I think the main reason why the window looks so fake is because there is no bokee

Love the raw honesty in showing the those moments of frustration to get the lighting right. A few things that pop into mind. On a good budget like this wouldn't it make sense to hire a gaffer? Also the city backdrop didn't really work that great, might it have been better to just blow out the windows as pure white. Plus add some blinds and use a spotlight coming in thru the windows to create that hard light stripey effect. Also the set seemed a touch overly bright compared to the reference. Of course that was probably intentional. Thanks again!

I'm here 3 weeks later to remind you that your videos are fantastic.

why lights are on in a daylight scene! this is not plausible

First of all, SHUT UP !! I loved your video so I am Subscribing it 😛And now, I can say, with humility in my heart.......Thank You for the Video. I learnt a Lot 😊And btw, Dave Maze, has been subscribed as well 😁

One camera, three takes ?

dude thank you so much for showing that sometimes there is struggle and practical annoyances when lighting a scene. it's refreshing and i get to be like, "omg i'm not the only one who has a hard time figuring out how to light/gaff big shots!"

Excellent breakdown I akways enjoy your content!

Nice! I see you're rocking your G2 rig on the flowtech 75 as opposed to the 100. How's that been for you?

We have a G2 with a similar weight setup but we're concerned about it being on the high end of what the 75 takes as we're looking at new tripods. Have you had any issues? Does everything lock off OK?

It would be useful to get your thoughts as there's a substantial price increase between the 75 and the 100!

Thank you dear sir sooooo honest

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Thanks for an interesting video. I'm admittedly no cinema lighting expert, but - hey!- I'm wondering about the logic of firing up several practicals in an interior shot when you've got (in your words) "super-duper bright" light coming from in the windows; who would have three lights on in such an apartment?.

Idk if this is an act… but watching you work is so hard to watch. You should read some books and go to school

Hi! We met at NAB this year popping in the comments to wave.
Anyways, I recently did a shoot with high key lighting. Decided to use a couple overhead lanterns on a grid, but the shadows from the overhead in certain instances caused some issues. Had to end up adding in more fill light to combat that. I'm thinking maybe next time doing an overhead muslin and bouncing my 600D to the muslin for the large source fill. Then a motivated key. I'm guessing a chimera would've been a great solution, but the way my bank account is setup you see ...

Long-time admirer of these videos! I learn so much from them. In this clip, if the producers want a natural look, i.e., as a room would appear with outdoor light and minimal indoor light, then this setup seems overly complicated. The final images are nice, but when compared with the Bad Therapy stills, there is a dramatic difference: the BT set looks very close to real-life. The set in this clip looks like a studio, it is clear that there is a lot of artificial light support. If that is what they want, then it is a success! But if this were my project, I would use fewer lights to minimize the studio look. Overall, though, this is a great, instructive video, as usual!

Homie’s vocal stylings always give slight Albert Brooks vibes! Good walkthrough—thanks for posting

Press F1 on your keyboard and its show you everytNice tutorialng you need to know...if you are stuck then watch the video

Great video and break down as always.

Why put the nova's on a stand? Well maybe because natural daylight falls from the sky downwards. The sky on the backdrop needs to be brighter than the buildings... Don't be lazy.

Thank you for informative content. 👍🏾

That looks like regular Muslin. :/

Lighting the city backdrop so bright is what really sold this for me

kindly keep posting like this because it is very informative and make us think how to solve it
to be honest with you I didn't shoot something like this, I raised some questions in other comments, because I want to understand why you decided to do that
hoping you have time to read my other comment and answer my question
thanks in advance

excellent, something I could not understand, after you used the bleach muslin have you fired the 600d from above the muslin as trunsclenct or you used the bounce technique
something came to my mind why you did not use small pavo tube above the painting as an accent light even they sell in home Dept in stores some accessories like it with golden metal cover you can hide in it the pavotube
something else why you did not hang pipe grids and hang on them some china ball to light the whole scene and some dedo light as an accent light for the painting on the wall

awesome 👍