Understanding how to light for film

[parlove]

This is INSPIRING:) Now I'm looking at myself thinking 'I could have done it too':(

[vanishy0urself]

Epic light, terrible sound, not that I really care in this case, but... sometimes I couldn't understand you, lol.

Awesome tutorial, though.

[mrpsb7]

I don't get it... why was the effect blue for the main light, but you put the same gel on the small light and the light is white??

[xXMuhammadMusicXx]

@mrpsb7 Intensity. He bounced the light off a white card to disperse the light evenly throughout the room and therefore reducing the intensity of the light reaching the bed. The gel is also placed away from the light so that a softer light passes through the gel, casting a blue glow. The smaller light, all the light is focused on the gel, providing a high intensity on the gel. The intensity of the white light is therefore too high and the gel cant influence it that much. Sorry bad explanation :p

[Gonamez]

Thanks you so much! This is key right here, amazing.

[missclutchbottom]

wonderful info - thanks! I want to learn about 'caravaggio lighting'. Any ideas?

[ABskullstudios]

These are great tips. Thanks!

[paganiniviolin]

Thanks man. This is so useful!!!

[powerpravin]

Thanks for the tutorial buddy. Very useful tips.

[powerpravin]

Thanks for the tutorial buddy. Very useful tips.

[mayorsells]

this tutorial. you really helped ...thanks and keep doing the good work

[kingofwhoville]

@internet1965

Welcome to youtube

[afewtube]

I found it very useful and am willing to overlook any sound faults.

Thanks, Walt.

[brunofelix20]

That is the famous "Day for Night" Hollywood technique. The first time I heard about it was in the Truffaut's classic "La Nuit Américaine (1973)". Thanks mate!

[csselement]

Thanks for the tips. Good stuff

[hoteleden]

amazing vid, super informative. thanks so much for posting.

[CarrickLightstar]

It's a bit awkward that halfway through a helpful tidbit, due to dodgy editing, it cuts out what you were saying so you have half an instructional video. Not ideal really...

[SteveHovland]

Thanks for the information. A bunch of real-world technique in a short space :-)

[RolandDeschain1]

Did you really get that image from a 1K?

Wow.

[PR0DiiGYxX]

Phenomenal :)

[wimsele]

Great video. Thanks for posting!

[TraviesoFilmz]

awesome video

[esperantomusica]

THANKS! i like the second option about "light in the darkness" 5:12

[sonne5]

By the way, which blue gel was that you used to make moonlight? At 4:00? Curious to know the actual name of it :)

[sonne5]

Goes to show you how important lighting really is. The camera he used looks like a cheapy, but with great lighting you can really make it look good. Nice video!

[ProWrestlingProvider]

The lighting was great but the editing was horrendous

[millindollamovies]

I love your basic accessible approach!

[r3n0bl]

I read some of the comments below and, in my opinion, it's very great that you take time to teach us your knowledge, for free. I studied in Cinema for two years and unfortunatly, I didn't learn so much things... anyway. With guys like you, I learn a lot of things and Lightning is very interessting.

[dialac1]

wow, thanks soo much for this...the window blinds thing really blew my mind...I always tot i needed real window blinds...wow...thanks man...thank God i stumbled on this

[iamboy1234]

I used some of these tips for my latest short film and it looked great. This is a fantastic tutorial.

[talkissos]

great content!

[dracowyr]

Thank you for sharing your techniques!

[detriplea]

Well lit tutorial on Lighting.

[rutber2000]

would it really be so terrible to use an actual lamp or fan light? would it ruin a scene? I would think it would be more natural and save yourself a lot of headache. Could be wrong though...

[ITLMOVEMENT]

Whatever looks good is right

[windowshax]

talk about some uppity comments.

the point he is driving is that you don't need to go get a professional light kit to get away with decent lighting.

sounds like ingenuity envy

[alessiovalori]

Guys I tell you for sure, this is quite a bad way of lighting .

For sure.

Just go to a proper set and you l see it.

[chowderandpenguin]

That does not look like sunlight or moonlight coming through venetian blinds. A tell tell sign that that is not sunlight is that the pattern of the venetian blinds are not parallel rather they converge, and sunlight, because it's a broader and bigger light and much farther away, actually casts even, parallel shadows.

[philikesete]

You are unbelievably amazing.

[vmtz2001]

What is he calling that light at 4:14? A frennel, it sounds like. I've heard of Fresnels. Or is that how you pronounce Fresnel ("Frennel").

[KinkyPigStudios]

Yes and Yes

[talkissos]

@vmtz2001 Yeah, fresnel is pronounced "frennel."

[u2vivo]

This is great. Most of the Youtube videos only talk about how to do it. This shows you how. Great stuff.

[baggyeyeproductions]

clean up the audio..it's actually annoying. i'm sure you have great stuff to say, but the sound is really hurting your work.

[mail4lara]

I love learning about this stuff! Thanks for the video ;-)

[noseytricks]

this is good! very useful, instead of telling those crap bout 3 pt lighting, this is a good practical way to teach.

[MegaOutput]

Nice just great stuff I am going to get that DVD

[unboundword2006]

You have changed my life! Brilliant!

[tarkstar99]

thanks for posting, really cool

[es2damofo]

Great light... terrible sound lol

[JPTVProductions]

you are awesome dude

[Lolodelaudiovisual]

Hi,

I buy your DVDs and I receive it yesterday.

The videos are Great.

Clear and simple...

Thank you.

[goFLIKBOX]

Where can I buy this DVD? Very awesome lighting tips.

[willenuim7]

awesome this guy rocks love the blinds look from day to night !!!!

[balls2balls]

i really enjoyed this video,much more informative than the other crap on youtube i've seen in trying to research lighting tips. you've really helped me understand the subtleties of lighting. thank you

[ShadowtreeTHEBAND]

I think I just watched one of the videos you're refering to ha ha:) Soooo bad! But thank goodness for videos like this one:) thanks to walter1111graff for proper tutorials

[TheBlenderer]

I like it, good that you actually demonstrate as opposed to only theory...

[luizworldcitizen]

Really interesting.Thank you very much

[Lemmyisgod20]

very informative man

[gking08]

now all you need is some understanding on audio

i cant understand this mumbling

[dannyeok]

@gking08 Get a hearing aid

[Mex0214]

I love it!

[ChristopherWarwick]

Excellent snapshots on lighting, as a director they gave me some great ideas, wish you were out here in Spain!

[fucknigras]

Christopher Warwick is a paedophile. He was convicted and imprisoned for distributing child pornography in 1999.

[DirectorJavaun]

GREAT JOB ON LIGHTING!!! now its time for audio....

[Krust217]

lol i was thinking the same thing! haha

[kiely]

yup, ya'll really should make friends with the mixer & boom guy and be get them on your next freebie video.

[DirectorJavaun]

enphasis on the "really"

[walter1111graff]

You mean next time 'get' someone to do it for me. I don't have crews for this. It's more raw, looses on the production value side,but you still get the message so it works.

[DirectorJavaun]

well sorry, i sent comment bcuz I was bored and i didnt think you'd read it but thanks for the lighting tips still...

[rockoutordie]

wow man thanks a lot. I'm a film student in Montreal. The little tricks were great I'm sure its going to help me out. Thanks

Ray

[kowai79]

good instruction.

nice cliffhanger...

[doubledoppelganger]

How about learning how to edit!

[frazblue2]

i can teach u

[walter1111graff]

Thanks but I have been editing broadcast television for the past 25 years so know more than I need to about editing.

[prescient8]

@frazblue2 - you're a funny guy, why not post your wisdom for us all to feast upon?

[walter1111graff]

I know very well how to edit. You are seeing clips deliberately edited as to leave out all the answers.

[Salvadorvador]

Very helpful!

[windowflix]

does the audio sound like this when you pay $45 for the DVD?

[walter1111graff]

No, it sounds better.

[kent630]

wow! really helpful, really cool, really insightful. awesome vid!

[Olphus]

This is one of the best and most relevant vids on lighting for budget that I have seen in a while.

Thanks!

[Brumisek]

Hi Walter, can I use cheap garden halogen lights + white poster to light scenes for low-budget film? What do you think? It's OK buy about 3 500W garden halogen lights on tripod?

Thanks for any glue ...

[addyline]

Thanks for subscribing, Walter. This stuff looks really useful and I noticed in a post that you'd possibly donate your DVDs. I teach at an international school in Vienna and would love to get a hold of them.

[esotericsean]

Lots of good information, Walter. Your DVD's seem like a good purchase.

Where is your studio located?

[Sarkasm101]

Hey thanks for the video man!! Could you please do one about lighting the interior of cars.

[flakeu]

Thanks a lot !

[goldy07]

cool tips but this is an adversment. I'm guessing this is a video for sale.

[walter1111graff]

yes I sell the disks for a reasonable price and also donate them to schools for the asking.

[lilmissmimi06]

cooooool!

[cristianaapostol]

Midday sun, huh? Midday as in 12-13 o'clock!? What you got there is a morning/sunset effect on the wall. The sun is high in the middle of the day so it can't possibly shed such shadows on the wall :)))

[walter1111graff]

Yea I probably meant later afternoon.

[cristianaapostol]

The "sun" effect is not acceptable. It is obvious that the projector is too small to recreate the effect on the wall. 500?! come on! But still, it's nice that people do these kind of tutorials, they open up interest for film light and for that, thank you. But don't expect to get high quality out of nothing.

[walter1111graff]

The idea was to demonstrate that with a limited budget you can create effects. No it's not perfect. It's not trying to be, just trying to demonstrate methods for those that are looking for instruction on techniques that don't have teh budget I do. My seminars are less of "This is how it is done" and more of this should get you to think.

[pointmannj]

Walter shows how to create a variety of lighting scenarios to create natural light at different times of day and night. Great stuff, really opens up your mind to examine the qualities of natural light and think of how to develop the concepts to apply in your every day shooting!

[mikekrumlauf]

FANTASTIC!!!!