Light Reflectors for Cheap Filmmaking : BFX : Quick Tip
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  • or you could go to the hardware store an buy the insolation board that has the shiny back. it works much better cos you dont get little artifacts in the light like the alluminum foil!

    themashypotato 4 months ago

  • I was just wondering, what would you need the light reflectors for? is it so that your videos wont be dark?

    randomations11 1 year ago

  • you look like tay zonday in the thumbnail

    reincarnage256 1 year ago

  • does that really work? honestly?

    rainonmebi 1 year ago

  • Try using a polystyrene board... it works wonders...

    zenithdoom 2 years ago

  • A white piece of bristol board glued to a sheet of cardboard works wonders as well. Anything thats white and semi-sturdy works best. I fond aluminum gives off too much of a light dropoff. When using white fabric/paper/etc you get a natural diffusion in the light being reflected

    dola0058 2 years ago 3

  • how do you make a fedora hat??????

    CoolestFun123 3 years ago 3

  • that wasn't a fedora in the video...

    just buy one, you can get a decent one made of 100% crushable cotton for like 40 bucks. :P

    saltypandadog 2 years ago

  • just buy them , and if you dont have the money , theres an How-to episode on Threadbanger

    PunkRocker666Metal 2 years ago

  • lol, the end is funny, ah ahh ahhh

    SpecialEdMafia 3 years ago 3

  • thanks for these awesome quick tips they really help!

    BoxingdayinC 4 years ago 6

  • scrunching up he foil first and then spreading it out disperses the light much better creating a soft light. Using a mirror DeagleBeagle would create uplighting shadows.

    TheEighthSin 4 years ago 3

  • why are all you guys giving him crap? he's awesome and is trying to help us all out! great job, keep it up!

    CRAZYconTHEsk8er 4 years ago 16

  • In my opinion I use photographic paper / card that gently reflects the light much better.

    JackedHammer 4 years ago

  • A white card is better. Paper on cardboard works.  It will give you very soft light, great for a fill light.

    gazebodp 4 years ago

  • aluminum doesnt relect that good, maybe a mirror wood be a good reflector try that

    DeagleBeagle 4 years ago

  • a mirror reflects a bit too much....you might as well just shine the light right on the subject.....the point of a reflector is to controll the light and the foil does just that.

    richslayerbc08 4 years ago

  • do you actually do any filmaking?Lighting is very important and this was just a clip from the end of one of there episodes.

    ConcorX 2 years ago

  • Yes :S I know lighting is important it's just this was so obvious... shiny reflects light. duh...

    crazybilby 2 years ago 2

  • ya, watching these without sound is funny, probably better, what's with all the "Indy Mogul" everywhere, its too flashy, and the information isn't that great.....whatever

    deathangel598 4 years ago

  • Hehe...It is!;O;D

    Flatval94 4 years ago

  • watching these videos without sound is funny XD

    BooshTopGoth 4 years ago

  • dude that was genius XD

    xYourxMyxDrugx 4 years ago

  • lol

    JarethLover 4 years ago

  • haha

    SousukePanic 4 years ago

  • haha

    tuboTOTON 4 years ago

  • OR...

    you could go buy some of those mirrored sunshades you use in your car for about $3. Plus you get "shiny" side, and a more "diffused" side, and about four of them that pack away really easily...

    happytimeharry 4 years ago

  • or u could NOT use money and do wat he says =P

    blackcrownue 4 years ago

  • Yeah...I've tried that...Not a good idea at all. I've had my photographer assistant hold it while doing a beach shoot and the wind was blowing it every where and not to mention, it doesn't reflect as much as aluminum.

    AllAmericanGuy01 3 years ago 2

  • hurray!

    misshottz 4 years ago

  • hmmm.. can i use mirror..heheheheh

    panyang69 4 years ago

  • Me personally? I love Vegas Video.

    BigBStatz 4 years ago

  • ok.

    AtomicAtari 4 years ago

  • WTF?

    cachucha1717 4 years ago

  • IS Adobe and Final Cut (?) cheap to get?

    MonkeyOctober 4 years ago

  • no just download it illegally off mininova dot com

    KingJacob 4 years ago

  • no. i believe Final Cut is around $1000 and I think Adobe is about half that price.

    loser078 4 years ago

  • Which is better to use?

    MonkeyOctober 4 years ago

  • it's a matter of opinion. i personally prefer Final Cut, but then again, it was the first high-end editing program I used, so I might be biased, cause I'm more used to it. i know a lot of people who prefer adobe...it's up to the specific editor.

    but they're similar in a lot of ways. i believe Final Cut and Avid Pro are the most popular when it comes to affordable high-end editing software

    loser078 4 years ago

  • It;s R2D2

    icarrillos 4 years ago

  • Done that b4, me and my brother do that on the grill when we want our steaks extra dark:3

    Th3ba1r0n 4 years ago

  • Oh my god. This is just so cool! Indymogul.. 1 thing: YOU RULE!

    not much more to say about you. :D

    cagenbones 4 years ago

  • NOOOOO CHAIN LETTERS!!!!

    charlessy 4 years ago

  • Wow, you really appear fluorescent & luminescent now.

    dou12bfamous 4 years ago

  • you can also get one of those large car windshield reflectors from a dollar store or anywhere else cheaply and use that, it's durable and folds easily.

    openmindedproduction 4 years ago

  • Those are great. Get the kind that have silver on both sides, one shiny and one dull. The dull side is more generally useful because it does a better job of diffusing the light so it is not focused. The shiny side gives a more focused effect, watery if you move it.

    davidpetersonharvey 4 years ago

  • Good tip. I had no idea. Are you in film school or soemthing?

    MrsSmicks 4 years ago

  • Nope, no film school. Just the school of DIY.

    indymogul 4 years ago 2

  • A human sized sangwich! I gotta see this

    Tony18Rox 4 years ago

  • You don't have to wait long!

    indymogul 4 years ago

  • You ever do any fantasy work? Idea maybe you could all so some magic effects, like spellcasting effect?

    Th3ba1r0n 4 years ago

  • those effects are done using combustion, maya, adobe after effects etc.

    GlennAxion 4 years ago

  • now THAT'S a useful tip, if you've seen my latest vid (and I know you have, as you already looked at it for feedback on shooting angles) you'll notice that one angle was usually really dark, and the other one was really light.

    now i might get them all the same, or at least closer ^.^

    jernov 4 years ago

  • Jernov, You should test this technique while shooting a video response to one of Indy Mogul's vids...eh? What do you think?

    indymogul 4 years ago

  • hah, Who knows ;)

    jernov 4 years ago

  • Thanks fool! I needed to know how to make these!

    Thanks you so much Eric for you damn cheap ways to make stuff!

    DBXP 4 years ago

  • Glad to be of help! Check out Monday's episode for info on how to make a human-sized sandwich :D

    indymogul 4 years ago

  • ...a human-sized sammich...

    Eric...

    I have no damn idea what goes through your mind on a daily basis...but it's gotta be damn cool...

    DBXP 4 years ago

  • awesome tip! in the film industry, sometimes we use what is called a "pizza box". it's a small chunk of flat styrofoam that is shiny on one side and white on the other. to make one on the cheap, tape paper to one side of the cardboard and wrinkle and smooth out aluminum foil for the other side (tape it duller side up).

    great show, and i love your website.

    i0dizedsalt 4 years ago

  • The great thing about DIY filmmaking is that there are so many innovative ways to make stuff that people in the industry pay WAYYyy too much money for.

    Glad you love the show, and if you've got any other awesome tips we'd love to hear about 'em and include them on the show.

    indymogul 4 years ago

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