The thing about rgb lightning that people forget is that you'll want to establish a white balanced base in the frame as reference for your eyes. Otherwise your eyes will adjust to the color, thereby diminishing the effect.
@@imDonDiestro All you need to do is have some light in the frame that is the same white balance as the camera. Whether it's your key light, general ambience, or just an accent. Having a neutral light source keeps your eyes from adjusting to your RGB color, making it look more vibrant and dynamic. Your eyes naturally adjust to your surroundings and when lighting you should keep that in mind.
@@aebonstudio7193 appreciate that response man. That happened to me literally yesterday. I was lighting a scene, the key light and fill light were both green. It looked fine to me as I was shooting. When I checked the footage on my computer everything was so green that I literally couldn’t do anything to it but add contrast.
Monochromatic doesn´t just mean one color, but also refers to different "tones" of the same "basic color" a good example of this would be The Matrix, specially when Neo and Trinity enters the building to save Morpheus, and they fight the Swat team.
You can use The rgb lights to do some FXs filmming monochromatic… There is An old movie…Don’t rememeber The name, but there is a face transformation of a woman to a witch (only using lights+gels)… They put red makeup to the actress (shadows) and then fill them with red light so the makeup desapears in camera …. And then they started turning off the red light and start turning on a blue light…. So the makeup appears! A very cool fx Ps: sorry for the lousy english haha
Just found your channel last night and have been binge-watching your tutorials! How did I go so long without seeing these videos!? Thanks for the help, advice and information, it's a huge help! Instant sub from me! :D
Good to see you back man! Hope all is going well. As always, I learn a lot each time I watch one of your videos. This one is perfectly timed as well as I am looking at picking up a second RGB light in the coming week. Thank you again for doing these videos!
@@BradyBessette we appreciate the videos you make Bro, know making content isn’t easy and we just see the few mins but to some of us this is our TV 📺:p
The MCs are amazing. I lit a short with MCs, B7Cs, and 300x, daylight, night for day, night interior, night exterior; they’re fantastic. I just added a 300c to my kit, and now I’m feeling a lack of punchy lights like the 120d. Thinking of adding a couple of the new 60s whenever they’re in stock.
@@BradyBessette I know. I'm one of those who was obsessed with cameras for way too long and have since learned that lights and lenses are more important than cameras in the long run. BTW, the 60d and 60x are in stock on ebay and Amazon at msrp.
This tends to be camera specific. If your dynamic range favors the highlights and clips shadows, you'll want to expose to the right to save detail in the shadows, knowing that you can pull detail back out of the highlights in post. If your camera favors shadows and tends to clip highlights, you'll want to expose more to the left, knowing you can pull detail back out of the shadows in post, or you may want to add extra fill light to those shadow areas on set. The dynamic range of a given camera can also shift from favoring shadows to highlights depending on the ISO you're set to, which is why it can be better to shoot bright daylight scenes on a high ISO with an ND filter and night scenes on a low ISO with added lights, but it depends on what you have to work with and what look you're going for. I haven't used the pocket 4K myself, but I know there are ISO charts you can look up to show you where the dynamic range is sitting on a given setting, taking into account its dual-native ISO. I'm sure Brady could go a lot more in depth in a video, especially since he has experience using the pocket cameras.
Loved the content. Especially the white balance info. Agree that teal and orange is overused. One suggestion, I would have loved the video even more with either no music or some music that was less distracting.
Hey this was really nice. Can you also explain distance game. I mean how far light has to be too get one kind of look. And how close it has to be one kind of look. When to keep it close with what source & when to keep away with what source etc
Man, not gonna lie. I need a full cinematic lighting course for my next project. Will you make a full course soon ? Like a course we can pay for ? Don’t want to buy from other guys on the market cos I like your vibes but the deadline of my project is coming in a not-so-distant future. What do you reckon ?
Great video, thanks. Only the thing about wb... aren't the lights actually calibrated or manufactured so that they give accurate colors at 5600 K so that, when you dial 100% red you get red and not orange or purple... If the choice of the wb is to be arbitrarily made, wouldn't that make it extremely difficult to mix "normal" key light with effect light... Or, virtually impossible to dial in precisely the color you want?
Hey Brady! I’m studying to become a cinematographer, I was recommended the Panasonic G7, thoughts on this? Would love to follow your tutorials as close as possible with the best camera.
Hi, Brady! I really love your videos, I know that you are able to do some budget 30 usd lightning, but I'd like a little bit more for my first set. Is it better to go with amaran 100/200d/x and some more additional lights when creating home product commercials than only ls 120d II? I am considering also light dome II vs light dome mini + rectangle light diffuser... (don't know the size yet, 90x120cm?). I know there are some soft lights, Neewer 660 rgb panel led 3x, Youngnuo YN360 IIIPRO 3x, APUTURE AL-MW, quasar tube lights (but in my country we don't have quasars...). What would you recommend for a start? I have some rgb 90cri bulbs. Going to use Ronin RS2 PRO, waiting for a tripod yet.
@@BradyBessette btw thanks for tutorial now i'm going back to scene breakdown on some video clip that i wanted to know about RGB light that they use hahaha if that's not beer...... Pale Ale?? #run
I actually don't like that golden tone on your skin with the green background. It looks forced and in most cases, distracting. For me the background doesn't bother me as much as the skin tone. I much prefer that warmth only be added if there is context for it to be that yellow. Too far I think.
The thing about rgb lightning that people forget is that you'll want to establish a white balanced base in the frame as reference for your eyes. Otherwise your eyes will adjust to the color, thereby diminishing the effect.
Yes yes yes!
Yes, and color grading can help with that, as well. Maintain a black point and the rest works.
How do you go about doing that? Could you elaborate?
@@imDonDiestro All you need to do is have some light in the frame that is the same white balance as the camera. Whether it's your key light, general ambience, or just an accent. Having a neutral light source keeps your eyes from adjusting to your RGB color, making it look more vibrant and dynamic. Your eyes naturally adjust to your surroundings and when lighting you should keep that in mind.
@@aebonstudio7193 appreciate that response man. That happened to me literally yesterday. I was lighting a scene, the key light and fill light were both green. It looked fine to me as I was shooting. When I checked the footage on my computer everything was so green that I literally couldn’t do anything to it but add contrast.
HAHAHA THE HAZE! I find the color wheel so interesting. I think you explained all of this so well! Thank you for teaching me! ;) haha love you
The haze was awesome. Thank you for endless support love you 😍
Monochromatic doesn´t just mean one color, but also refers to different "tones" of the same "basic color" a good example of this would be The Matrix, specially when Neo and Trinity enters the building to save Morpheus, and they fight the Swat team.
I love how striking RGB lighting is.
Isn’t it so sharp and cool
Nice tat's. Great suggestion for WB temp. and explanation of color combos.
lol hey thanks! need more tats! Glad you enjoyed!
You can use The rgb lights to do some FXs filmming monochromatic…
There is An old movie…Don’t rememeber The name, but there is a face transformation of a woman to a witch (only using lights+gels)… They put red makeup to the actress (shadows) and then fill them with red light so the makeup desapears in camera …. And then they started turning off the red light and start turning on a blue light…. So the makeup appears! A very cool fx
Ps: sorry for the lousy english haha
That’s actually so fascinating thank you for this!
One of my favorite videos - thank you!
Ah thank you very much!
Purple Haze!! I love it, bro, thanks for the great content as always!!!
Thank you so much
@@BradyBessette Very welcome! Blessings 🙌
Thank you for doing this on your free time
Thank you for your appreciation, really!
Just found your channel last night and have been binge-watching your tutorials! How did I go so long without seeing these videos!? Thanks for the help, advice and information, it's a huge help! Instant sub from me! :D
Great insights as always. Been attending the classes without commenting but enjoying the lessons. All the best with your current projects
Good to see you back man! Hope all is going well. As always, I learn a lot each time I watch one of your videos. This one is perfectly timed as well as I am looking at picking up a second RGB light in the coming week. Thank you again for doing these videos!
Hey Antonio! I appreciate this, thank you
Thank you . This is very helpful
Thank YOU
Awesome video and explanation Brady! Thanks for this 😀.
Thank you very much!
Super effective tips as usual man. Would be interesting to get a video on how to light a daytime door chat shot. Always been so tricky
The R in Brady stands for RGB. Awesome video as always
That is gonna be in my bio for everything now lol
Great vid man!! Keep the RGB stuff comin. 👍💯🚀
Thanks Rich!
How about a piece on when to use Aputure COB like 120 or 300d, when to use a Nova type light, and when to use Quasar tubes?
That’s actually a great question
I’d love to see that too
Very helpful, thank you 👍
You're welcome!
Loving the versatile content bro
Thank you so so much
@@BradyBessette we appreciate the videos you make Bro, know making content isn’t easy and we just see the few mins but to some of us this is our TV 📺:p
Awesome man.got a new idea 💡..been a while since I heard from you. Great week.Watching from Kenya
I’m glad you got a new idea! Thank you !
Awesome tipps!💯
Thank you so much !
The MCs are amazing. I lit a short with MCs, B7Cs, and 300x, daylight, night for day, night interior, night exterior; they’re fantastic. I just added a 300c to my kit, and now I’m feeling a lack of punchy lights like the 120d. Thinking of adding a couple of the new 60s whenever they’re in stock.
Hey that’s a heck of a lot though! Gotta love all those lights
@@BradyBessette I know. I'm one of those who was obsessed with cameras for way too long and have since learned that lights and lenses are more important than cameras in the long run. BTW, the 60d and 60x are in stock on ebay and Amazon at msrp.
Thanks Brandy, I was here.
Hello you’re welcome and thank you!
That's gonna be an interesting one!💯
Thank you!!
Brady, can you do a video on exposure to the right and whether you should do it or not? I have BMPCC 4K and would love to see you cover this!
That sounds helpful! I definitely expose higher with the pockets
This tends to be camera specific. If your dynamic range favors the highlights and clips shadows, you'll want to expose to the right to save detail in the shadows, knowing that you can pull detail back out of the highlights in post. If your camera favors shadows and tends to clip highlights, you'll want to expose more to the left, knowing you can pull detail back out of the shadows in post, or you may want to add extra fill light to those shadow areas on set. The dynamic range of a given camera can also shift from favoring shadows to highlights depending on the ISO you're set to, which is why it can be better to shoot bright daylight scenes on a high ISO with an ND filter and night scenes on a low ISO with added lights, but it depends on what you have to work with and what look you're going for. I haven't used the pocket 4K myself, but I know there are ISO charts you can look up to show you where the dynamic range is sitting on a given setting, taking into account its dual-native ISO. I'm sure Brady could go a lot more in depth in a video, especially since he has experience using the pocket cameras.
Good stuff.. am definitely putting these into use
Straight to the point. 👏
Great stuff as always man. Just followed you on IG. As an indie DP myself, I find myself searching for your videos regularly.
Thank you so much Chase!! I appreciate the support
Just subscribed my man!
Thank you and welcome!
painting with light 🔥
Very informative
Thank you!
Great work brother
I searched myself crazy for this gel holder solution! Do you know if it works with softboxes of other brands too? Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Loved the content. Especially the white balance info. Agree that teal and orange is overused. One suggestion, I would have loved the video even more with either no music or some music that was less distracting.
Yeah I realized that AFTER uploading, been a crazy busy week. I figured loud music in a video is better than no video at all
@@BradyBessette I understand. FWIW, I’d take no music 😎
@Brady, where do you get these magnetic clips? 7:27
LOVED IT! MOAR HAZE! Btw, what about white balance in these situations? Thank you!
Watch it through!
@@BradyBessette I'm so sorry, I totally missed that part I don't know why! Thank you :D
I love how you pronounce oawnge. It's going to sound like apples when anybody else says it now.
Fun video! That blue and orange looks cool 😎 Hey what haze machine do you use and would you recommend it? It looks nice and small.
Hello brother, I want to buy two lenses for a 250d camera, should I buy 50mm and 35mm or 50mm and 24mm
Sooooo effing helpful
“Not beer”😂😂😂
Great video‼️‼️
Hahahah thanks Lance
Yes that's why a woman standing next to me in a picture, gets tagged "definitely not a second girlfriend" that always works.
Do you shoot a color chart before turning on the RGB lights?
Hey this was really nice. Can you also explain distance game. I mean how far light has to be too get one kind of look. And how close it has to be one kind of look. When to keep it close with what source & when to keep away with what source etc
Man, not gonna lie. I need a full cinematic lighting course for my next project. Will you make a full course soon ? Like a course we can pay for ? Don’t want to buy from other guys on the market cos I like your vibes but the deadline of my project is coming in a not-so-distant future. What do you reckon ?
Did he mention what fixture he’s using for his keylight? Nova P300?
Yes keylight was the p300 with softbox + grid
I have a canon 80D what should I set my white balance to?
WB will depend on the lighting and scene! I have a video on setting white balance on the channel :)
So I guess doing a normal white balance with a white/grey card wouldn't be beneficial in circumstances where you're doing mainly rgb lighting?
I don’t know the 100% right way but I have found going to daylight balance works well
What do you use for your haze?
A basic fog machine lol, nothing crazy
Great video, thanks. Only the thing about wb... aren't the lights actually calibrated or manufactured so that they give accurate colors at 5600 K so that, when you dial 100% red you get red and not orange or purple... If the choice of the wb is to be arbitrarily made, wouldn't that make it extremely difficult to mix "normal" key light with effect light... Or, virtually impossible to dial in precisely the color you want?
This video is sponsored by "Not Beer"... If it's not beer, then it's just not beer. 😂
It’s not beer 🤷🏼♂️
Hey Brady! I’m studying to become a cinematographer, I was recommended the Panasonic G7, thoughts on this? Would love to follow your tutorials as close as possible with the best camera.
Go Sony alpha
Hey! Unfortunately I don’t know much about the G7, and I’d hate to steer you wrong not knowing!
@@tugdualleclercq484 I’d love to use a Sony Alpha. But those are so damn expensive I don’t have the what, 1 grand? 2? They’re so much.
@@BradyBessette thank you regardless, though!
Love it
Thank you!
need some tips on youtube studio lighting dude
I did at the end!!
Hi, Brady! I really love your videos, I know that you are able to do some budget 30 usd lightning, but I'd like a little bit more for my first set. Is it better to go with amaran 100/200d/x and some more additional lights when creating home product commercials than only ls 120d II? I am considering also light dome II vs light dome mini + rectangle light diffuser... (don't know the size yet, 90x120cm?). I know there are some soft lights, Neewer 660 rgb panel led 3x, Youngnuo YN360 IIIPRO 3x, APUTURE AL-MW, quasar tube lights (but in my country we don't have quasars...).
What would you recommend for a start? I have some rgb 90cri bulbs. Going to use Ronin RS2 PRO, waiting for a tripod yet.
how you make haze on scene??
Great
Thanks!
RUclips compression really hates that heavy haze.
But we all really love it
@@BradyBessette in 4k it's great. But YT usually tries to cut bandwidth, and it looks like Minecraft haze.
Holy shit this is goldddd
Brady master need tutorials on lighting a moving subject (Human)
Great educational video..
NOT BEER 😂 Absolutely
Lmaooo thank you
Are you saying WB was 5600 in all these colours?
At least there aren't any smoke alarms going off this time.
Yes I was proactive this time ;)
Removed the batteries? Haha
Yeah pretty much !
hahahahahahah the haze🤣🤣🤣🤣 looks like a prince video🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hahahaha it was an accident!
Whats the app called
Sidus link!
Went to heavy on HAZE > Story of my life
You and all of us lol
The pro term is John Wick lighting.
❤❤❤❤
The not beer can😂
Lmaoo
Hi
Hey!
But what kind of beer is that?
Well, it’s not beer ???
@@BradyBessette cheeky!
"not Beer"
i guess it must be..................
LAGER!!!
Hey it’s not beer!!!
@@BradyBessette btw thanks for tutorial
now i'm going back to scene breakdown on some video clip that i wanted to know about RGB light that they use hahaha
if that's not beer......
Pale Ale??
#run
@@jirosaves_theworld wel you’re welcome! Lol it was just a joke about the beer
I actually don't like that golden tone on your skin with the green background. It looks forced and in most cases, distracting. For me the background doesn't bother me as much as the skin tone. I much prefer that warmth only be added if there is context for it to be that yellow. Too far I think.
You forgot to dismiss the class.