Great work! One tiny little note for when you work with an industry crew on a union set. You would call striking when adding a light so you won’t accidentally blind people not when turning the lights off. When turning the light off you would say “let’s 86 that edge light” 86 is when you remove striking is when you turn on the light.
Interesting. I've heard it both ways on many different sets. It's always been striking for turning it on and when asking someone to turn off a light I've heard both 86 that light and strike that light.
@@BransenPass “86 that” is always remove. Doesn’t need to be a light. 86 means remove. “86 that c-stand” “86 that prop” never used as an addition. Striking is used when you are turning on a light pretty much exclusively.
Also, impressive packing. I use our white family van that when all the seats are removed, I had a piece of plywood to the bottom and do a similar cart shuffle with all the flags overhead. 🙌🏼
Not gonna lie, your channel is one video away from selling me on the fs5. I’m currently renting one and thinking of buying one. They’re so good still! Thanks for the video.
Just goes to show that older tech still works! I actually almost bought an FS5 in 2020, ended up going the canon route, and then switched to Sony in 2022. Great to see you using these older cameras, with the way you lit these interviews you could never tell these were shot on older (maybe slightly outdated) cameras. Great work Joel!
I appreciate that!!! Yeah sometimes you don’t need the latest and greatest to get work. It definitely can help but I’ve seen some people land some huge jobs with very little. I always have to remind myself of this. Thanks for watching bro!!!
@@ideaplusagency I don’t want to speak for Joel since he’s managed to get great images out of these cameras. I think lack of 4:2:2 10 bit in 4K is a big missed opportunity, otherwise you need atomos recorders to achieve the same level of video quality. Something that most cameras like the FX6, FX3 just come standard in the box and older cameras like the FS7 also had 10 bit video internally. The FS5 was kinda forgotten about by Sony it seems.
@@ludovicavice3496 exactly! I own the FX3 and even tho you can push the colors and the grade I always try to get the image as close to in camera as possible.
I remember beting new at video and setting up my old-ish Canon camera and shooting 1080 when I got my first good light with a honeycomb grid and seeing myself in the monitor and thinking it wasn't real or that some sort of witchcraft was involved. The lighting was EVERYTHING about the shot and it changed so much about how I look at shooting video to this day.
Haha! I know what you mean!!! I had a smilier experience using my first bi-color led panel and the thought of not having to use gels. It was magical. Thanks for watching!!!
That was awesome! I had a similar conference in January in Atlanta too and the Inovativ Cart makes it a dream. If you need someone in ATL next time, I'm local and work conferences all year long!
Thanks so much!!! I always forget where everyone is located. Send me your info and I will keep you in mind for future shoots!! joelgabrielsen@gmail.com
Nice setup and great walkthrough! The only tweak I would have made is getting the key light up higher to be more eye level vs mounting it low. I get why you did it so it’s more compact and an easier setup, but the soft light feels like it’s coming from below and his nose shadow almost looks like it’s casting upwards, which imo doesn’t feel as natural.
I think there’s to much emphasis put on the newest gear with 90% of the people not utilizing them to their fullest capabilities. I also have two fs5’s and an a6700 and the pairing is perfect for my needs. I have three 4k capable cameras, two that support raw or external 10bit, and one that’ll do 4k 10bit internal. It I need a camera with autofocus, the a6700. But as for the cameras nowadays, the largest benefit I see is going to be autofocus, but only if you require it, otherwise with proper lighting, which should be the primary or secondary focus(audio), then the sensors in the new cameras offer almost nothing more than these fs5’s and their 10 year old sensors.
Can you do a video on the preproduction (planning for shoot, coordination), concept (what were interviews for), deliverables, and logistics of this video?
Love how you breakdown the business side of it and how that influences camera and other hardware/software and professional services choices. More expensive cameras have a domino effect that up to this point I had not considered. Thank you for a great vlog.
I really appreciate this video and I really appreciate that you use the fs5. I love my fs5, I use it for everything. Run and gun, vlogs, commercial work. Sometimes I be wanting something newer but this camera have taught me alot. Especially how not to depend on auto focus. When I 1st got it, I used to see reviews about how bad it was using it in low light. So I had a viltrox 23mm f1.4 apcs lens. It was terrible. Granted I didn't have any lights with it. So I wanted to get rid of it. I started taking things back to the basics. Then I learned about "gain" and switched my fs5 to "gain" and let me tell ya it's a world of different when it comes to low light. Then I started investing in my lights. I got 1 good light and 1 decent light. My footage looks much better. The footage from the fs5 is still beautiful and filled with character.
So, good points about upgrading cameras and how you'll have to charge higher prices and it will be larger files. It makes a lot of sense that it's not broke, dont fix it. Particularly if you're working with the same clients again and again and they are happy with their camera package.
FS5 looks great! I believe the issue people had with it was the 8-Bit recording and the color science back then. I own the FX6, and it has been great. 4K24p is about 200mbps, which is 2.5 hours on a 256GB card.
Thanks so much! This is true. The 8 bit can be an issue if you don't expose correctly and have to fix it in post. The image will fall apart really quickly. Also if you apply a heavy color grade. Most of the time i'm trying to keep it very clean and it works well. Thanks so much for watching!!!
Thank you very much for this detailed breakdown. I appreciate you walking us through each step and providing the rationale behind your strategies. Also, sharing how you pivoted to deal with the curve balls - getting a second shooter in a pinch and adjusting for a two-person frame in such a small space - was very helpful. Thanks again.
I try to bring on at-least two people incase situations where the client wants to set-up in a different space. Also, I'm 50. I still strength train but at this point in my life, lugging gear and setting up by myself gets real old. No pun intended. Great work lighting the interviews!
Love the book light setup. So convienent for tight quarters. The FS5 and FS7 are still requested by people here in florida. I had someone ask for the F55 with AxsR5 for 16 bit raw.
You are becoming my #1 guy. Glad that you put up videos and just want you to know I find a ton of value in your content so thank you Joel. I hope we can work together in the future. Poor Bear Stories
Comments like this make it worth posting videos. I appreciate you bro! Thanks for watching the channel. Shoot me an email with your info. I travel all over and would love to connect if i'm ever in your town. joelgabrielsen@gmail.com
I agree; I love my 2 FS5M2s. They have some quirks, but the benefits outweigh the FX3's. I would need to sell both just to get close to a body on the FX6 and then only have one cinema camera. Granted, I also have an A7SIII, but I prefer the FS5s.
Thanks, some great ideas and good to be able to see how you accomplish your end result. It would def be better to get a more significant (different) angle of view for 2nd camera and I might have looked at adjusting light positions to see if that were possible. One thought on the hotel's practical stand light, it might be good to carry a stack of different wattage bulbs (ie lower) to get light level down. Maybe if tungsten an in line voltage regulator to reduce power (but messy, likely to offend hotel health & safety etc and may lower colour temp too far). Another option would be to remove bulb and clip or gaff in (possibly plasticine in) a small LED panel (eg Small Rig RGB panel light sub $50) or an expensive Aputure MC Pro (for Sidus Link control like rest of your set-up). Just random thoughts but I'm pretty new to all this and trying to learn.
Nice work making the best of the situation. As you mentioned, a net would have helped a lot with the 2-person setup, but I’ve used a flag on the inside of the book light to do the same thing. And, it isn’t as noticeable in eye glasses. Another thought you can explore for your book light setup: angle it a bit lower so you are getting a good amount of bounce from the vertical layer. It helps prevent the hot spot on the talent’s forehead.
Lighting two subjects can be challenging, especially on short notice. Glad you were able to save that image, even though I agree that a double net would have been the best choice. Your footage looks very good given the older camera models, which just goes to show that lighting in general plays a much bigger role than most people realize.
Great content. Thanks for pointing out the use of the Sony FS5 I haven't heard of anyone else using this camera in a long time so seeing your footage and the control was excellent. You might have just saved me a ton of expense in a recent camera purchase for some new clients who just like you pointed out aren't so concerned about whether it was shot on RED or not but that the footage looks great and the overall cost of the package is what they can afford.
I do appreciate your skill levels and the fact you know your kit and set up very well. I can't help thinking that book light set up though is highly impractical. If i get told I'm getting a break out room before a conference sometimes i don't even know if they're filled with tables and chairs, i also get no indication of how big the space is. For those reasons i totally downsize, i have a very big parabolic (bounce in) which would take up less than a quarter of that space. Alot of the time there's no budget to get a second shooter so it's all me :) i could probably get all my kit in two wheelie bags, which fit in the back of a car boot. I don't think i could/would ever pull that amount of stuff into a job where i have to be flexible and quick. Not to take away from your amazing set up and system though, it looks a million dollars
I really love all this setup too! I shoot conferences (in Sydney, Australia) and similarly, I never know if I'll be in a big or small room, or one packed with chairs around an unmovable conference table haha! I use Aputure Light Dome ii's which can get around those awkward spaces. Though, if I knew I was in a bigger, empty room I might try some more flags and diffusion
Thank you your backstage info. I found very helpful ideas, tricks. The last years bought two Amaran 100d, one 300C LED lamps and main camera the Sony A7 IV with a Sigma 24-70 F 2.8. And of course have some light modifyers, gimballs, tripods also... little setup but in my region is much then enough for interviews, wedding, promotion films and etc. Now is my next goal buying a new editing workstation. 😎 THX and wish you good clients and nice works. 🙂
Bro, you just earned yourself a new sub. I appreciate this walkthrough and the breakdown and why you made the decisions you made. And the final footage looked great. You made a solid argument for sticking with the FS5 in that scenario. Kudos!
Only thing would be to move the 4’ tube camera left a couple of feet and warm it up so it acts to motivate the práctica lamp rather than just random white light from above.
Hi Joel from London, UK. Great content. I'm mostly working solo, I'll typically use a very basic setup for lighting - Key light with a Amaran 200X and Aputure Dome II and fill light Amaran 60D with an Aputure Mini Dome ii. I've never used a bounce and T-Bar setup before. Just feels like something that would take me ages to setup. Any benefits compared to the Dome setup? Also, love the use of the light in the plant, so simple but effective! Do you have any tips for when the room is TINY? Recently had a shoot where I had a box room and no depth whatsoever, resulting in a shadow casting onto the wall from a fill light. Not a great look. However, the client was happy as the image was clear and the sound was right and I delivered it within 3 days as requested... but I knew deep down it wasn't a great look. Also, any thoughts on using a lantern dome when lighting multiple subjects?
Thanks so much for watching all the way over in the UK! That's awesome! When I have to light so many faces back to back I prefer a big source like a 6x6. This requires very little adjustment in between people. Because everyone has a slight different shape face a big source is very flattering. You also don't need to adjust so much for glasses or bald heads. You can can get a very similar look with a soft box it will just require more thought in placement of the light to make sure it's flattering for each person. I knew going into this project I wouldn't have much gaps in-between interviews so I went with the 6X6.
Good lighting can make the iphone 13 look like a Panavision Gold Package from the 90's, trust me, I've used both. You can create an average looking shot just as easy with a 100,000 dollar camera if your lighting sucks. Lights are EVERYTHING in a production to make it look professional and or cinematic.
Great vlog! Loved seeing the setup build plus end results. Also, it was great paying it forward with a shoutout to my buddy Piotr “Mr One Stand Book Light Extraordinaire” reference. ❤🎉🎥🥳💡
Hey John, great vid as always! In between the batteries and monitors is a roll of labels. Are those the labels you put on each piece of gear? They look shiny and nice. Do you print yourself or send somewhere?
Really love this setup! I shoot conferences in Australia with my brother and I thought we had a lot of gear.. a couple of light domes, 4 cameras (Canon C100's haha, they're even older!), but this is a whole other level! Love the key light setup for the main interviews, and so impressed with the lite mat for the vox pops outside - I think that adds so much production value to (what could be) a fairly rough and ready vox pop. How does the Rose Garden diffusion work? Does it cast those green/blue/red colours on the subject's face? And why use it over a white one? Just curious cause I'd never heard of it! Keep up the awesome work!
Lots of good stuff here! Great lighting can make a mediocre camera look decent, but poor lighting can’t make an excellent camera decent. No issues with lens flares on the T4C as a backlight without the grid? How are you liking the Brokeh? They have always interested me, but I haven’t seen many people rolling with them.
Absolutely!! I didn't have major flaring issues with the tubes on this shoot. I did just order a set of 45 degree grids though. So for future stuff that will help. I like the Brokeh stuff a lot! Has a very natural window quality to the light which I like. Thanks for watching!!!
I gained a lot of valuable info and insights from this video, thanks for making it so thorough. For the standup interviews (example 19:50) , am I correct in seeing that you essentially just used one key light (looks like a mat light) and then let the ceiling lights kind of serve as a subtle rim light on the shoulders/hair? Or did you sneak a small backlight in there? Thanks.
I like how you have used the lav mics ,with the clip on the outside and the mic hidden . But how are you preventing cloth / skin noise on the mic like that. . For really long interviews ,but needing smaller files , on my fx9 , Ive used XAVC L (Long gop) . As there is very little movement in the frame it's a pretty safe option and much smaller files. But yeah the fs5 footage is looking great.
Thanks so much!!! Im not the best when it comes to audio! For hiding lavs I usually use the gaff triangle which helps with rustle. I can never get it perfect but it does help. Thanks for watching!!
Great content! Lots of useful information to take away, thank you so much and kudos from London! Would love to see more bts content from corporate productions. Subscribed!
This was great, thank you for the time and effort put in to share with us. I hate to ask, but what size is your production (Inovativ) cart? I had a 48" magliner cart but found it was too big for some elvators.
Why don't people use a smaller key light like the RC 70b to properly expose the face and the rest of the body while also creating more shadow at the bottom, which can enhance the overall appearance?
FS5 is great when you can color grade to correct the skin tones and blue/green hues back to normal. My issue is for those clients that don't want an edit but just want the raw footage, then take those FS5 files and make it look like total garbage.
Love the videos, thanks Joel! Do you remember what color temps where you using for each light? Do you go by feel, color meter or just remember what you like. I think your interviews look great!
Thanks so much for watching!! I usually eyeball everything. I remember cameras were 5600k balanced and the lighting was slightly warmer balanced maybe like 5000k the motivated prac was really warm like 3800k.
I am from Romania (europe) . Seeing so much gear in a corporate production amazes me, even tv production dont have so much effort put in a production. My guess is that this was a 60-70.000 $ project, otherwise i don't know how could you bring so much gear and take more changes last minute,forcing you to hire fast someone. You basically travel with a small movie production gear.
Hi Joel, great BTS. The interviews you showed looked super clean! How are you attaching your flags to the side of your cart? I saw a cable on one side but surely you are using something else too to stop them from flopping all over the place?
Awesome thanks!! I'm using grip clips on the bottom of the cart and a bungie on the side of the cart to keep them from moving. I'll do a breakdown in a future video! thanks for watching!
Im shooting +1 in SLOG 3. You always want to over expose in SLOG 3. Im shooting the base ISO 2000 and using ND to balance out. Lens was a sigma 50mm 1.2. Thanks so much for watching!!!
Hey great video. It just shows how crazy important and crucial lighting is regardless of what gear you have. Quick question tho, it really seems like a hefty setup for a single person. How long did it take for you to setup the whole formal interview by solo-ing and do you usually do it alone?
Killer set-ups bro! Also very impressive with how flexible you are equipment-wise with the creative curve balls the client threw your way. This might be a question similar to asking your weight, but how much do you charge for something like this? Three day shoot with all that gear! Also tell me if that's lame to ask ;).
Are you based in ATL? Send me your info and I'll add it to my list. Im always looking for locals depending on what city i'm working in - joelgabrielsen@gmail.com
Im buying a fs5 tomorrow and all the reasons you gave have helped me make that decision. Thank you
Thank you for the shout out! It is awesome to see other professionals getting inspired from my videos and ideas. Great Vlog!
Absolutely man!!! Thanks for watching!!!
This interview lighting looks absolutely amazing!
FS5 still looks magnificent. Great video
The filming is the easy part but the editing is where the time is spent and the magic happens and the dollar per hour goes up.
I’m just getting started in the industry and this video was very helpful with my lighting project for school! Thank you Joel Gabrielsen!
Great work! One tiny little note for when you work with an industry crew on a union set. You would call striking when adding a light so you won’t accidentally blind people not when turning the lights off. When turning the light off you would say “let’s 86 that edge light” 86 is when you remove striking is when you turn on the light.
Absolutely!! Thanks for the feedback!! I always get the terms mixed up. Thanks for for watching!
Interesting. I've heard it both ways on many different sets. It's always been striking for turning it on and when asking someone to turn off a light I've heard both 86 that light and strike that light.
@@BransenPass “86 that” is always remove. Doesn’t need to be a light. 86 means remove. “86 that c-stand” “86 that prop” never used as an addition. Striking is used when you are turning on a light pretty much exclusively.
I love that you’re using FS5s. I operate two FS7s. Incredible cameras that still impress the client and get the job done.
Also, impressive packing. I use our white family van that when all the seats are removed, I had a piece of plywood to the bottom and do a similar cart shuffle with all the flags overhead. 🙌🏼
That is awesome!!! Two F7Ss sounds great. Nice kit for sure! Thanks for watching!
For sure!!! I still have a mini van that I use for my kids sporting events. They work great for production!!!
Mannn I have an old school suburban (99) the back seat can be removed and I put full size carts in it.
Not gonna lie, your channel is one video away from selling me on the fs5. I’m currently renting one and thinking of buying one. They’re so good still! Thanks for the video.
Just goes to show that older tech still works! I actually almost bought an FS5 in 2020, ended up going the canon route, and then switched to Sony in 2022. Great to see you using these older cameras, with the way you lit these interviews you could never tell these were shot on older (maybe slightly outdated) cameras. Great work Joel!
I appreciate that!!! Yeah sometimes you don’t need the latest and greatest to get work. It definitely can help but I’ve seen some people land some huge jobs with very little. I always have to remind myself of this. Thanks for watching bro!!!
What exactly makes them outdated?
@@ideaplusagency I don’t want to speak for Joel since he’s managed to get great images out of these cameras. I think lack of 4:2:2 10 bit in 4K is a big missed opportunity, otherwise you need atomos recorders to achieve the same level of video quality. Something that most cameras like the FX6, FX3 just come standard in the box and older cameras like the FS7 also had 10 bit video internally. The FS5 was kinda forgotten about by Sony it seems.
@@Cinovamedia if you nail everything in camera and not going for some heavy grades, you don't need all these fancy features 😊
@@ludovicavice3496 exactly! I own the FX3 and even tho you can push the colors and the grade I always try to get the image as close to in camera as possible.
I’m digging the cleanness of the lighting for this conference.
Thanks so much!!! I appreciate you watching the video!
I remember beting new at video and setting up my old-ish Canon camera and shooting 1080 when I got my first good light with a honeycomb grid and seeing myself in the monitor and thinking it wasn't real or that some sort of witchcraft was involved. The lighting was EVERYTHING about the shot and it changed so much about how I look at shooting video to this day.
Haha! I know what you mean!!! I had a smilier experience using my first bi-color led panel and the thought of not having to use gels. It was magical. Thanks for watching!!!
That was awesome! I had a similar conference in January in Atlanta too and the Inovativ Cart makes it a dream. If you need someone in ATL next time, I'm local and work conferences all year long!
Thanks so much!!! I always forget where everyone is located. Send me your info and I will keep you in mind for future shoots!! joelgabrielsen@gmail.com
Nice setup and great walkthrough! The only tweak I would have made is getting the key light up higher to be more eye level vs mounting it low. I get why you did it so it’s more compact and an easier setup, but the soft light feels like it’s coming from below and his nose shadow almost looks like it’s casting upwards, which imo doesn’t feel as natural.
I think there’s to much emphasis put on the newest gear with 90% of the people not utilizing them to their fullest capabilities. I also have two fs5’s and an a6700 and the pairing is perfect for my needs. I have three 4k capable cameras, two that support raw or external 10bit, and one that’ll do 4k 10bit internal. It I need a camera with autofocus, the a6700.
But as for the cameras nowadays, the largest benefit I see is going to be autofocus, but only if you require it, otherwise with proper lighting, which should be the primary or secondary focus(audio), then the sensors in the new cameras offer almost nothing more than these fs5’s and their 10 year old sensors.
Well said! I agree for sure. Thanks so much for watching!
I feel ya. I'm still using my FS700 which doesn't have all the bells and whistles that the latest cameras have, but still produces a great image.
Yes absolutely! The FS700 is a beast! Love that camera. Thanks for watching!
"Light, optic and talent is more important than price camera" ;) Absolute secret !!
I appreciate it! Thanks for watching!
Can you do a video on the preproduction (planning for shoot, coordination), concept (what were interviews for), deliverables, and logistics of this video?
Absolutely! I will start incorporating this into future videos.
Love how you breakdown the business side of it and how that influences camera and other hardware/software and professional services choices. More expensive cameras have a domino effect that up to this point I had not considered. Thank you for a great vlog.
I really appreciate this video and I really appreciate that you use the fs5. I love my fs5, I use it for everything. Run and gun, vlogs, commercial work. Sometimes I be wanting something newer but this camera have taught me alot. Especially how not to depend on auto focus. When I 1st got it, I used to see reviews about how bad it was using it in low light. So I had a viltrox 23mm f1.4 apcs lens. It was terrible. Granted I didn't have any lights with it. So I wanted to get rid of it. I started taking things back to the basics. Then I learned about "gain" and switched my fs5 to "gain" and let me tell ya it's a world of different when it comes to low light. Then I started investing in my lights. I got 1 good light and 1 decent light. My footage looks much better. The footage from the fs5 is still beautiful and filled with character.
So, good points about upgrading cameras and how you'll have to charge higher prices and it will be larger files. It makes a lot of sense that it's not broke, dont fix it. Particularly if you're working with the same clients again and again and they are happy with their camera package.
I know it's a newer camera but I did a ton of work with an fx6 and an a7s3 last year. Love it and the clients are always so happy.
Absolutely! That’s a killer combo. Beautiful image quality. I’ve seen FX6 shots look better than some high end ARRI and REDs. Thanks for watching!
More Joel on camera! 👏
Making me blush bro.
Thank you, it's great. The only thing I would try is adding a single net to smooth out the face on the one shots. Just to see if it helps.
FS5 looks great! I believe the issue people had with it was the 8-Bit recording and the color science back then.
I own the FX6, and it has been great. 4K24p is about 200mbps, which is 2.5 hours on a 256GB card.
Thanks so much! This is true. The 8 bit can be an issue if you don't expose correctly and have to fix it in post. The image will fall apart really quickly. Also if you apply a heavy color grade. Most of the time i'm trying to keep it very clean and it works well. Thanks so much for watching!!!
Thank you very much for this detailed breakdown. I appreciate you walking us through each step and providing the rationale behind your strategies. Also, sharing how you pivoted to deal with the curve balls - getting a second shooter in a pinch and adjusting for a two-person frame in such a small space - was very helpful. Thanks again.
I try to bring on at-least two people incase situations where the client wants to set-up in a different space. Also, I'm 50. I still strength train but at this point in my life, lugging gear and setting up by myself gets real old. No pun intended. Great work lighting the interviews!
Love the book light setup. So convienent for tight quarters. The FS5 and FS7 are still requested by people here in florida. I had someone ask for the F55 with AxsR5 for 16 bit raw.
Thanks for sharing! That is awesome. I love the F55. I thought about upgrading to those a few years back. They are great! Thanks for watching!!!
You are becoming my #1 guy. Glad that you put up videos and just want you to know I find a ton of value in your content so thank you Joel. I hope we can work together in the future. Poor Bear Stories
Comments like this make it worth posting videos. I appreciate you bro! Thanks for watching the channel. Shoot me an email with your info. I travel all over and would love to connect if i'm ever in your town. joelgabrielsen@gmail.com
I agree; I love my 2 FS5M2s. They have some quirks, but the benefits outweigh the FX3's. I would need to sell both just to get close to a body on the FX6 and then only have one cinema camera. Granted, I also have an A7SIII, but I prefer the FS5s.
Absolutely! I feel the same way as you. Thanks for watching!!
Thanks, some great ideas and good to be able to see how you accomplish your end result. It would def be better to get a more significant (different) angle of view for 2nd camera and I might have looked at adjusting light positions to see if that were possible. One thought on the hotel's practical stand light, it might be good to carry a stack of different wattage bulbs (ie lower) to get light level down. Maybe if tungsten an in line voltage regulator to reduce power (but messy, likely to offend hotel health & safety etc and may lower colour temp too far). Another option would be to remove bulb and clip or gaff in (possibly plasticine in) a small LED panel (eg Small Rig RGB panel light sub $50) or an expensive Aputure MC Pro (for Sidus Link control like rest of your set-up). Just random thoughts but I'm pretty new to all this and trying to learn.
Lighting is greater than the camera! Subscribed
Thanks so much for the SUB! I appreciate it!
Re: lighting two people. Turn the light up in brightness and move or far away. You’ll find the light to be more even at the same exposure
Yes! That is right. Sometimes you don't have the space or the output but I agree with you! Thanks for watching!
the lamp and plant hotel conference room combo is undefeated. Ive tried many times to do something better but there isn't lol.
Absolutely! You can’t go wrong with that combo. Thanks for watching!
Nice work making the best of the situation. As you mentioned, a net would have helped a lot with the 2-person setup, but I’ve used a flag on the inside of the book light to do the same thing. And, it isn’t as noticeable in eye glasses.
Another thought you can explore for your book light setup: angle it a bit lower so you are getting a good amount of bounce from the vertical layer. It helps prevent the hot spot on the talent’s forehead.
This is really great feedback! Super helpful! Thanks for the suggestions. I'm gonna try this out on the next one for sure!
Lighting two subjects can be challenging, especially on short notice. Glad you were able to save that image, even though I agree that a double net would have been the best choice. Your footage looks very good given the older camera models, which just goes to show that lighting in general plays a much bigger role than most people realize.
Very true! Thanks so much! I appreciate you watching!
Looks so good! I would just add a bit more headspace to give you some room to play around with the frame.
Absolutely! You're right. A little more headspace would have been better. Thanks for watching!
Finally clicked for me why videographers use ND filters from watching your lighting setup. Cool video
For sure!!! ND helps with controlling light so much. I love when cameras have built in ND. Makes it easy.
Thanks for watching!
Great content. Thanks for pointing out the use of the Sony FS5 I haven't heard of anyone else using this camera in a long time so seeing your footage and the control was excellent. You might have just saved me a ton of expense in a recent camera purchase for some new clients who just like you pointed out aren't so concerned about whether it was shot on RED or not but that the footage looks great and the overall cost of the package is what they can afford.
I do appreciate your skill levels and the fact you know your kit and set up very well. I can't help thinking that book light set up though is highly impractical. If i get told I'm getting a break out room before a conference sometimes i don't even know if they're filled with tables and chairs, i also get no indication of how big the space is. For those reasons i totally downsize, i have a very big parabolic (bounce in) which would take up less than a quarter of that space. Alot of the time there's no budget to get a second shooter so it's all me :) i could probably get all my kit in two wheelie bags, which fit in the back of a car boot. I don't think i could/would ever pull that amount of stuff into a job where i have to be flexible and quick. Not to take away from your amazing set up and system though, it looks a million dollars
I really love all this setup too! I shoot conferences (in Sydney, Australia) and similarly, I never know if I'll be in a big or small room, or one packed with chairs around an unmovable conference table haha! I use Aputure Light Dome ii's which can get around those awkward spaces. Though, if I knew I was in a bigger, empty room I might try some more flags and diffusion
Ah yes, I saw this post yesterday on Facebook! This looked soooooo well lit! I took screenshots for inspiration. Thank you for sharing as always!
That is so awesome!!! Wow. Im blown away. I appreciate you! Thanks for watching!
Beautiful lighting Joel. Great attention to detail. That brokeh 6x6 seems to work wonders on skin too.
I appreciate it!! I think so too! It feels really close to the same quality as window light. Thanks for watching!
Thank you your backstage info. I found very helpful ideas, tricks. The last years bought two Amaran 100d, one 300C LED lamps and main camera the Sony A7 IV with a Sigma 24-70 F 2.8. And of course have some light modifyers, gimballs, tripods also... little setup but in my region is much then enough for interviews, wedding, promotion films and etc. Now is my next goal buying a new editing workstation. 😎
THX and wish you good clients and nice works. 🙂
Bro, you just earned yourself a new sub. I appreciate this walkthrough and the breakdown and why you made the decisions you made. And the final footage looked great. You made a solid argument for sticking with the FS5 in that scenario. Kudos!
Now this is a helpful video. This is what we need to see more of. It's appreciated.
I appreciate that!!! Thanks for watching! Im glad it was helpful to you.
You could use a scrim/net to expose the two people.
Great video! Im a photographer and i have such an interest in lighting. Keep it up. Subscribed✅👍
Thanks for the tips! And thanks for subscribing! I appreciate it!
Only thing would be to move the 4’ tube camera left a couple of feet and warm it up so it acts to motivate the práctica lamp rather than just random white light from above.
For sure!!! That definitely would have helped motivate the lamp light. Thanks for watching!!
Good job Joel. A great idea to show a little of your everyday life. It helps a lot to see someone experienced in practice. Thanks for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it! I appreciate it! Thanks so much for watching!
Awesome work! I would have to agree with you, lighting is very important! Looking forward to see more of your work!
Absolutely! Thanks for watching the vlog and commenting!!!
AYE!!! Great video brotha! Thanks again for having me! 🤘
Any time! Thanks for making the trip with me bro! It was great working with you!
Great Video. Where did you get the rose garden white flag soft curtain?
Thanks! I ordered directly from "BROKEH" brokeh-lighting.myshopify.com/products/nef-rose-garden-natural-enhancement-fill
The Fs5 is still such a great camera!
Absolutely! I still use them frequently! Thanks for watching!!!
Very cool. Thanx for sharing. The result was rock solid! Look really great 🎉
Glad you liked it!!! Thanks so much!!!
This is so great. Love how you approach things. Very inspiring
Thank you so much! That is great to hear. I appreciate you watching!
Hi Joel from London, UK. Great content. I'm mostly working solo, I'll typically use a very basic setup for lighting - Key light with a Amaran 200X and Aputure Dome II and fill light Amaran 60D with an Aputure Mini Dome ii.
I've never used a bounce and T-Bar setup before. Just feels like something that would take me ages to setup. Any benefits compared to the Dome setup? Also, love the use of the light in the plant, so simple but effective! Do you have any tips for when the room is TINY? Recently had a shoot where I had a box room and no depth whatsoever, resulting in a shadow casting onto the wall from a fill light. Not a great look. However, the client was happy as the image was clear and the sound was right and I delivered it within 3 days as requested... but I knew deep down it wasn't a great look. Also, any thoughts on using a lantern dome when lighting multiple subjects?
Thanks so much for watching all the way over in the UK! That's awesome! When I have to light so many faces back to back I prefer a big source like a 6x6. This requires very little adjustment in between people. Because everyone has a slight different shape face a big source is very flattering. You also don't need to adjust so much for glasses or bald heads. You can can get a very similar look with a soft box it will just require more thought in placement of the light to make sure it's flattering for each person. I knew going into this project I wouldn't have much gaps in-between interviews so I went with the 6X6.
Excellent behind the scenes look. Great detail in everything.
Thank you very much! I appreciate it!
Good lighting can make the iphone 13 look like a Panavision Gold Package from the 90's, trust me, I've used both. You can create an average looking shot just as easy with a 100,000 dollar camera if your lighting sucks. Lights are EVERYTHING in a production to make it look professional and or cinematic.
Great vlog! Loved seeing the setup build plus end results. Also, it was great paying it forward with a shoutout to my buddy Piotr “Mr One Stand Book Light Extraordinaire” reference. ❤🎉🎥🥳💡
Awesome! Thank you Walter!! Absolutely! One stand book light is a game changer!
absolutly amazing BTS. Thank you Joel
I appreciate that!!! Thanks for watching!!
Great video. But I have to ask, you listed all of gear in the comments with the one exception, the chairs. Where can I get them?
Thanks so much! Absolutely! These are the ones im using. Filmcraft are the best! - amzn.to/3SqTum8
Nice work. Like your set-up and approach. Quick question: which multi-pattern rag was that? Was it TRP?
Thanks for the tips, bro. It's really helpful
Glad to hear that! Thanks for watching!
When I’m using my FX6 I totally forget about lighting setups 😂🔥🔥🔥 one key light max.. film on the shadow side
Absolutely!!! Sometimes you gotta keep it simple.
Only thing I would do is a harder edge light on the fill side. Looks good tho
Definitely! That would have looked nice! Thanks for the feedback!!!
10:48 wow that looks great, good job, especially on the talent later, wow!
You're a pro, I'll happily subscribe.
There's tons I can learn here
Hey John, great vid as always! In between the batteries and monitors is a roll of labels. Are those the labels you put on each piece of gear? They look shiny and nice. Do you print yourself or send somewhere?
Thanks so much!!! I get them printed from amazon!!! They work great! amzn.to/3SvFc3P
Person setup looks good, I would just try and add a catch light in your eyes so your eyes pop. Regards
Absolutely! That would be good! I have been thinking about placing a small led next to the camera specifically for the catch light.
Really love this setup! I shoot conferences in Australia with my brother and I thought we had a lot of gear.. a couple of light domes, 4 cameras (Canon C100's haha, they're even older!), but this is a whole other level!
Love the key light setup for the main interviews, and so impressed with the lite mat for the vox pops outside - I think that adds so much production value to (what could be) a fairly rough and ready vox pop.
How does the Rose Garden diffusion work? Does it cast those green/blue/red colours on the subject's face? And why use it over a white one? Just curious cause I'd never heard of it!
Keep up the awesome work!
Great kit thanks for sharing.
No problem 👍 Thanks so much for watching!!
lighting and audio are key. looks great.
Agreed!! Thanks for watching!!
Time to put away my sigma fp and get back to action camera 😄
Lighting Lighting Lighting, facts!
We appreciate the content.
Absolutely! I appreciate you watching!!
Nice video Joel, really liked your setups and info.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for watching!
Hey Joel, love learning about your gear and setups! What van do you have? Awesome that it was able to fit in that parking garage.
Thanks so much! Im using a Nissan NV200. I love it so far!! Thanks for watching!!
Lots of good stuff here! Great lighting can make a mediocre camera look decent, but poor lighting can’t make an excellent camera decent.
No issues with lens flares on the T4C as a backlight without the grid?
How are you liking the Brokeh? They have always interested me, but I haven’t seen many people rolling with them.
Absolutely!! I didn't have major flaring issues with the tubes on this shoot. I did just order a set of 45 degree grids though. So for future stuff that will help.
I like the Brokeh stuff a lot! Has a very natural window quality to the light which I like.
Thanks for watching!!!
@@JoelGabrielsen You’ll like the grids on those, I pretty much never hair light without them.
I gained a lot of valuable info and insights from this video, thanks for making it so thorough. For the standup interviews (example 19:50) , am I correct in seeing that you essentially just used one key light (looks like a mat light) and then let the ceiling lights kind of serve as a subtle rim light on the shoulders/hair? Or did you sneak a small backlight in there? Thanks.
I like how you have used the lav mics ,with the clip on the outside and the mic hidden . But how are you preventing cloth / skin noise on the mic like that. . For really long interviews ,but needing smaller files , on my fx9 , Ive used XAVC L (Long gop) . As there is very little movement in the frame it's a pretty safe option and much smaller files. But yeah the fs5 footage is looking great.
Thanks so much!!! Im not the best when it comes to audio! For hiding lavs I usually use the gaff triangle which helps with rustle. I can never get it perfect but it does help.
Thanks for watching!!
Great content! Lots of useful information to take away, thank you so much and kudos from London! Would love to see more bts content from corporate productions. Subscribed!
Very, very interesting and formative video. I have learn a lot. I would like to know if you record FHD or 4K? Thank you very much.
You got it! Im recording 4K but the final output will be 1080. Thanks foe watching!
Wow man! Images looked amazing! definitely learned a lot from this video! appreciate you sharing the knowledge!
Glad to hear it! I appreciate you watching bro!!!
This was great, thank you for the time and effort put in to share with us. I hate to ask, but what size is your production (Inovativ) cart? I had a 48" magliner cart but found it was too big for some elvators.
Why don't people use a smaller key light like the RC 70b to properly expose the face and the rest of the body while also creating more shadow at the bottom, which can enhance the overall appearance?
I think everyone is different in the way they approach lighting. All are great tools. No right or wrong way to create art. Thanks for watching!
Wow! Super good work. The client may not know what quality they got.
I appreciate it!!! Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
FS5 is great when you can color grade to correct the skin tones and blue/green hues back to normal. My issue is for those clients that don't want an edit but just want the raw footage, then take those FS5 files and make it look like total garbage.
You're absolutely right! I have had plenty of projects that looked like garbage for that same reason. Thanks for watching!!
Great vid and insights. My only suggestion is the good old courtesy flag for your director/producer.
Good call! That definitely would have been the cherry on top!! Thanks for watching!
Love the videos, thanks Joel! Do you remember what color temps where you using for each light? Do you go by feel, color meter or just remember what you like. I think your interviews look great!
Thanks so much for watching!! I usually eyeball everything. I remember cameras were 5600k balanced and the lighting was slightly warmer balanced maybe like 5000k the motivated prac was really warm like 3800k.
Very insightful! Thanks for sharing! Subbed
Thanks for the sub! I appreciate you watching!
Love the compactness of your setup. Which cart is that?
Thanks so much!!! Im using the Voyager NXT 36 - inovativ.com/collections/voyager-nxt/products/voyager-nxt
I am from Romania (europe) . Seeing so much gear in a corporate production amazes me, even tv production dont have so much effort put in a production. My guess is that this was a 60-70.000 $ project, otherwise i don't know how could you bring so much gear and take more changes last minute,forcing you to hire fast someone. You basically travel with a small movie production gear.
Hi Joel, great BTS. The interviews you showed looked super clean!
How are you attaching your flags to the side of your cart? I saw a cable on one side but surely you are using something else too to stop them from flopping all over the place?
Awesome thanks!! I'm using grip clips on the bottom of the cart and a bungie on the side of the cart to keep them from moving. I'll do a breakdown in a future video! thanks for watching!
nice work! nice look into the work you do and your setup
Much appreciated! Thanks for watching!!!
Footage looks great. FS5 still hanging on. I assume you're shooting at 0 ev / or 800 iso on the FS5? What lens at 19:45 ?
Im shooting +1 in SLOG 3. You always want to over expose in SLOG 3. Im shooting the base ISO 2000 and using ND to balance out. Lens was a sigma 50mm 1.2. Thanks so much for watching!!!
Hey great video. It just shows how crazy important and crucial lighting is regardless of what gear you have. Quick question tho, it really seems like a hefty setup for a single person. How long did it take for you to setup the whole formal interview by solo-ing and do you usually do it alone?
Killer set-ups bro! Also very impressive with how flexible you are equipment-wise with the creative curve balls the client threw your way. This might be a question similar to asking your weight, but how much do you charge for something like this? Three day shoot with all that gear! Also tell me if that's lame to ask ;).
Still using my FS5M2 with shogun flame 7. I have the kit lens, cinema glass. And 2 Minolta maxxium zoom lenses.
Well said! Lighting is always key. Great set ups
I appreciate it!!! Thanks for watching and commenting!!
This was really solid and well lit!
I appreciate that!! Always trying to improve my setup and learn something new. Thanks for watching!!!
Reduce power on lamp behind subjects head. Add light to plant.
For sure! good stuff! Thanks for watching!
Beautiful results
Thank you! I appreciate it!
Damn! Wish I knew you were here!
Are you based in ATL? Send me your info and I'll add it to my list. Im always looking for locals depending on what city i'm working in - joelgabrielsen@gmail.com