Shots vs. Set Ups
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- Опубликовано: 30 июл 2024
- A Set Up is an essential part of scheduling any film shoot. It's the combined placement of camera, lights, props, set dressing, and actors required for one or more shots. In this video, Lauren will show you how to determine what your set ups are, and how to use them to get the most out of your time on set. As we find out, filming efficiently often means filming your scene out of order!
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One of the most iconic memories I have from film sets is the First AD yelling "Alright let's TURN IT AROUND" and watching the entire crew move into action together to flip the lighting set up for our next set up. It really is a huge endeavor to change the position and make sure everything is correctly lit for the camera when it moves to its new position!
The big idea of making a shoot go successfully and efficiently is "min-maxing" what you do on set. You are aiming to MINimize wasting time and effort and instead MAXimize the amount of work you can get done with the crew you have and the time you have.
I've seen many relights of a scene even in the same setup when taking it from a medium to a close - the camera really can see everything and a skilled DP will take the time to re-examine every frame he/she is given to ensure the best image is coming forth. Sometimes you really do need that special light and bounce to erase that one tiny shadow underneath your actor's left eye. Seriously. I saw it happen. And it 100% made a difference.
Please do more Videos like this, videos like understanding angles and why we shoot at those angles...thank you
+1 for this
I recommend you check out D4Darious, Channel Criswell, and Every Frame a Painting. They all do great breakdowns of things like cinematography and I find them very helpful and informative.
I see now that you didn't necessarily mean cinematography haha. I replied before watching the video. Regardless, I recommend those channels as they're all fantastic haha
Plus, this is all interior, when it's exterior, sunlight also wreaks havoc on the shooting schedule! I remember on set we have to finish a certain number of shots before sunlight! Always fun stuff!
Wow, I've never thought about how much time changing the lighting would take. You guys do an amazing job on this channel.
I'm so glad I found your videos! They are the most informative I have found on the internet. Y'all are awesome! Don't stop!
This is a handy video for all filmmakers planning their first shoot, student movies, film assignments, or any person slowly backing their way back into the industry after being absent for quite some time and in need of a refresher. It is concise and precise and summarizes briefly how to combine different shots to save time on the set while keeping the cast and crew happy. On the other hand, a more thorough explanation of how they incorporated the various images and the comparison to what the shoot would have looked like in case they were going to shoot in chronological order would have made this video of higher quality and much more helpful for a broader audience. In some parts, it lacks detailed explanations for combining the shoots, especially for inexperienced filmmakers or beginners.
Man I wish I had taken the time to plan out the shots like this when I did DPed my first student film.
It brings out new problem to worry about: continuity
yep
Hire a script supervisor. Boom! Problem solved.
This dovetails nicely with the importance of having call sheets w/ the shot list on set, no matter how small your production is. Having everyone on the same page is incredibly important, and you'll have whoever distro'd those sheets to thank later when you turn around and see a frame devoid of flags/camera bags/handsome grips.
This was incredible. Small, simple concept but incredibly useful for everyone to know and not necessarily intuitive!
I have been looking for this answer for Soooo long. One word change it all: Turnaround!
Thank u RJFS!
Wow, this is priceless! A question that I have been asking myself and now I know how it's done thanks to you! So, thank you!
This is simply brilliant. It illustrates well what the industry is doing. I had the idea that this is how its done but to see and with new terms for cinematography...very educational. Keep up the good work. :)
Very good Rocket Jump. A little technical for me so I needed to watch it again. I was always a slow learner but once I get it, it sticks!🎥
Congratulations RJFS for explaining so objectively every aspect of filmmaking, making it easy for me to explain for the crew the best methods!!!!
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I have been watching a ton of videos. This is the best so far.
So clear to understand precise and perfect !! this is why i subscribed to you !! Please do on Difference between STORY , THEME , PREMISE - STRUCTURE ? & how to shoot continuity shots ??? PLEASE DO IT FOR US WHICH HELPS LOT OF PEOPLE
Golden advice! Will definitely help me pump out more episodes! Thanks for this!
This is literally the best video in the world. Thank you!
Can't thank you enough for the content you all put out, super. Duper. Helpful,
I'm a film student in Atlanta and I pay roughly $8,000 per quarter. I dont want to drop out of school because I want the degree, but damn you guys explain things just as well and in some cases better then the teachers im going severely in debt for.
unfortunately film school degrees aren't like other industries where you show a degree, and get a job. most of the time you just have to sorta hide the fact that you have a film degree to the industry, and it's mainly used for your own personal knowledge which s why I really think that for most people you should seek to learn as much as possible from online resources like this and experience by just doing it a bunch (personal youtube channel, indie films, work for friend's projects etc.) and build a reel, which is typically much more important than a degree to a studio/the industry.
Speaking from experience here, there are only two things RJFS can't give you that film school can: Hands-on access to equipment and computers (and even then, only in some schools), and the experience of getting thrown together with talented, driven young people your age and forging connections and partnerships that could very well lead to big careers down the line. In every other respect, RJFS is giving you damn near everything you could possibly ask for.
Yep some schools don't even let 1st and 2nd year students handle equipment. If film classes are available at a community college near you take those.
this was so interesting to watch, I've always wondered how they decide this!
thank god they made this video, I know a lot already, but it's things like this that I feel really improve my skill level.
You should do a video on guerilla filmmaking because they don't really have time to do set-ups or turnovers, they most of the time film the scene off the cuff. Like with Gareth Edwards and Monsters, he would basically just start rolling, and then walk around with the camera as the actors are performing, then he would cut it all up in the edit.
I think with films like that they usually light with natural light and bounce light off of poly boards, esp monsters which is mostly exterior shots ?
That was an efficient explanation ! Thank You ! There're so many sloppy YT tutos on movie making.
Awesome...!! Thanks.
I should share it with the short film crew every time, before the shoot.
Awesome video! Lauren you're an awesome teacher!
Wow this is so useful, I'm gonna start using sets ups. Thanks!
You guys always teach me something thank you so much!!
CAN YOU PLEASE SHOW THIS TO EVERY BEGINNING FILMMAKER.
And that’s why the first AD deserves all the credit
sweet, I learnt something new today!
This actually makes a lot of sense a is possibly the most helpful lesson I've seen yet lol
very nice video. a suggestion for a video to build on this that i think would be SUPER helpful, would be a video on exactly WHY the lighting needs to change and how it needs to change between the shots. Obviously it totally depends on the scene, but to go into it for this scene for example or in another scene as a supplement and the one undeveloped part of this video would be GREAT! THANKS IF YOU CAN DO IT. Obviously this video has been very popular, so i'd highly recommend making a supplement to it.
Great video helps answers alot of question i had!
Very nice work. Keep it up.
wow amazing stuff! Thanks for making this video!
I dispatch emergency services and it's the same but different: the stats only track the call times but really we can be a lot more efficient when we account for the downtimes in scheduling. This kind of planning head is totally backwards but super efficient.
Great Advice...
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Nicely explained! Thanks!!
Really needed this
Hey guys, firstly, really great and helpful video. But can you please tell me when you should use singles and when should you use over the shoulder shots?
Superb teaching!
Excellent presentation. Keep it up
Explained very well! Thank you!
*thank you for every video!*
Thank you for this amazing tutorial. I am very Greatful to you.
dam i never thought of this thanks its so helpful!
Bloody brilliant!
Great, informative video!
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This is a good video. What I find shocking is the amount of students posting comments saying this was new to them. What do they teach in film school?
hodah theory lol
Definitely theory. I once worked with a recent film school grad who didn't know how to mount a camera on a tripod. Why people pay tons of money to attend those schools I don't know.
Wow! I learned that in film production classes and that was at a community college.
Some schools scam 1st and 2nd year students by not letting them even make films or use equipment.
excellent tutorial Thanks for what you do :)
This helped SO much!
Mozart
That's a great way to piss off your actors if they have to sit there for one actor to say one little line and you reshoot the whole scene.
No you should not reshoot the whole scene for coverage. You should have it planned out so you're not wasting the actors time, the light, and burning the whole day with stuff you're not even gonna use.
Maybe a balance, as an actor I would do an horrible job saying lines out of context and out of order, I think just saying one line at the time messes the tempo of it all
sometimes is a good idea to let the actor actors know that you are only covering that line.
I'd do as @Ryley does because it would be better to have lots of coverage while editing... doing just the "planned" things doesn't give you flexibility when you are in the editing room...
Shooting all the camera positions and angles with the entire scene gives actors many chances to get it right and me to edit how I like and change camera position when I want to.
Just one question about inserts (@Ryley) .. how would this method work to shoot inserts of the scenes? (like in the example the cards on the table or something else)
Lovely seeing 3 depts. arguing in the comment section, lol.
Amen to Andrea
Excellent .
wow!
Thank you for this
great explanation !
Spectacular insight
Stephen Smith it's actually standard practice on films and commercials.
Okay, that was really interesting. I always thought that such scenes where filmed with multiple cameras from different angles in the same shot, but I guess that's only true for daily soaps.
Nice vid, save new filmakers a hours.
It seems like the more dense the setup configuration, the less natural the scene will be. Is it common to have the actors start in a new setup at the chronologically previous scene leading into the new setup to allow them to get into the right mode even though it won't be used?
Wow.. useful info mam... thx verrrry much
Hi very great tutorial, I want appreciate that you have shown us the placement of the fixtures please keep on that every tutorial, just I have one question in 3 11 minute what is job of fixture in the right I do not notice it is illuminating the actor because the card board is blocking it kindly may you explain it ?
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Very useful
Hi. What about to shot AB-F-D C E? That way you can get the actor Nº 3 free to leave and that means saving money IMO.
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Well explain
Good I need more video plz thank you
Great video. Very informative. Loved it. Would it be possible to create, or point out, a video on how character positions and actions are kept from shot to shot so that the scene runs seamlessly once edited? And who on the crew is responsible for that task?
For example, if a character has his/her hands in this position on one shot, who makes sure that character has his/her hands in that same position when the shot changes? I know the script supervisor keeps continuity on the script, but who exactly keeps it from shot to shot?
I have searched all over RUclips, and the internet, and I could not find a single video on the subject. In the old days they used to use someone with a polaroid camera, so in today's world a digital camera makes sense. However, I have yet to find a video on the subject. In other words, a video showing exactly, step by step, how it’s done. And not just visual continuity, but just as importantly, audio continuity.
It incredulous to me that such an important part of filmmaking is so little covered, if at all, in all the videos available on the internet and RUclips on the craft. In other words, there are no videos showing it in action. Showing exactly how it works in an actual film set or video shoot.
I think the Script supervisor still does this
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Bone is not a mistake that the shadow of the face appears on one side and the next box is the shadow on the other side of the face?
I liked the video, and mozart's sonata on 11 first movement.
Why did you change the lighting set up for different shots? It meant lighting continuity problems like shadows appearing on certain sides of the face. would you not have one universal lighting set up for the scene and work your shots into that? just a thought
I can imagine that can be much more complicated then it seems, cause you'd have to consider keeping the equipment and crew out of the picture for all the shots.. Plus keep in mind camera and crew cast shadows too, so that's another think to be carefull about...
+Vít Novák very true but I've done it before and just placed my lights well enough and worked with my crew to avoid shadows etc. which resulted in getting much more filmed and not having to move equipment at all
In Hollywood they say "Fake it till you make it". I didn't see anything wrong with their scene, so it's all good :)
In TV they often do the universal lighting setup (although that's starting to change as TV gets more cinematic) because it's simpler and faster, but in film typically they approach it on a shot by shot basis. The lighting that looks good wide may not look good in a closeup, so to get more control over the look of each individual shot composition, they do what's called "lighting for the shot" instead of "lighting for the scene". Does it cause continuity errors? Yes, but continuity is not the end all be all of good filmmaking. For a simple scene like this they probably could've gotten away with lighting for the scene, but they were illustrating a specific point.
Hope that helps!
Yes I understand that they are addressing a different point here so I guess its the wrong question to ask for this example. Thanks. I guess it depends on the person and what they value, I think if you can make each shot look nice and cinematic universally then you've managed to stay close to realism of the way the lights in the scene are. To me realism is important, but so is lighting. I guess it just requires more time to set it up, which ultimately will save that same time later on through changing lighting haha
I'm with Ryan Darnell on this one. It seems easier to set up a universal light for the scene and work your shoot into it.