Lighting on a Budget: From $15,000 lights to $200 from Home Depot

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  • Опубликовано: 27 ноя 2024

Комментарии • 35

  • @tacowaco-t7v
    @tacowaco-t7v 4 года назад +108

    The producer: So Shane.. I heard that you can light the scene with $200. We are gonna go with that budget.

  • @YashAditya
    @YashAditya 4 года назад +43

    For all those complaining about the modifiers and stands being expensive, if $15K light can be replaced with $200 lights, a little bit of DIY+common sense could solve that issue as well. Shower curtains for Opals or 216s, to make c-stands you could buy c-clamps from home depot and couple them with normal stands. With gels you could opt for cheaper gels and do a prior test to see how things work out. If you invest in a color meter then that process is much easier. Also hang around sets after packups, talk to grips/lightmen. They have leftover gels from shoots that they'll dispose anyway. Ask them nicely and they'll give you stuff. When I was 17ish back in 2012/13, I was always around these sets helping out for free or interning in student projects and was quite proud of my set of gels made from these leftovers that I reused for over 2 years.

    • @filmmakers_academy
      @filmmakers_academy  4 года назад +7

      Thank you for this!!! Couldn't agree more.

    • @haxstir
      @haxstir 3 года назад +1

      You mean a colour meter that cost $1500 like the Sekonic C-800? Well there goes your budget ;0)

    • @ActiumFilms
      @ActiumFilms 3 года назад +3

      @@haxstir you don't need a colour meter. He was just using it to show how close you can get with cheap lights.

    • @maxsdad538
      @maxsdad538 3 года назад +1

      @@ActiumFilms But how do you get that close if you can't measure it? You can't just eyeball it,

    • @ActiumFilms
      @ActiumFilms 3 года назад +3

      @@maxsdad538 He was using it to demonstrate how close you can get to expensive lights. If you're making a low budget film with cheap lights why would you need the light meter?

  • @ChrisGeden
    @ChrisGeden 4 года назад +15

    If people are wondering how they could afford the gels: lighting hire companies often have leftover off-cuts which they’ll just give you if you ask nicely.

    • @rrich2709
      @rrich2709 4 года назад +2

      hahahah pro tip you can also get leftovers from Costco to feed your crew. jk

  • @BalqieAlHafizh
    @BalqieAlHafizh 4 года назад +2

    one of my best lecture ... proud of you, shane

  • @ijyoyo
    @ijyoyo 2 года назад +1

    Yeah I can see where most comments are coming from where the lights are individual about $200. But the concept is interesting.

  • @jesaispasvraimentquoiecrireici
    @jesaispasvraimentquoiecrireici 4 года назад +23

    2:56 looks better than 5:11 (and looks more like the 15 000$ comparison...)

  • @MoncoField
    @MoncoField 3 года назад +1

    This channel is amazing, thanks for sharing

  • @haxstir
    @haxstir 4 года назад +14

    The stands alone are worth more than 200

  • @shaunmaddox
    @shaunmaddox 2 года назад

    Great show!

  • @BadKarma714
    @BadKarma714 4 года назад

    Wow good video I love the lighting from Home Depot

  • @thewindow
    @thewindow 4 года назад

    Thanks to mentor...love from india

  • @lyhormom2547
    @lyhormom2547 2 года назад

    Interesting, but I wonder why does fill light goes along Key light direction? Doesn't it make the subject more flattered?

  • @AsparagusVideo
    @AsparagusVideo 4 года назад +17

    That blue flare though, not very pleasant.

    • @PiDsPagePrototypes
      @PiDsPagePrototypes 4 года назад +1

      So when you do it, place it, or choose it's colour, to be pleasing to you eye

    • @bmefilms6879
      @bmefilms6879 4 года назад

      it was placed wrong. it hit the lens and washed out the image!

  • @EugeneMaynard
    @EugeneMaynard 2 года назад

    👍🏾🙏🏾

  • @benburgis7039
    @benburgis7039 3 года назад +1

    why can I clearly see C- stands in each frame?

    • @tricknee253
      @tricknee253 3 года назад

      Assuming because they’re doing it quickly. We’ll usually wrap them with black cloth.

  • @millenniummedialabel4758
    @millenniummedialabel4758 4 года назад +19

    $200 + $1500+ worth of equipment lol. Great video nevertheless!

  • @alex.muntean
    @alex.muntean 4 года назад +7

    That blue flare ruined the image for me. Otherwise, great workshop.

    • @8L0ND1E_WOLF
      @8L0ND1E_WOLF 3 года назад

      I agree, they should have left it at 2:53

  • @jiaxinli8811
    @jiaxinli8811 4 года назад +2

    C-stand cost excluded

    • @tacowaco-t7v
      @tacowaco-t7v 4 года назад

      I used to buy these industrial reflector that comes with stands and they do a good job. Or get cheap light stands that costs around 100-300 dollars for photography.

    • @noahlebel-turcotte4662
      @noahlebel-turcotte4662 3 года назад +3

      @@tacowaco-t7v there c stand at 100-300. And i think investing in them is smart.