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Nice explainer mate and well done putting together that shot in a crappy room. Question for you though mate, the A-shot vs the B-shot seem to have two different tints. (At least to my eye). Are you shooting the same camera or is it because the lighting situation is dramatically different from one vantage point to the other? Or am I not seeing it right?
Nice look! I definitely think there is too much green in the B-shot though (5:50 for example). Especially in the skin tones. That makes it feel too gloomy. But overall really helpful tutorial and I admire your creativity with the ceiling especially!
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This is great! What a well thought approach. I find myself in these situations all the time. The more I do it, the better things start to look. Cheers!
I watched other videos of this channel about gear and I thought "nice"... I watched this one and hit the subscribe button. That's the content that help us to work and improve. So many thanks!
Great video. Love how you break down the lighting setup. I was surprised that the lens was positioned lower than the eyes/nose area and pointing slightly upward towards the subject. It still looked great but it just caught me off guard at first.
Hey Mark, thanks I’m glad you liked the video. My goal recently has been to experiment a little with my second camera angle and find an interesting look that feels a bit more experimental. Sometimes it works and other times it really doesn’t but oddly enough I felt like this really worked.
I absolutely love this break down, but I can't help but notice how much headspace you leave above. An entire 1/4th of the composition is left above the head blank. Not trying to find little things about the video but I also noticed it on the interview shots which can be classified as a medium tier composition error.
Can you hear me now - only recently discovered your channel and I’m loving it 🔥 definitely starting to think about maybe doing a little doc work, even if it’s just spec work.
Thanks brother and you definitely should. It’s an aspect of filmmaking that is great for learning the Art of storytelling without it being as complicated as shooting a feature film. I believe it’s a great starting point for Filmmaker ‘s, and a great place to grow into making narrative features.
This is why I’ve been leaving the 300Ds at home and taking the F22 panels. They take up a lot less room when packing and don’t have the depth of those parabolics. It can literally be flush against the ceiling. If you’re using diffusion in front of a para you don’t need a para. Mostly I save the domes for when I really need them and maybe just use an inner baffle.
Can you hear me now? Thanks for the tips for interviews. It's obvuosuly a skill that takes time to develop and each situation is different, but super useful to hear you say out loud the choices you make and why.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW Great bro! I absolutely love your videos, you should have much more subscribers than you have now, because your videos are super clean and nice ;)
Great video as always! This is what filmmakers do right? They overcome problems and make people look good on camera, even when the environment isn’t quite set for that. This video will help me out on monday. Thanks a lot Can you hear me now
I was in a situation like this last week. Client rented a studio room 3 flights upstairs in a building with no elevator. That was the 1st sign of a WTF moment as I had to haul all my gear up 3 very long flights of stairs. Then to get to the 10 x 10 room. With not much decoration inside. The ceilings were super low (not drop ceiling) so I didn’t have your option. Oh course the client was wearing glasses and didn’t want to take them off as it wasn’t “his look” so I wasn’t able to get the key light up high enough to avoid major reflections of the softbox showing on his glasses. Do you think I would have been better off bouncing the bare Apature light off the ceiling in that case to avoid reflection in glasses? It really annoyed me I couldn’t avoid that. But yeah it was one of those days 🤣
I noticed that too, I gave this to an editor and I think he got the adjustment layers mixed up. If you notice the Thumbnail is different as well. That’s because I colored the thumbnail and he colored the video. Because it wasn’t a video on color grading I didn’t think it mattered but apparently someone noticed lol 😂
@@Alexzarfatifilms Haha ! Sorry... 😁 I'm that guy... I think I would try lower a little bit the greentones in the highlights and skintones for the close up if I were you...
I love the B cam! But I have to say - I don't like the A cam - the frame behind his head is distracting me and the whole shot has a lot of uneasiness. Can you hear me now?
Can You Hear Me Now?? im thinking about ffillming a doc styled video and the lighting conditions are really bad, so these techniques will be really helpful, thanks.
You gotta get an Amaran F22c Lite Mat. That was a game changer for me. Those big soft boxes are great and look cool but there are sooooo many times where it's just hard to fit it in the space and a light mat is a god send.
i shoot video in japan, this is happening 99% of the time (and there is tv or white board instead of the paintings). with giant table in middle of the room, we can't move (because connected to all sort of cables).
@@Alexzarfatifilms Your videos are really helpful for us beginners.. you also helped me make my decision on my camera upgrade. P.S. I am going with FX6
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? you did great but there is pretty big color shift in skin tone when you change camera - also the light behind look different color the wide - shot color is good
@@Alexzarfatifilms If only I had the luxury of 6 hours. I'm lucky if I get 30 mins on everything including load in and set up. Having to deal with super hyper, ADHD, in a crazy time pinch rush, third party individual who won't let me interact directly with the clients. Can't plan anything in advance, then they put me in a really ugly broom closet and expect this sweeping award winning epic beautifully shot Netflix documentary type look. This is for 85 percent of the work I do, It is frustrating as hell.
Have ran in to this problem numerous times. My go to with a blank wall has been to use a cookie pattern. Sometimes throwing on an amber or blue gel if necessary. It can also help separate the subject if you don’t have an extra light or room for hair light.
Yo, Can you here me now !? Cause I loved everything you did here, you made a boring location looks interesting and that what will keep the audience engaged in addition to whatever he's saying for sure. Good job bro ❣
Can you hear me now. This is the reason why I always tell clients to get the biggest possible room for the interviews. You just need some depth and room for your lights. But sometimes the client just doesn't have the space
Homer Simpson voice: CAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNN YOU HEAAAAR ME NOWWWWW. (Apologies needed some dramatic effect) What was the name of this doc ? Very intrigued by the mention of a serious topic and the setup.
I love doing interviews and other types of cinema & filmography. A portion of what we do is problem solving. We're trying to recreate as much of our vision that we possibly can with what we have.
Alex - Can you hear me now? Thank you for this video! I have done corporate videos and commercials in the past and I certainly do know the challenges of overcoming that "office look". I often ask the media team if they have any favorite "well lit" spots, and normally ends up either in the board room or in their own offices. I do like your choice of how you lit the subject in this video with only three lights, and adding those pictures to break up the background and provide the "right vibe" for those wide and tight shots. Great tips!
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Nice explainer mate and well done putting together that shot in a crappy room. Question for you though mate, the A-shot vs the B-shot seem to have two different tints. (At least to my eye). Are you shooting the same camera or is it because the lighting situation is dramatically different from one vantage point to the other? Or am I not seeing it right?
Nice look! I definitely think there is too much green in the B-shot though (5:50 for example). Especially in the skin tones. That makes it feel too gloomy. But overall really helpful tutorial and I admire your creativity with the ceiling especially!
Was gonna comment this, looks great but maybe the WB was off?
Jhooo❤❤❤ I love you bruh, you are my teacher and I learn so much. You helped me make my Podcast setting so professionally even though I am using my phone but I learned that lighting is everything. I cant go a day without watching you
Excellent setup. Genius taking those pics and sticking them to the wall.
This is great! What a well thought approach. I find myself in these situations all the time. The more I do it, the better things start to look. Cheers!
I watched other videos of this channel about gear and I thought "nice"... I watched this one and hit the subscribe button. That's the content that help us to work and improve. So many thanks!
Thanks brother, manny more videos like this on the channel. Frankly I don’t like doing gear videos but that’s what most people click on.
Great video Alex, really enjoyed the breakdown when each light turned on!
Thank you I’m glad you enjoyed it🙏🏻
Can you hear me now? Loved this man. Super helpful to see how someone else attacks these problems on the fly.
Great video. Love how you break down the lighting setup. I was surprised that the lens was positioned lower than the eyes/nose area and pointing slightly upward towards the subject. It still looked great but it just caught me off guard at first.
Hey Mark, thanks I’m glad you liked the video. My goal recently has been to experiment a little with my second camera angle and find an interesting look that feels a bit more experimental.
Sometimes it works and other times it really doesn’t but oddly enough I felt like this really worked.
I absolutely love this break down, but I can't help but notice how much headspace you leave above. An entire 1/4th of the composition is left above the head blank. Not trying to find little things about the video but I also noticed it on the interview shots which can be classified as a medium tier composition error.
Can you hear me now - only recently discovered your channel and I’m loving it 🔥 definitely starting to think about maybe doing a little doc work, even if it’s just spec work.
Thanks brother and you definitely should. It’s an aspect of filmmaking that is great for learning the Art of storytelling without it being as complicated as shooting a feature film. I believe it’s a great starting point for Filmmaker ‘s, and a great place to grow into making narrative features.
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Can you hear me now?! Thank you Alex. OMG this would have been so useful for my first doc. Nicely done!
Glad it helps Jo🙌🏻 good luck on your project.
This is why I’ve been leaving the 300Ds at home and taking the F22 panels. They take up a lot less room when packing and don’t have the depth of those parabolics. It can literally be flush against the ceiling. If you’re using diffusion in front of a para you don’t need a para. Mostly I save the domes for when I really need them and maybe just use an inner baffle.
Can you hear me now? Thanks for the tips for interviews. It's obvuosuly a skill that takes time to develop and each situation is different, but super useful to hear you say out loud the choices you make and why.
Can you hear me now? Great video! Had this happen to me last weekend for my documentary. Ugh. Wish I had this then.
It SUCKS MAN the worst part is that I had 4 different interview locations and lighting references I originally planned for
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Great bro! I absolutely love your videos, you should have much more subscribers than you have now, because your videos are super clean and nice ;)
Great video as always! This is what filmmakers do right? They overcome problems and make people look good on camera, even when the environment isn’t quite set for that.
This video will help me out on monday. Thanks a lot
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That’s awesome man I’m glad it helps and good luck on Monday🙌🏻
Can you hear me now? Just stumbled in your channel and this video is very informative for an upcoming project I have, thank you.
Can you hear me now? Another banger of a video Alex!🙏🏾
Thanks brother
Definitely invest in a spotlight mount and some gobos if you plan on getting screwed like this a lot.
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I hear you and thanks Karl🙌🏻
I was in a situation like this last week. Client rented a studio room 3 flights upstairs in a building with no elevator. That was the 1st sign of a WTF moment as I had to haul all my gear up 3 very long flights of stairs. Then to get to the 10 x 10 room. With not much decoration inside. The ceilings were super low (not drop ceiling) so I didn’t have your option. Oh course the client was wearing glasses and didn’t want to take them off as it wasn’t “his look” so I wasn’t able to get the key light up high enough to avoid major reflections of the softbox showing on his glasses. Do you think I would have been better off bouncing the bare Apature light off the ceiling in that case to avoid reflection in glasses? It really annoyed me I couldn’t avoid that. But yeah it was one of those days 🤣
This is a good example of how having at least one mat light is handy because they fit in places other lights won't
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Great video as always!
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Your videos are always great!
6:53 : Hi Alex, did you finish grading your project ? Because your close up and wide shot don't really match... It feels weird...
I noticed that too, I gave this to an editor and I think he got the adjustment layers mixed up. If you notice the Thumbnail is different as well.
That’s because I colored the thumbnail and he colored the video. Because it wasn’t a video on color grading I didn’t think it mattered but apparently someone noticed lol 😂
@@Alexzarfatifilms Haha ! Sorry... 😁 I'm that guy...
I think I would try lower a little bit the greentones in the highlights and skintones for the close up if I were you...
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Nice work. That room sucked but you made it work! Can you hear me now?
Thanks Kevin🙌🏻 appreciate it brother
I love the B cam! But I have to say - I don't like the A cam - the frame behind his head is distracting me and the whole shot has a lot of uneasiness.
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Can you hear me now? Great video Alex!
Can You Hear Me Now?? im thinking about ffillming a doc styled video and the lighting conditions are really bad, so these techniques will be really helpful, thanks.
That’s awesome man glad it helps and good luck on the project🙌🏻
@@Alexzarfatifilms Thanks, Good luck to you too on future projects.👍
Dang, this is exactly how real life works. Just working with what you’ve got
Can you hear me now? Great informative video. Thanks Alex.
You gotta get an Amaran F22c Lite Mat. That was a game changer for me. Those big soft boxes are great and look cool but there are sooooo many times where it's just hard to fit it in the space and a light mat is a god send.
I’ll definitely look into that thanks!
This was incredible!
Merci pour cette vidéo ! Good setup !
i shoot video in japan, this is happening 99% of the time (and there is tv or white board instead of the paintings). with giant table in middle of the room, we can't move (because connected to all sort of cables).
That sucks man. It’s really the worst when they expect you to make something out of that.
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Can you hear me now? Super helpful video! Thanks so much
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@@Alexzarfatifilms Your videos are really helpful for us beginners.. you also helped me make my decision on my camera upgrade. P.S. I am going with FX6
@@vivekjha1918 that’s awesome man what kind of work do you do?
@@Alexzarfatifilms Right now I am transitioning from wedding filmmaking to documentary filmmaking
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CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? you did great but there is pretty big color shift in skin tone when you change camera - also the light behind look different color the wide - shot color is good
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😂😂😂😂 yeah man seriously. The worst part is that we had six hours to film an interview and B roll for a 15 minute documentary. 😆
@@Alexzarfatifilms If only I had the luxury of 6 hours. I'm lucky if I get 30 mins on everything including load in and set up. Having to deal with super hyper, ADHD, in a crazy time pinch rush, third party individual who won't let me interact directly with the clients. Can't plan anything in advance, then they put me in a really ugly broom closet and expect this sweeping award winning epic beautifully shot Netflix documentary type look. This is for 85 percent of the work I do, It is frustrating as hell.
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Have ran in to this problem numerous times. My go to with a blank wall has been to use a cookie pattern. Sometimes throwing on an amber or blue gel if necessary. It can also help separate the subject if you don’t have an extra light or room for hair light.
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Great video, shows how much can be done if you know how to work around in tight spaces and short deadlines.
Thanks brother 🙏🏻
Yo, Can you here me now !? Cause I loved everything you did here, you made a boring location looks interesting and that what will keep the audience engaged in addition to whatever he's saying for sure. Good job bro ❣
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This is the reason why I always tell clients to get the biggest possible room for the interviews. You just need some depth and room for your lights. But sometimes the client just doesn't have the space
Homer Simpson voice: CAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNN YOU HEAAAAR ME NOWWWWW. (Apologies needed some dramatic effect)
What was the name of this doc ? Very intrigued by the mention of a serious topic and the setup.
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I love doing interviews and other types of cinema & filmography. A portion of what we do is problem solving. We're trying to recreate as much of our vision that we possibly can with what we have.
Thank you for the helpful breakdown. Love the moody lighting, specially on the close up. Can you hear me now?
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Alex - Can you hear me now? Thank you for this video! I have done corporate videos and commercials in the past and I certainly do know the challenges of overcoming that "office look". I often ask the media team if they have any favorite "well lit" spots, and normally ends up either in the board room or in their own offices.
I do like your choice of how you lit the subject in this video with only three lights, and adding those pictures to break up the background and provide the "right vibe" for those wide and tight shots. Great tips!
I’ve actually take a lot out of this video but I just want to know, Can you hear me now?🌝
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Great tips as always! Thanks
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Can you hear me now? Great tips and very informative.