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Using mirrors to make natural looking light.
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- Опубликовано: 1 апр 2024
- mirrors can be very helpful in the chase for that delicious cinematic light. whether they are actual mirrors, a reflector product like CRLS light bridge, liteflow, or even mirror boards off the truck.. they can help you achieve a very natural looking light.
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Coming to youtube to look for a green pea & Maple sirup recipe. Seeing a notification from Blaine. Next move is ordering pizza to enjoy this New vidéo on the big screen while chilling with pizza on the sofa.
Hahahah I love it!!
this.
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I didn't even realize you used the "Adobe fixer"...but I feel your pain, especially when I slightly record my audio too loud and it peaks enough to annoy me.
This is why I use the (very affordable) zoom f2 recorders. 32 bit float. No levels. But… on the boom mic there’s a gain switch and I knocked it to its lowest position and the levels were almost inaudible. Was so mad haha. The adobe enhancer got it to a listenable level but still robotic sounding in my opinion. But I am thankful that tool exists!
One of the best filmmaking/cinematography channels. Your content is definitely for mature filmmakers and people who take it seriously. Great video Blaine🙏🏾
thank you so much! more to come.. 🎬
I've seen others mention the use of mirrors for lighting. But, in this video I get a much better idea of how to use mirrors to control and add lighting. Thanks so much.
Hey thanks so much. I’m glad :)
I've used the light bridge reflectors on a few shoots and really like them. I ended up making some of my own mirrors as I really wanted different shapes and have begun spraying on different clear coats and even made some intentionally splotchy to have textured options. Buying the baby pin/ball mounts for them costs more than the mirrors themselves.
It’s cool you’ve made your own, I’d love to see some images :)
love that customising you own textures idea
The hard light revolution begins after this video! Soft like is like sooooo yesterday!!
🫡 I like the hard light. It’s also nice to use hard light in white rooms as it bounces all over the place, unless controlled of course, and results in some soft light as well.
@@BlaineWestropp1 I got this book by cinematographer Darius Khondji - he talks about how he likes wide angle lenses and prefers to accentuate them by hard lighting the backgrounds and soft lighting faces - for that extra separation - really blew my mind!
I like I like. what is the book called?
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Cool thank you!
I agree with the "too sourcey" look, another great video to show my team. Thanks Blaine!
Thanks so much! Sometimes it’s hard to tell if it’s too sourcey or not when looking at the monitor.. but when I just look closely at it, and knowing where the light is actually placed, I can feel it. Much better look for this one at least with the more natural lighting!
Love the cap !
Thank you! It’s such a conversation starter when I wear it out on the streets haha
It is haha
Oh man the first shot 🔥🔥🔥
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This is a great Chanel. Love the detail.
Thank you. More to come 😁
Nice. Been messing with mirrors and shooting light through odd shaped glass / bottles. It can give a lovely effect.
love it. shooting through odd glass and bottles is also very nice. an early video on this channel shows some footage shooting light through a lemonade picture and having moving light over a shoe lol. beautiful look. great way to get some unique images.
The advantage of using the CRLS vs mirror boards is that you don’t introduce CT shift.
When you say that the light looks more natural when the source is farther away is called inverse square law of light.
love CRLS for many reasons, no CT shift being one of them. also, inverse square is simply describing light intensity changing in an inverse proportion to the square of the distance. double the distance, quarter the intensity. of course moving light further away creates a more natural look, sometimes, depending what is "natural." Compared to how things look when lit by the sun for example, big source far away, so that their relative sizes match. a shot of someone looking at a phone screen or a computer screen and being illuminated by it would look "natural" with a light mounted to the screen, or just using the screen itself as the source. it would not look natural to light them with a leko from 20 feet away. I know you know all this but I purposely did not mention inverse square law in this video!
That’s right. Furthermore when selecting the light unit to shine into the mirror (or CRLS) you will find a great advantage using light sources that creates an even field of light. Elipsoidals such as the ETC source four works great. Jo Leko works well for daylight. I also had fantastic results using the PB70 from Dedolight.
Yep. Joleko is one of my favorites, just on its own not even through a mirror I love it. Have also heard good things about the dedolight. Don’t they have a reflector package as well?
3:27 is the shot sample that feels best to me, though it still feels a stop too hard on her face compared to the rest of the scene...but that's only my preference in playing it "safe/r"... the tights on the face feel overly sourcy, to me...and one of the wides feels like theres an overhead blasting her too much (it's obviously the skylight) - but I appreciate you're pushing for the needle too. I think there's just less cohesion for me between the light on the subject vs the light (ambience) across the backdrop feel a touch overly contrived / lit (for me) - not correct or incorrect, just not quite for me (keeping in mind I'm the absolute pleb I am in comparison to the level you're at!!!!!!). tights on the drink pours etc etc etc feel 👌🔥😛
All my plebbery aside, I Fn love your work and your channel, and this is all a great example for mirror use, and your usual way of sharing in a vid!!!!
And that lightbridge sample in that kitchen setup 😎 SO economical / so boss
Cheers legend.
hey thanks so much for the kind words! I hear you, and I appreciate that. we had natural light in the scene. there was also a skylight above her that I left as is. I leaned into the fact that light from outside would be changing. I wanted different looks within the scene.. (this is one of the only times I have gone for that). sometimes there was a lot of light coming from above, and sometimes not so much. I think in the end though much of this was what I was going for.. I wanted that hard light on her face.. kind of wanted her glowing, face slightly over exposed, like in this shot right here.. also the thumbnail of the most recent YT video: cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1225276111009878147/1225276198007996416/01.jpg?ex=66208a62&is=660e1562&hm=a3fa5570d685c025409bdcb3e0058140b4a7e085fcbde1a46e38d7b15b5d6a89&
@@BlaineWestropp1 yep, understanding the quality of your eye for detail it felt like it was a specific choice to play with your lighting ratios / hardness etc shot to shot over keeping it at a consistent rate across the sequence. montage of cuts, montage of lighting treatment / variations so to speak - I get it... and funnily enough like it even more a week on haha... In retrospect, I'm so used to people trying to even out looks shot to shot to perfection (myself included so I can feel validated as "professional"), I forgot there's the option to play with that "ideology" as you've done here right. when you've got the perfect looks down, you tend to want to play and push as you've done ;-) ----- "I wanted different looks within the scene.. (this is one of the only times I have gone for that)" I look at it all again and like it even more now haha
Love your work legend
pretty Boy Blaine!!! love the hat
I liked the 0:43 directional slanted light as it tends to be a leading line whenever the eyes wander about the frame. the mirror method is great too. It felt liked you wanted the mirror practice which is a great frame as well. I agree with the rest of your crew with the first shot. defined light and shadow dynamic.
12:20 now u see why youtubers hold lavs directly in front of the mouth...I kid...I kid! jk! didn't notice any audio mishaps...was more focused on the information presented in the vid
another great vid
Hey thanks so much! I do agree that the first option was good. I think a combo of the 2 would have been the best move. I just didn’t have enough lamps!
@@BlaineWestropp1 I like the idea of combo of the 2 shots - 70% minimum 1st shot, 30% maximum 2nd shot
Yup. Me too.
You taught me years ago to bounce light off the wall to get a more flattering look. Your hat is priceless. Those color checkers are so dang expensive, ugh!
☺️🫡 bouncing off the wall is great. I do this all the time as well. The color checker.. I know.. but it’s worth it in certain scenarios!
@@BlaineWestropp1 you’ve created quite the community with your channel on RUclips and discord. Right on! Have you thought about creating a short film at all? Anything the Universe has been poking you with? I’ve written something’s and ChatGPT has filled in the blanks. I need to get the actors, grip, etc. one day I will put the puzzle together.
Thank you. I love the community. It’s amazing. I have some ideas. Mostly for a feature. But I’ve been shooting some shorter films recently, and have one coming up. Gotta make yours happen!
Need that hat Blaine!!! 🔥
This hat is such a conversation starter. I didn’t create this hat but you can get it here: mvha.us/
Back with another video with substantial details as well 🔥
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These videos are a blessing!
thank you :)
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How long did it take ya'll to notice Blaine's dog posing as a throw on the couch?...
Pretty sure I didn't notice it til about 12 mins into the video - I blame it on being super engaged in what Blaine's saying 😁 (I have exactly the same size / breed / colour dog, and it also blends into our couch and cushions!) haha
hahah this is hilarious. every time I sit on this couch, specifically when shooting YT videos (this is my new YT spot) he perches up there and chills the entire time. its like he knows 😂
This is one of the reasons why I like using my Lightbridge 50 (diffusion 4). Would the world ever accept these mirrors over more common bounce fabrics? The Godox version is so much cheaper than LB and has made it more accessible for crews and DPs.
love lightbridge. so useful. have not used godox, but I like the case it comes in. 4x4 mirrors/shiny boards have been used forever and just live on the grip trucks, so I would say the world has accepted the mirror game :)
Apologies if this question is basic, since the light travels further does that mean that the falloff is more pronounced in shape but the intensity is less? I understand that the further a light is away from the subject the more defined the shadow will be, so is this a way to control output and have clean shadows?
dont apologize! if you take a light, and move it further, the intensity will be less, the falloff will be slower, and the shadows will be harder. put an object on a countertop or a table in the dark. take your phone flashlight, or a flashlight and point it at the object and then move it really close, and further away. you will see what happens! let me know if you need further clarification :)
You are the best! Thanks Blaine.@@BlaineWestropp1
😇😇 thank you!
Lmao the ending
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I love your dog ❤
The dogs want to meet you
big fan of using mirrors
Same 😇
Michael Haneke's DP uses this technique a lot.
Good to know! It’s been serving me well.
@@BlaineWestropp1 Christian Berger is his name; coincidentally, I was watching a video of him discussing the use of mirrors.
Cool thank you. I will check him out!
don't worry, I accept your apology for the audio, just don't let it happen again son, I'm still proud of you
😂😂 will never happen again. That is one of those one time scenarios and it hurts so bad you don’t F up again lol.
Hey Blaine thanks for the video , did u try to add a light diffusion frame between the mirrors and the character ? and did u adjust the mirrors to hit any specific area in the background ?
Hey thank you! I did not add any diffusion. If I wanted diffusion, in this scenario I would not have utilized the mirrors. Even an 8x8 in an interior is pretty easy to fill with light in a smaller space either through the diffusion or bounced off of it so no need for mirrors in this particular scenario. You could utilize diffusion and mirrors when you want diffused light but cannot fit your source in your location and want it coming from outside. Lamps on sidewalk, pointed up towards mirrors, directed through window, then diffused. You can also used “diffused” mirrors like what light bridge and lite flow offer. Both companies have good videos on their RUclips channels showing the differences in their diffused mirrors! I definitely want a set of one of them.
i see you out here working with Fellow! Also, I swear every time I see one of your videos, it's an instant click
fellow makes the good stuff! thank you thank you :)
Awesome video as always! So essentially if you shoot a light at a mirror 10 feet away, then that light bounces back 10 feet and hits your subject, the light has an effective travel of 20 feet. Is that correct?
Thank you, and yes this is correct!
doggo again
Hahah got both dogs this time. My goal is to have one on one side and the other on the other side just chilling the whole time. The puppy has too much energy for that though. Working on it 😂
@@BlaineWestropp1 so you live with a hole dog family :D lovely! Looking forward to the day when both chill on your sides.
Hahah me too. That’s the goal ☺️
yooo is that a commercial for Fellow?!
Yes :)
0:33 do I spot a lil Logan there 🤔😁
oh you do!
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Hello guys
i have a question is there a PDF or TUT video somewhere in which every possible cables used in the film industry SDI Limo ETH.... is explained in detail
thank you very much for your help
I’m sure there is a list somewhere. Off the top of my head I am not sure. But there are a lot of categories as well, power, audio, video, data, etc.
Another banger
thank you thank you 😊
Was about to comment on the AI audio fix and then the last clip popped up haha. Honestly didn't bother me till the very end, but I think most people wouldn't notice
Good to know. I could notice it so much. Sounds nasally and a little robotic but glad it wasn’t that big of an issue!
For the wrong set up (the one with the light slash) next time use a net if you don't have space.
Deleted my original response bc I didn’t read your comment correctly. Yes you are correct in netting. In the scene shown in this video a net would have definitely helped the slash!
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1) content is useful as fuck
2) i want the hat !
Thank you! The hat is not my creation but available here: mvha.us/
Great video as always. Could you share what type of audio gear you use ?
Hey thanks a lot! For this one I used a sennheiser MKE 400 boomed overhead, and a zoom f2 recorder. But… I accidentally set the mke 400 to its lowest sensitivity and had to run the audio through adobe audio enhance. So the quality is typically much much better than what you hear in this video!
@@BlaineWestropp1 thank you for sharing this info. Looking forward to your next videos.
Thanks so much! New video today 😎
Maybe try reducing the percentage of the effect of the Adobe Podcast AI for your audio. Sounds a little off
Definitely sounds off. I think I did 60% on this one.
Bro, super off-topic, where did you get the print behind your head?
lol stand by..
McGee & Co it is called “idyllic summer”
Pretty Smart, ngl
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The reflections look PRETTY UNNATTURAL to be honest. It looks very source-y. Natural light doesnt do that unlrss you have all the lamps in your house pointed at you
Looks like sun coming through a window to me.
@@BlaineWestropp1 True, different planets I suppose. Doesn't look like that on Earth but hey
I think the difference is similar to “movie night” and night time. Movie night looks nothing like night time. Cameras see differently than our eyes. I think movie “sunny” also looks different than real life sunny. My goal is not to shoot a commercial in a real life location and just be at the whim of the sun. That’s what TikTok looks like. I want to be bolder and create a look that feels like something. Oftentimes when capturing light I find that when you make stronger bolder decisions, the final image is stronger, even when that light source is felt right outside the frame.
@@CallMeRabbitzUSVIdoesn’t need to always match reality. Or why wouldn’t you just film 30-60fps and rec709 every time.
@@BlaineWestropp1I understand trying to have a style, mate. But let's take a look at the scene with the cabinets. They are huge dark splotches surrounding your subject. That isn't how sunlight works.
If you see your kitchen interior around 2-5pm you will see even tho the sun is a source it is still evenly lit. Then let's take a look at the product shots. If you see how the sun is entering at the angle you are trying to recreate, it will be like late afternoon sun (Which is a cooler temperature btw) plus the shadows will have more of a penumbra (fuzziness as you call it) since the sun is going through more atmosphere scattering the light resulting in a softer shadow.
I can go on with each shot but I think you get the gist. If you are going for a stylized look then say that, DON'T say that you are going for a sun look if you're not going to bother.
Edit: Grammar
Dude why does your talking head shot look soooo good? Can you give us a little breakdown?
Love the hat btw :D Insta subbed
Hey thanks! Combo of many things, camera, lens. The overcast day looks good in this location (no additional lighting outside of what is coming through the window) and the color checker for perfect exposure and color, and lastly the grade. A special look years in the making!
Awesome. Sick channel!
Thank you :)
MVHA!! 😅
Best hat 😂😂
oops. tilt up. hahahaha
hahah caught myself 😂
Great stuff as always. Just bought a color checker after watching the other vodeo
😃 'Promo SM'
do all of the cinematography content creators just copy each other or did everyone just happen to learn about the inverse square law and fall off at the same time?
I don’t get it
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