Why every film needs lamps.

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  • Опубликовано: 9 фев 2022
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    In this video essay we explore the power of lamps in cinema and TV. Looking at examples from David Fincher, Stanley Kubrick, Rian Johnson, Roger Deakins, HBO's Euphoria and more. This essay will also help you explore practical lighting techniques to create cinematic scenes for your own RUclips videos, commercials, short films, and music videos.
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  • @impatrickt
    @impatrickt  2 года назад +269

    I love lamp

    • @bradbennett1420
      @bradbennett1420 2 года назад +2

      How hard was it not to title this whole video that?

    • @impatrickt
      @impatrickt  2 года назад +12

      @@bradbennett1420 I pinned this simply so nobody else would make this AWFUL joke

    • @JesseSchroeder
      @JesseSchroeder 2 года назад +1

      Patrick, are you just looking at things on RUclips saying that you love them?

    • @SHKBKN
      @SHKBKN 2 года назад

      Same !

    • @Karan_Thakkar
      @Karan_Thakkar 2 года назад +1

      moth likes this

  • @GregsGadgets
    @GregsGadgets 2 года назад +282

    Once you pointed this out to me I legitimately can’t enjoy movies anymore. I just count the lamps… knowledge is a curse - ignorance is bliss.

    • @Smamaj
      @Smamaj 2 года назад +5

      😂

  • @geraldundone
    @geraldundone 2 года назад +54

    You, Patrick, are the movie lamp of RUclips. 🤠

  • @alinamedved
    @alinamedved 2 года назад +101

    I subconsciously do this irl too. I never turn on the overhead lights, only my LED’s and lamps.The atmosphere just hits different right?
    Awesome video btw

    • @gabrielhborgesrolo
      @gabrielhborgesrolo 2 года назад +5

      Same here!

    • @ploopy8780
      @ploopy8780 Год назад +3

      Exactly man. If I'm in my kitchen I have white under cabinet lights, or I have overhead yellow lights. The under cabinet lights just create such a different vibe.

  • @JakeFrew
    @JakeFrew 2 года назад +43

    Whoa, I never knew how bad I needed a lamp video to pop up on my feed. This was incredible!!!

    • @JonJosephKuhn
      @JonJosephKuhn Год назад +1

      Of course you’re a film essay fan! It’s shows in your incredible work man.

  • @AronBagel
    @AronBagel 2 года назад +43

    Do more film essays like this. Please.

  • @RyanKao
    @RyanKao 2 года назад +4

    This video was seriously more interesting than I anticipated

  • @MisterMister5893
    @MisterMister5893 Год назад +3

    A thoroughly enjoyable and edifying video essay. You gave a new dimension into a subject that's seemingly mundane.

  • @npmrc
    @npmrc 2 года назад +6

    Nice job! I would love to see a deep dive into Kubrick’s approach that unlocks the freedom of camera movement.

  • @flodobaggins
    @flodobaggins Год назад +1

    The glow globes in Dune made me smile so much. They're SO COOL!!! ❤️

  • @AlexOnStreets
    @AlexOnStreets 2 года назад +37

    Reaaaaaallly loved this and super jealous of your ability to talk and show about this subject so successfully. I will use what you have showed me for my own personal gain and world dominance.

    • @impatrickt
      @impatrickt  2 года назад +16

      I’m actually part of the lamp psy-op and you’ve now been “activated”.

    • @elfsieben1450
      @elfsieben1450 2 года назад +4

      @@impatrickt underrated reply 👀🤪😱👁️🤯😫☠️🙈😎

  • @AaronFilmsStuff
    @AaronFilmsStuff 2 года назад +7

    Man this was great! I'm a huge proponent of using lamps or other practical's to add character to a scene but also give reason for light motivation. you hit the nail on the head with this one!!! Keep it up

  • @WhySteve
    @WhySteve 2 года назад +6

    I literally put a lamp behind me in my last video just because of this. There's absolutely no reason for the lamp other than motivating my backlight and creating depth and contrast.

  • @hammerbeam
    @hammerbeam Год назад +1

    This video had been in my feed and I always ignored it because it just sounded like clickbait but now that I’ve seen it. It’s really all I can think about when watching movies. Lamps!

  • @JamieMcEwanOfficial
    @JamieMcEwanOfficial 2 года назад +15

    This was really, really good. Awesome job making this!
    Makes me want to watch ALL of these films, too.

  • @monikaaggarwal9896
    @monikaaggarwal9896 2 года назад +5

    Now I can't enjoy movies without looking for lamps 😭.
    But it is a well made in-depth video.👍🏻

  • @corbyn
    @corbyn 2 года назад +1

    Cue the "Lamp Montage" Love it!!

  • @confused_reader
    @confused_reader 2 года назад

    This video has actually changed me, my life will never be the same

  • @omarknowsphotos
    @omarknowsphotos 2 года назад +1

    This was infinitely more entertaining than I ever thought possible.

  • @outled
    @outled Год назад +3

    Really enjoyed that, thank you. I was obsessed by the lamps in Twin Peaks The Return, I made screenshots of all of them, so I understand your obsession! :)

  • @imrnp
    @imrnp 2 года назад +2

    this was a great video patrick! been loving your content lately. you seem super inspired. keep it up!

  • @jasminepowell2150
    @jasminepowell2150 2 года назад +1

    This video is wonderfully made! Well done

  • @Tubester001
    @Tubester001 10 месяцев назад

    Awesome commentary! I’ve noticed the same thing about lamps in movies. They’re such relatable items, practical and inviting. Even two of my favorites use lamps well… Ghostbusters and Back To The Future.

  • @alisinclair8529
    @alisinclair8529 2 года назад +1

    Movie Lamps would be a great podcast

  • @BrendanEvan
    @BrendanEvan 2 года назад +1

    Man I need some more lamps

  • @jeffwpatton
    @jeffwpatton 2 года назад +1

    Found your channel from your No Way Home video, and now I'm just binging all your essays. Such great content, man. Really looking forward to more from you.

  • @digitaljb
    @digitaljb 2 года назад

    youve been inspring beyond belief with these out of the box videos lately

  • @bose80085
    @bose80085 2 года назад

    Loved this video, need more video essays like this

  • @jeffreypappas2934
    @jeffreypappas2934 2 года назад +1

    Patrick, great video! Never thought of any of this and now I will pay attention to the lamps in movies and in life! Thank you again!

  • @liyu_cn
    @liyu_cn 2 года назад

    the ending so great nice job bro

  • @AlanHouser
    @AlanHouser 2 года назад

    The BEST cinematic on-screen LAMP infatuation: Gary Oldman as Drexl Spivey on True Romance- that whole LAMP ON A CHAIN scene was epic.

  • @crlclssic
    @crlclssic Год назад

    so cool man! love this. And your channel

  • @alexleal2634
    @alexleal2634 2 года назад

    I never notice the lamps. Great I think I will not unseen this. Great video bro!

  • @BennettEller
    @BennettEller 2 года назад

    Amazing breakdown and serious eye opening take on what that little extra adds to the scene. 👍

  • @lia_pryce
    @lia_pryce 2 года назад +1

    Super cool stuff! I always enjoy your videos.

  • @TheTreyVision
    @TheTreyVision 2 года назад +1

    Well this blew my mind.

  • @ColorfieldMedia
    @ColorfieldMedia 2 года назад

    You "lamp-basted" those lamp scenes with expert like precision.

  • @DavidPalmer_blinder
    @DavidPalmer_blinder 2 года назад +9

    so yeah here's my thing, i do notice the lamps, and especially in bar or restaurant scenes and i do get tied up thinking about how that would even work in the real world (which I definitely lol'd when you mentioned it in your video) and it just pulls me right out of the scene and then i just start dissecting the rest of the movie looking for reality-breaking stuff. am i movie buzzkill? yep. i won't even hide that fact. in fact, my friend and i will just watch a movie together and just point out all of the reality-breaking stuff... movie watching for us more of an unfunny MST3k kind of experience. oh well, lol! but i loved this video!

    • @impatrickt
      @impatrickt  2 года назад +3

      the lamps on tables has ALWAYS driven me crazy even before I started noticing all the other lamps that make no sense. thanks for watching!

  • @matthewTobrien
    @matthewTobrien 2 года назад +4

    I have filled my house and my studio with lamps - all on dimmer switches with halogen bulbs (nice & warm when dimmed & they don't hum like incandescents do) for this exact reason. Plus, when Steven Spielberg comes to his senses and decides to hang out with me to talk about Jurassic Park and John Williams's march theme from 1941, he'll be impressed...by all the lamps. 🤞🏻🛋
    Great vid, Patrick. Totally need to get a random orb lamp now.

  • @ChuckSeayII
    @ChuckSeayII 9 часов назад

    Great video and much appreciated. Thank you

  • @connor-betts
    @connor-betts 2 года назад

    This was really good!!

  • @SaulFearnley
    @SaulFearnley 2 года назад +1

    This is an amazing video. 💡

  • @firstmile
    @firstmile Год назад

    This is an amazing video. Great job. So brilliant.

  • @CineDailies
    @CineDailies 2 года назад

    Solid light study 🤌🏽

  • @IandeNoronha
    @IandeNoronha 2 года назад

    What an incredible observation! Great video as always, PT. I love lamp too

  • @rubiotv
    @rubiotv 2 года назад +1

    Peak lamp explanation.

  • @brentpeddy4223
    @brentpeddy4223 Год назад +3

    Love this essay!!! I'm an ambient light enthusiast for everyday living. These damn fluorescents have ruined our day to day reality. BTW an awesome movie to add to this list is The Invitation. That film is phenomenal!

  • @brunopapic6295
    @brunopapic6295 2 года назад

    this is good, keep em coming.

  • @AlpacoFilms
    @AlpacoFilms 2 года назад

    Well fricking done man! Brava!

  • @NickRivers231
    @NickRivers231 2 года назад

    Hitch liked a good lamp as well. I was particularly obsessed with one in Suzanne Pleshette's house in The Birds.

  • @joshuaconti989
    @joshuaconti989 2 года назад

    Glad you brought up Kubrick- he loved lamp. =)

  • @francescasaraco1417
    @francescasaraco1417 2 года назад +1

    live, love, lamp

  • @connorthompson05
    @connorthompson05 2 года назад

    Thanks for pointing that out. I’ll be setting lamps forever differently.

  • @GajanBalan
    @GajanBalan 2 года назад

    Video was worth it to learn what diagetic lighting meant.

  • @ameerahm4589
    @ameerahm4589 2 года назад +1

    Now I will focus on lighting in films

  • @manueldemirjian1575
    @manueldemirjian1575 2 года назад

    Your channel is going to explode soon. Such great content, keep going!

  • @benjaminlacey
    @benjaminlacey 2 года назад

    LAMP! I was rewatching Ocean's Eleven the other day, they had LAMPS by the POOL outside.... beautiful strangeness, loved this vid:)

  • @geneyoon11
    @geneyoon11 2 года назад

    Dude this is an incredible and informative video

  • @DaisysWorld192
    @DaisysWorld192 2 года назад

    Spot on!

  • @colinthomas2525
    @colinthomas2525 2 года назад +1

    Amazing video as always. Lots of the clips you showed are some of my favourite movies.
    I too think EWS is Kubrick’s best. Happy to see a clip from Station Eleven as it’s my new obsession.
    Just got some canon fd’s. 24mm, 50mm and 70-210 and looking to get the Laowa 9mm for establishing shots.
    Now if only I could choose a camera lol. Bmpcc4k, gh6, Sony a7iv/siii, new Olympus ‘wow’ camera, Lumix s5. I can’t pull the trigger.
    Thanks for brightening our day with one of your videos.

  • @RealJamesArcher
    @RealJamesArcher 2 года назад

    Thanks a lot. Now I can never unsee this. 😬

  • @eksmaan
    @eksmaan 2 года назад

    “Patrick, are you just looking at things in movies and saying that you love them?”
    Great breakdown man!

  • @YannickReid
    @YannickReid 2 года назад +1

    Great video essay

  • @davinjacobs
    @davinjacobs 2 года назад +1

    this was so good

  • @timotheusmiller
    @timotheusmiller 2 года назад

    I hate ceiling lights and love lamps. Great video!!! Now I won't be able to unsee the "cinematic" lamp placements

  • @xPRxMEx
    @xPRxMEx 2 года назад +1

    This was an awesome video 🚀

  • @cinemabandits
    @cinemabandits 2 года назад +1

    Wow this was really well done. Thanks for this

  • @Janio.
    @Janio. 2 года назад +1

    Lamps are honestly op.

  • @Doublepulse
    @Doublepulse Год назад

    It’s one of those items that blends in with the world in all the impractical places sometimes 😂 - they serve as good props as well.

  • @SnakeCakeExotics
    @SnakeCakeExotics 2 года назад +1

    lol nice never really noticed that!

  • @LeeZavitz
    @LeeZavitz 2 года назад +2

    Practicals ftw

  • @JasonLorette
    @JasonLorette 2 года назад

    Gotta love a good lamp...or six. Very cool vid Patrick, very illuminating (I'll see myself out...).

  • @XhonDang
    @XhonDang 2 года назад +1

    Great deep dive into this highly overlooked topic

    • @impatrickt
      @impatrickt  2 года назад +1

      I just wanted to shed a light on it

    • @XhonDang
      @XhonDang 2 года назад

      @@impatrickt I speak for the people where I say we all feel illuminated

  • @ScottJeschke
    @ScottJeschke 2 года назад

    I now understand. Haha. Totally agree! I'm obsessed w lamps

  • @amimofilms
    @amimofilms 2 года назад +1

    nice one, from now on i will definatelly be noticing lamps in every future movie i am going to casually watch. Thanks :D

  • @TeeJaySmall
    @TeeJaySmall 2 года назад

    Came from Reddit, awesome video! Will be subscribing for more

  • @l.s.11
    @l.s.11 2 года назад

    PEAK LAMP
    That animation of "pt." at 6:58 is mint. 👌
    Lovely video. I have 5 lamps in my room, but now I want more.

  • @mattsyl
    @mattsyl 2 года назад

    It's decided, I'll never again walk on a set lamp-less. Great video man!

  • @nebulanationmedia
    @nebulanationmedia Год назад

    Crazy outro man!!!

  • @jaevisuals
    @jaevisuals 2 года назад

    Dude... I recently just noticed the same thing and now I see them all the time.

  • @yodo7661
    @yodo7661 2 года назад +1

    Great content

  • @nathanvenzara
    @nathanvenzara 2 года назад

    You had me at lamps.

  • @dzheyd9609
    @dzheyd9609 2 года назад

    Awesome! I think you should make this kind of videos instead of the gear review! This channel is so underrated

  • @benjamincorteslyon6777
    @benjamincorteslyon6777 2 года назад

    The goal is knowing to hide those lamps. Love this video. At the beginning 1:27, in Tom Cruise scene, some change on exposure happened.

    • @impatrickt
      @impatrickt  2 года назад

      I lit up the lights all over this video so you could see them

  • @DeanReynoldsMusic
    @DeanReynoldsMusic 2 года назад

    Great observation dude!

  • @TwoSugarsandMilk201
    @TwoSugarsandMilk201 2 года назад

    This was great!! I loved it! LAMPS!!

  • @amw1155
    @amw1155 2 года назад

    Love this

  • @JoshuaTimothy
    @JoshuaTimothy 2 года назад +1

    That ending conspiracy scene 🤣. Anyways, great video. I loved the format and information. That looks like it was a fun project to work on.

  • @bupek
    @bupek 2 года назад

    This video was incredible, glad I found n subbed to ur channel brodie🙏🏾🔥

    • @impatrickt
      @impatrickt  2 года назад +1

      Thanks for the sub!

    • @bupek
      @bupek 2 года назад

      @@impatrickt 🙏🏾🙏🏾

  • @rosyaugust7095
    @rosyaugust7095 2 года назад

    Great 👍 . Lamp make the character pop

  • @sabrinaperry6121
    @sabrinaperry6121 2 года назад

    I’ve slowly descended into madness now all I see is lamps. 🤪 this is one video essay I didn’t know I needed. It’s like watching The Sixth Sense for the first time.

    • @impatrickt
      @impatrickt  2 года назад +1

      they’re everywhere. I should have warned you before the video started.

  • @recessinthering8425
    @recessinthering8425 Год назад

    Succession has some great lamp action

  • @PortableTrevor
    @PortableTrevor 2 года назад

    Dude can you please do a turorial on your animated logo? I love it so much.

  • @slamdoodle
    @slamdoodle 2 года назад

    great video

  • @ianthebrightman
    @ianthebrightman 2 года назад

    Color contrast is more important than most people will every fully understand

  • @clarkeemalarkee
    @clarkeemalarkee 2 года назад +2

    Great video! I’d add one thing which you did kind of touch on, but I think lamps add DEPTH to a lot of shots that otherwise wouldn’t have it. By lighting something in the foreground or background with a practical lamp, it can really make the shot feel 3D. I’ve explained lamps in movies to so many of my friends, now I can just send them this video. Haha. 💯💯

    • @clarkeemalarkee
      @clarkeemalarkee 2 года назад

      Also…I definitely have a lamp behind my RUclips vlog set up. Lmao.

    • @impatrickt
      @impatrickt  2 года назад +3

      I did a whole section on that!

  • @fabiomorich
    @fabiomorich 2 года назад +1

    Super cool 🛋

  • @mckkryz
    @mckkryz 2 года назад

    havent enjoyed a video that much for a long time!

  • @abrampainter3764
    @abrampainter3764 Год назад

    i love how you end the video essay with that scene from minority report. The video might might be over, but the lamps remain.

    • @impatrickt
      @impatrickt  Год назад

      that one tied it all together

  • @TySPAID
    @TySPAID 2 года назад

    Speaking of Movie Lamps: One of the horror shorts I made had a lamp on the toilet. Didn't make any sense... but boy did it look cool.