Budget Filmmaking: Light Your Scene with Invisible Lights

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  • Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
  • Cinematography at night can be tough. But the creative filmmaker can use budget filmmaking to light their scene with minimal lights.
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Комментарии • 315

  • @filmriot
    @filmriot  5 лет назад +90

    What's your favorite simple filmmaking trick?

    • @cineblazer
      @cineblazer 5 лет назад +32

      Watching Film Riot videos and copying what they do.

    • @how2life41
      @how2life41 5 лет назад +3

      Film Riot my favorite trick is actually masking. When you film it with the clean shot it really does make life so much easier

    • @littlecreeps2956
      @littlecreeps2956 5 лет назад +2

      Using vertical blinds already in your home combined with outside daylight as an adjustable scrim for back or fill lights, but also I assume this technique could be used to adjust key light, as well. And run-on sentences, like the one I just wrote.

    • @TheRedverb
      @TheRedverb 5 лет назад

      None.
      I'm a fiction writer, but your channel both inspires me, in a general sense, and educates me, in a sense more specific, by putting me up on the visual aspect common to all storytelling, if one of the aims of the storyteller is to be as vivid as possible, which, duh, no shit, of course vivid is a primary goal.
      I like this channel a great deal.
      See you guys next upload.
      By the way I had a Pavlov's dog reaction. The moment I heard the Domain.com music I immediately began laughing. Kinda scary, but, congratulations...I guess

    • @jaredsworld01
      @jaredsworld01 5 лет назад +6

      My favorite is color grading, it might seem simple, but such small adjustments go a long way...

  • @RonaldFinger
    @RonaldFinger 5 лет назад +249

    I really enjoyed the part where you talked about lighting

    • @StorybyDiego
      @StorybyDiego 5 лет назад +3

      Same here! Such an easy trick and so easy to understand.

    • @saifalnaqbi2819
      @saifalnaqbi2819 3 года назад +1

      @@StorybyDiego R/WOOOSH

  • @oscar_jacques
    @oscar_jacques 5 лет назад +212

    I’m one of those RUclips users who never comments on things, but who spends an awful lot of time on this platform watching videos. It occurs to me that I’ve been watching Film Riot religiously for 7 or 8 years now. I’m 21 years old and about to finish up at university (studying television), and the stuff I’ve learned from you guys has completely set me on course to do filmmaking for the rest of my life, I have absolutely no doubt in my mind. What I’ve learned from you helped me win a big prize in My Røde Reel back in 2017, and the big projects I have set out for this year, which will hopefully kickstart my career, would not be happening if it weren’t for the countless hours of work you guys have put into making this channel what it is. People talk about educational RUclips channels in the context of Maths, Science, History etc. But you guys are by far the best educational channel on this platform, and don’t ever forget it. Thanks for everything Ryan.

    • @filmriot
      @filmriot  5 лет назад +39

      Wow! Thank you so much for this! I can't tell you how thrilled we are to read things like this. And congrats on winning My Rode Reel.

    • @Andrew_Price
      @Andrew_Price 5 лет назад

      Wow this is amazing! Quite awesome to see people like you. Too bad in my country this work doesn't pay enough to warrant a career :'(

    • @samkumar.
      @samkumar. 5 лет назад +2

      I'm not crying. You're crying.

    • @StorybyDiego
      @StorybyDiego 5 лет назад

      That's awesome Oscar! Congrats on almost finishing school and good luck!

    • @oktovria
      @oktovria 4 года назад

      wow this is so wholesome

  • @alan-baird
    @alan-baird 5 лет назад +62

    Ah, the brotherly love is strong in this one...

    • @whathappenswhen4767
      @whathappenswhen4767 5 лет назад +1

      if you been following film riot from the beginning, you ll understand how much they love each other.

  • @kempinskrr
    @kempinskrr 5 лет назад +40

    This is literally the best video ever

  • @JacobCarlson
    @JacobCarlson 5 лет назад +73

    After nearly ten years of watching these videos, I know most of the techniques shown, but I continue to watch to learn those little things that make my job and workflow easier.
    Today's lesson for me: The Mask Feather Tool.
    I did not know about this and I can honestly say that I will now use it all the time.
    Thanks, Film Riot!

    • @fullframevisuals
      @fullframevisuals 5 лет назад +2

      Same for me.. Have always been using After Effects on all of my projects and didn't realise they had this implemented. Very helpful!

    • @StorybyDiego
      @StorybyDiego 5 лет назад +1

      Same here Jacob! Great to meet a fellow veteran Film Riot fan!

  • @krystalbolden6733
    @krystalbolden6733 5 лет назад +7

    This was literally the most eye-opening episode film riot has done in a long time...maybe even EVER. We need more like this!!!

  • @ShiningCatProductions
    @ShiningCatProductions 5 лет назад +19

    I've been doing the indie thing for almost a decade now and I'm currently working on a 30 minute short thats a bigger scale than I ever thought I could handle, I just wanted to say thanks for being there along the way with me guys.

    • @TheStoryofYote
      @TheStoryofYote 5 лет назад +1

      Just saw you in the comments bro. Had to say wussup and I'm currently working on a short myself! I'm one of your subscribers if you're wondering.

    • @ShiningCatProductions
      @ShiningCatProductions 5 лет назад

      @@TheStoryofYote Awesome dude! and I'm one of your subscribers too, whats up?

  • @StefanFulton
    @StefanFulton 5 лет назад +14

    Dude. That night-time trick. That's incredible and I'm absolutely going to make use of that at some point! Thank you!

    • @StorybyDiego
      @StorybyDiego 5 лет назад +1

      Same! Honestly, it comes down to being dedicated and patient on making the frame look good! Good luck!

  • @thomasarballo764
    @thomasarballo764 5 лет назад +28

    Top notch episode.

  • @ginsan8198
    @ginsan8198 5 лет назад +38

    Josh: "F you!"
    Ryan: "Love you"
    Josh: ".... Love you too!"
    That got me laughing by surprise.

    • @StorybyDiego
      @StorybyDiego 5 лет назад +2

      Favorite part of the video haha!

  • @jaysenedwinward
    @jaysenedwinward 5 лет назад +5

    I’ve been watching Film Riot for many years now. I appreciated this episode SO much.

  • @heylou
    @heylou 5 лет назад +1

    Ok that stitching separate lights together is genius!

  • @StanHanrahan
    @StanHanrahan 5 лет назад +6

    Film riot you guys are awesome! I’ve been watching your videos for years now and I’m finally confident enough with my own short VFX that I’ve started posting them to my RUclips!
    Wouldn’t be where I’m at without you guys

    • @filmriot
      @filmriot  5 лет назад +3

      That’s incredible. Send the link our way once you post it.

    • @StanHanrahan
      @StanHanrahan 5 лет назад

      Film Riot ruclips.net/video/fJdpMmikHpc/видео.html been a fan for years 😄

  • @KingKhanAbz
    @KingKhanAbz 5 лет назад +7

    I love you guys. Ryan. Josh.
    Honestly, I learned so so much from you guys than I did in uni since I watched you guys from the very beginning so I was already prepped with filmmaking knowledge when I started class, more than the other kids. I owe you guys so much. My first job was a freelance videographer with skills I learned from Film Riot. Thank you. I love you guys.

    • @filmriot
      @filmriot  5 лет назад +1

      Thanks for watching! So glad the show has helped you. :)

    • @StorybyDiego
      @StorybyDiego 5 лет назад +1

      That's awesome! Only from learning from Film Riot? Congrats man! Looking forward to seeing more of your work!

    • @KingKhanAbz
      @KingKhanAbz 5 лет назад

      @@StorybyDiego Yeah Diego. Pretty much Film Riot and RUclips tutorials. Honestly mate, feel free to check my channel for content. I've got videos from when I was 13 to now. There's playlist of short film, sketches and vlogs and whatnot. I pretty much grew up with RUclips and Film Riot 😊

  • @littlecreeps2956
    @littlecreeps2956 5 лет назад +5

    This is the most helpful tutorial I have seen in a long time, especially for night shots on indie projects.

    • @StorybyDiego
      @StorybyDiego 5 лет назад

      SAME HERE! I was just thinking that.

  • @Kriscoart
    @Kriscoart 5 лет назад +10

    Love using this trick in my shorts! Great way to get a high budget look with a few Led and practical lights 🙌

  • @adrianrale
    @adrianrale 5 лет назад +2

    Film Riot always seems to get the right tutorial out at the right time. I'm just about to make a short film about anonymous vampires (as in AA meetings, but with vampires) and this light removal effect comes in very handy for the long shot of the people sitting together as it's hard to hide any lights there.

  • @Rosomyat
    @Rosomyat 5 лет назад

    Relighting & Light painting of a Scene. This is a saver.

  • @elgabote
    @elgabote 4 года назад +1

    I've been planning a short film in a dark forest, didn't think of this! Brilliant! Thanks!!

  • @Zton-yn4kc
    @Zton-yn4kc 5 лет назад +1

    That last tip was very useful, thank you for that!

  • @BMgreekyoutuber
    @BMgreekyoutuber 5 лет назад +1

    Awesome VIDEO !!!! I am watching you guys now for like 2 years and learned so many things!!! Love your channel, your work, everything!!!

  • @Workbenchtv
    @Workbenchtv 5 лет назад +6

    "I saw grandma!?" Classic. You guys have always been highly entertaining.

  • @DavidWaronja
    @DavidWaronja 4 года назад +1

    This channel has taught be everything I know about film. Thanks film Riot! From Kenya, Africa!

  • @Thats_my_Point
    @Thats_my_Point 5 лет назад +1

    Wow you guys... just wow. Having been working in the industry for the last eight years I’ve tried to keep an eye on what you were doing, but I felt like we kind of grew apart. But this is just such an impressive idea to share. I am stunned and impressed that I haven’t taken the time to think of this before. Especially with as much as I talk about the joys of lighting in CGI where you can have invisible lights. That term! I literally use that term all the time! My hats off to you for this one.

  • @MrKlayVFX
    @MrKlayVFX 5 лет назад +1

    Really love the lighting pass on exterior technique! Super handy!

  • @jessegalan9728
    @jessegalan9728 5 лет назад +1

    I think sponsor gag is my all time favorite. And thank you for this tutorial! Extremely informative.

  • @bhargavavaranasi8347
    @bhargavavaranasi8347 4 года назад +1

    WOW!
    You are INSANE...!!!!!!
    Learnt a lot.
    Thanks Film Riot!

  • @alantuttphotography
    @alantuttphotography 5 лет назад +1

    Great ideas. Really opened my mind to a wide range of possibilities.

  • @nsiepmann
    @nsiepmann 4 года назад

    Ok, the invisible light and multiple-pass light thing has got me all full of ideas :D

  • @Centinily
    @Centinily Год назад

    Okay we get it! Thompson is incredible at VFX!

  • @darreckwkirby
    @darreckwkirby 5 лет назад +1

    I'm just starting out (massive understatement) but I love these videos and the ways you work around equipment limitations at times. It emboldens me to test out some more ambitious ideas using similar techniques!

  • @bottleofice1013
    @bottleofice1013 5 лет назад +1

    your last few videos have gotten very good.

  • @NLFilms0fficial
    @NLFilms0fficial 5 лет назад +3

    This is really a top notch episode

  • @3lc0y0t3
    @3lc0y0t3 5 лет назад

    The tutorials are fantastic, as always, and the comedy is actually begining to be funny. More natural, less forced than earlier stuff. Great work all around.
    Thanks so much.

  • @CrazyAboutLife
    @CrazyAboutLife 5 лет назад +1

    Still the best channel on the Tube!!

  • @HitechProductions
    @HitechProductions 5 лет назад +2

    Wow, that has to be the most useful information on filming I've seen since your Guerrilla Filmmaking class. And, obviously, lighting a scene at night has been a huge problem for me. I gave up on a specific location and moved (50 feet, but still) because I couldn't get it lit without the lights in the shot. With this idea I could have gotten the shots I wanted. Thanks! :^)

  • @ScribblebytesWorldwide
    @ScribblebytesWorldwide 5 лет назад +1

    I've been watching these dudes since I was a kid. Wow man!

  • @ChadVick
    @ChadVick 5 лет назад +2

    Who ITW would give this video a thumbs down!? Great video Ryan. Thanks!

  • @QuincyKane
    @QuincyKane 5 лет назад +6

    Wow, these are some amazing tips! It's been a while since I've heard of something so practical and effective! Thank you!

  • @stealthstar4
    @stealthstar4 5 лет назад +10

    I LOVE YOU GUYS!

  • @salakoay_ola
    @salakoay_ola 5 лет назад +1

    Oh wow. This episode was lit from so many angles

  • @jaida728
    @jaida728 4 года назад

    AfterEffects is absolutely genius. Very helpful, thank you!

  • @pavannayak7668
    @pavannayak7668 5 лет назад +1

    Nice old-school film riot we need more episodes like this

  • @denightdimension93
    @denightdimension93 5 лет назад

    You guys are still at it. Major inspiration

  • @cenzosenerchia3043
    @cenzosenerchia3043 5 лет назад +2

    Super helpful for my upcoming short based at night. Thank you

  • @ChaoticMatters
    @ChaoticMatters 5 лет назад +4

    OMG WHY HAVEN'T I THOUGHT OF THIS!?

  • @rokkfilms
    @rokkfilms 4 года назад

    This is definitely a handy trick to use in post-production :)

  • @2ardMr
    @2ardMr 5 лет назад +1

    Loved it, please more like this, while the pod cast/answer questions episodes are good and informative I have missed your wicked sense of humour that come from these style of posts. So good !

    • @filmriot
      @filmriot  5 лет назад

      Podcast style is Monday’s. Episodes like this are Thursday’s.

  • @ZmoPaR
    @ZmoPaR 5 лет назад +1

    I don't know how YT is doing it, but I am about to shoot something that I do not have the lighting to pull off. I was trying to figure out how to do it. And then boom! I get recommended this video...I am grateful and kind of scared of the YT algos! LOL

  • @RandomCelebs
    @RandomCelebs 5 лет назад +3

    7:12 OMG that is so clever !!!! Thanks Film Riot !!!!

  • @Aceimus1066
    @Aceimus1066 5 лет назад

    You've just reminded me why I love you guys!!! Thanks

  • @KonradChanCreations
    @KonradChanCreations 4 года назад

    OMG... so obvious, but I never thought of this before! This is a really helpful tip. I've been nervous for a shoot I need to do because it's in a few apartments I haven't seen before, so it's definitely peace of mind to know I have the option of keeping lights in frame! Lighting gear is something I've delayed in getting so it's really helpful to find work arounds like this until I put in the money for the right gear.

  • @OnAWireStudios
    @OnAWireStudios 5 лет назад +13

    "I saw Grandma.
    " - Josh, 2018

  • @yunjinam352
    @yunjinam352 5 лет назад

    This is the best thing I've ever seen today!

  • @greyareaRK1
    @greyareaRK1 5 лет назад +2

    "I saw grandma!" I love this show.

  • @lightningspeed6142
    @lightningspeed6142 3 года назад

    your videos are so amazing, whenever i watch, i always learn something new. thank you so much

  • @kostasfassoulas6915
    @kostasfassoulas6915 5 лет назад +1

    Always something valuable for all of us!! Thank you!

  • @corbinbros.2520
    @corbinbros.2520 5 лет назад +1

    Without your tips and tricks, my filmmaking wouldn’t be what it is today.

  • @kikon78
    @kikon78 5 лет назад +2

    Reaaalllly awesome stuff doooooods!

  • @Soupcan13
    @Soupcan13 5 лет назад +1

    Nice! That's some pretty bad ass film magic. Thanks for making this

  • @StorybyDiego
    @StorybyDiego 5 лет назад +1

    This is such an easy trick! Thank you so much for the tip Film Riot!

  • @freestylerkim
    @freestylerkim 5 лет назад +1

    This is Genius

  • @cinematiki1787
    @cinematiki1787 5 лет назад

    One of my favorite episodes

  • @Blendsoft
    @Blendsoft 5 лет назад +1

    This was really helpful! I'm in the process of writing a film right now and I only have two cheap lights. Thanks as always!

  • @RaquelFoster
    @RaquelFoster 4 года назад

    5:47 I like the, “Just go to sleep.” It also helps to say “Shhhhhh...” a couple times when you’re choking someone to death.

  • @9StudioProductions
    @9StudioProductions 2 года назад

    Just amazing. I love you guys and what you bring to the filmmaking community. Been rocking with y’all since Josh looked like a little kid lol!!!

  • @DeistBeats
    @DeistBeats 5 лет назад +1

    Never thought of this. Very cool!

  • @RichJohannsen
    @RichJohannsen 5 лет назад

    Thank you for this wonderful episode!

  • @jimkoral3824
    @jimkoral3824 5 лет назад +1

    Very inspirational!

  • @osomstudios
    @osomstudios 5 лет назад +1

    Great video! I have learned so much from you guys over the years! Thanks for all the work you put into making videos.

  • @Harioss1
    @Harioss1 5 лет назад

    Thank you! Very usefull instument not only for the lights! May have use this one.

  • @BlenderDumbass
    @BlenderDumbass 5 лет назад

    It's nice to think of a film as a series of pixels on a big rectangle 24 of which go in a second. This means that if you don't have a way to capture something, you can still make the frames pixel by pixel, frame by frame if needed. But there are easier solution of-course... Like using compositing.

  • @adrianconete1864
    @adrianconete1864 5 лет назад +1

    This is insane

  • @iftikh
    @iftikh 5 лет назад

    Film Riot is life

  • @AntonioVillagomez
    @AntonioVillagomez 5 лет назад +1

    This is so freaking smart!!

  • @gmayo114
    @gmayo114 5 лет назад +1

    This was a great video, thank you!

  • @somename371
    @somename371 4 года назад

    You guys are so educational *and* entertaining!

  • @DEXKLANDEV
    @DEXKLANDEV 5 лет назад +1

    Massive Well-done Ryan! Absolutely brilliant🙂👌🎬

  • @jaredsworld01
    @jaredsworld01 5 лет назад +1

    Thank you SOOOOO MUCH. I needed this video! I love you...

  • @nicholasjude7937
    @nicholasjude7937 5 лет назад

    Great Video Ryan ! The Last One Felt like Using Photoshop to do a Composite. Never thought we could Light in passes and do a heavy composite . the Layers in AE seems Endless though

  • @FlyByFrancis
    @FlyByFrancis 5 лет назад

    Thank you for this video. I've been thinking about raising my production value for my RUclips channel, and I think these tips helped a lot. Lights are important for a clean image.

  • @anim8rsinkstudios193
    @anim8rsinkstudios193 5 лет назад +1

    The question remains... are the links below?
    But seriously awesome pro tips guys. Glad you did this. I was stuck on removals and thus gave me some ideas to work with! Keep up the great work guys!

  • @idgn
    @idgn 5 лет назад +36

    You guys should make a poorly produced video talking about good production

    • @StorybyDiego
      @StorybyDiego 5 лет назад

      Interesting comment. What do you mean? You mean for them to make a low budget production or plain 'bad'?

    • @idgn
      @idgn 5 лет назад

      Story by Diego just plain bad

  • @CmikeDnD
    @CmikeDnD 5 лет назад +1

    this was amazing

  • @jenky1044
    @jenky1044 5 лет назад

    Very helpful, very nice, thank you for showing the different techniques and explanation.

  • @davisdediosmedia
    @davisdediosmedia 5 лет назад +1

    This video rocks!

  • @TakeFiveMediaLtd
    @TakeFiveMediaLtd 5 лет назад +1

    Awesome tips! Thank you

  • @AlaaEsmail_
    @AlaaEsmail_ 5 лет назад

    WOW I would never think to do that!

  • @mindmagicfilms6799
    @mindmagicfilms6799 5 лет назад +1

    LMAO! You guys are very funny and work together incredibly! Keep up the great videos.

  • @CZsWorld
    @CZsWorld 5 лет назад +1

    Brilliant idea.

  • @kalloh98
    @kalloh98 5 лет назад +1

    Welp, really could've used the mask feather tool a few weeks ago... Great episode!

  • @RumleKjaer
    @RumleKjaer 5 лет назад

    Perfect episode, thank you!

  • @Andrew_Price
    @Andrew_Price 5 лет назад

    This is what I like... Although I knew everything... These are great tips!

  • @JacobPatrick1
    @JacobPatrick1 5 лет назад +1

    Awesome!

  • @ginotarabotto
    @ginotarabotto 2 года назад

    Your videos are always AWESOME 👏

  • @seanhendrix.
    @seanhendrix. 3 года назад

    I ran straight to the subscribe button when it's about film

  • @Anand_Bhatt
    @Anand_Bhatt 5 лет назад

    You guys are amazing! Hopefully I ll get to work with you guys one day!

  • @sonicvictory
    @sonicvictory 5 лет назад +1

    loved this ! Thx

  • @TwoIndians
    @TwoIndians 2 года назад

    i realize how little i know now, thank you