Why Your Videos DON'T Look Like Films...
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- Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
- In this video we cover a few tips to improve your cinematography!
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When you said ' removing lights is just as important as adding lights. I really had to think about that. For me, I'm now just learning how important controlling light is. Much appreciated🙏
That same tip is what I was going type out!! You never really thinking taking the light away.
@@teshaunanicole832 same here! Im actually working on my lighting skills as I feel like thats the most crucial part for stepping up the game, but I never thought about an actual negative fill! Great tip!
When I was still in film school, I struggled with lighting. It's similar to sound in that when it's right, the viewer won't really register it, but as soon as it's off, it's glaringly obvious. Lights and sound are really underestimated by many. Once you try to light your own scene with no knowledge, it instantly becomes obvious why it's not something to take for granted and why there are entire teams dedicated to lighting.
This is such a good video for concisely explaining what a difference good lighting can make.
Give a veteran dp a 10 years old camera and a light and he will outpreformed a rookie with arri Alexa and the latest glass.
This would be a great RUclips video 🤩
I agree 100%
@@nicolas.elsaesserit’s been done 100 times with red cameras
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@@filmandframeca sadly some people feel new tech is more important than actual skills and experience
When I was in film school, I got to talk to Dean Cundey (DP of Jurassic Park) and a gaffer that worked with him regularly, and his biggest lighting tip was "when in doubt with your lighting setup, turn one of them off. It almost always looks better"
I absolutely love your channel, bud. Your teaching style is so practical and down to earth. I love the low key funk feel of the music, and the examples illustrating your point are perfectly chosen. You've found a great balance of letting your personality shine through while keeping the topic broadly accessible in its appeal. Well done.
Ok. I started this video not knowing what the terminology was. Yet by the end, I understood every line. Thanks for those comparison frames. Way to put it together.
Shooting wide open...thats something i recently tried to study watching all my favorite movies. The lack of shooting wide open. Alot of shots being....pretty closed down actually. Wide shots, action shots, fast moving shots....all pretty closed down. I notice more wide open apertures are more on dialogue and to capture emotion, particularly on a talents face or to show focus on an object but for the most part, I see more scenes shot closed down than open. I really dont know where we got the idea that "more bokeh" meant "more cinematic" and I think its from when we watch any dialogue scene, thats what we see. But I think we forget the rest of the "junk" scenes in a movie. I was watching the film Tenet the other day, theres the scene JD Washingtons character walks into a resturant to meet with Michael Kaines character. From the moment he walks in to when he arrives at the table...there really isnt much bokeh. Its not until he sits down and has dialouge is the shot on each character tighter and now has more bokeh. Theres the scene inside the Art vault at the airport with Niel, that entire scene is shot pretty closed down. And there are some VERY good looking shots in that scene. I recently got into Cine lenses and anamorphic lenses and now im forcing myself to learn manual focus and being at a wide open aperture its SO HARD to keep focus, especially when im moving around and so is the talent, so i just close down the aperture. For those shots, it actually looks MORE cinematic than it does if i shot them wide open
I’m not a filmmaker but I want to improve my yt videos. The negative fill tip was amazing, who knew that videos could look amazing removing light. Thank you!!!
It's great seeing these tips together with examples-thanks man.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Erin Carter getting some much deserved love! Great video mate, thanks for the tips :)
Making it feel nonexistent or natural is the key! This was all well put together. New sub!
Awesome video. I don't shoot video myself, I do photography but the tips still apply ❤
This video was short, to the point, and soooo incredible. Thanks for sharing! I think I either over light or under light my scenes in my own videos. I’m learning cinematography one short film at a time. Thanks for the tips. I’m all about creating art with what you have rather than focusing on gear.
One other thing to consider when it comes to focus is how little actors move during shots. If you compare dialogue sequences done today with those done, say, prior to the 70s you'll find that today they are VERY static. No matter the subject or the implied intensity, the actors will have their spots and largely remain there throughout the entire sequence. This obviously makes it much easier to keep them in focus.
But it can also make shots rather uninteresting. So you darn well better have some engaging dialogue and skilled actors. Those are also two things most low-budget projects don't have.
Hey! I’m a senior in film school studying in NYC, and I’ve worked in so many student sets. So I can tell u A LOT of students tend to NEVER wanna remove light from a scene. I work a lot as a DP or a Gaffer, and even then people tell me NOT TO REMOVE LIGHT😭 I personally love the higher contrast in shots. Never undermine how powerful negative fill can be!
Hey Edgar! Do you happen to do any teachings? I would love to invest into learning more! I’m a cinematography student at fullsail currently
I think editing shots together in a seamless (but not necessarily obvious) manner is also key. I learned it from watching older movies, especially from the 1940s to the 1960s. That noir look, with its darkness cast on the face of the actors, just had a charm all of its own. They were pretty low-budget films, and they had strong technical limitations, since not all equipment had even been developed by the time.
I think the best tip is that "It feels nonexistent". I always analyze what I'm watching but I know I'm watching a good movie in terms of lighting if I completely forget about it... Specially with The Batman I was really immersed into the movie, it feels natural. The light that they added complements what feels natural. It's not intrusive to the scene like you would see on a typical A-Roll from a RUclipsr talking to the camera, that's the opposite because it's extremely intentional. Good video, it really got me thinking about some improvements I could make myself. Thanks!
The negative fill was THE best tip! It's something any of us can begin to use immediately. Thanks for this video.
The removing of light was a solid tip. I’ve been seeing a few BTS videos and they’d talk about adding a neg to kill some of that spillover and it makes sense when seeing the examples you pulled
The point about using a higher focal length is so true instead of just opening your aperture all the way thinking your making it “more cinematic “ I always take my 70-200mm on short films it can always make boring locations look better with higher focal length I like shooting faces at 135mm made sound a bit mad but always makes the image look much more interesting,
Thanks for the tips keep up the good work 😁
They should show this video to film students. The practical demos alongside straightforward explanations. Nothing superfluous. Great fuckin video
Great video. I learned in film school that all good cinematography is just good lighting.
Thank you! The negative fill is the thing I learned right now.
Thank you. I do not do cinematography - maybe one day. However, this is informative to me as a portrait and conceptual photographer. Although everything you said was compelling to me, the really nice tip was that of removing light. We tend to think about removing light only when it is exceptionally bright, not when its subtle brightness can make the difference between a good shot and an exceptional moody shot. You nailed that one. Thanks, again.
the point of following naturally occurring light sources was great
Love that you mentioned taking light out, to often its said be fixed in post or adjusted within camera, when all you needed was negative fill lol
The example you give of the 24mm vs the 50mm for focus and clearness of the face is very enlightening. Very good.
Wow, now I know why I'm attracted to toghter focal lengths when I shoot.
I also love tighter shots!
last tip w removing lights… i thought both shots looked dope asf but the one w negative fill REALLY made it come through.. thank you for the tip !!
Appreciate the tip on removing light to create impact. Creating awareness around light, whether adding or removing, can truly make a difference. Thanks!
The tip regarding the removal of light was the most useful for me. I’ll keep this in mind going forward
The dark curtain helped me to get an idea for a shot I've been working on. Thank You Austin Crawford.
The tip on removing light is something I probably wouldn't have considered for a long time without seeing it.
Great tips man. That first one about focus gets me not because I'm always shooting out of focus, but because their eye will be in focus but their nose will be blurry.
The videos are what allowed me to understand what the new and unfamiliar verbiage meant. THANK YOU!
Great video man. One thing though (and yeah it's eye of beholder and you were aiming to prove your point), but the shot at 3:44, I actually prefer the shot with no negative fill. Because you can see the details on shadow side more vs losing a lot of the details in the shadow, it seems more 3 dimensional to me. PS I've got way more experience in photography, than cinema lighting.
Either way, great video. One of the things that generally keeps me from using negative fill, is the extra hassle. Your video made me rethink that though. Cheers buddy. 👍🏽
My background in audio has helped my filmmaking/editing immensely. Even just basic concepts. Lighting and color grading is like EQ'ing. "I want more high-end." Instead of BOOSTING the high-end (adding noise), reduce the low-end, and vice-versa. If you keep boosting EQ in every track in a mix, it is inefficient, and becomes muddy and stale.
There is only so much sonic real-estate. So let the kick live below 100hz, let the bass live in the low-mids, let the guitars/vocals live in the mid to hi-mids, let the drum overheads live in the high end, etc...depending on the genre/style of music.
Same philosophy in filmmaking. What you take away is just as important, if not more important, than what you add.
-Johnny
Love how the practical lights are playing the role as if they’re source of light creating what we’re seeing on the screen. So clever.
Flagging down spill, for sure. It’s the subtle changes we hardly think of that have a big impact.
Killer advice: Shoot from the shadow side.. noted!
The lighting tips were the most helpful. I think amateur videographers, DPs, and directors are always taught to "add light", but not remove it. Also, shooting on the shadow side was a great small tip!
You mentioned it in passing, but didn’t focus on it: always always always shoot the dark side of the actor’s face/key the far side of their face when possible. And when the light needs to be on the near side to be motivated by a practical, try to get as much of the dark in the shot as possible. It makes such a huge difference when we can see all of the light wrap that adds dimension to a subject.
Aside from that, your example of using negative fill really highlights the washed out “cheap” look you get from light bouncing all around your room. Definitely something I need to do more.
The "Practical Light" section!!!!!! Called me out for just using light to light the scene! HA! Thanks for the insight and intriguing presentation!
love the shot in the living room with the guy in the J4 shimmers, great colors and lighting
Fellow young creator here, reflecting on the same things you are. Keep it up! This kind of stuff is fire
Subtracting the light was a great tip!
the thing about removing light has stuck to me. It has immense value. thanks alot for another super helpful video.
Removing light was right on point and makes so much sense
Great energy and I love the shots where you're setting things up to show us how we might be able to make these techniques work for us while mixing in the movie examples. Loved it. Would love to hear your opinion on making scenes more interesting to improve that "cinematic" feel.
My fav tip was that most Hollywood DPs either only use practical lighting, or use impractical lighting that can be realistically mistaken for real lighting
yeah I love this, they try to only add lights that look like the ones that are already there
Depth of field it’s everything 🙌
negative light tip goes hard. much appreciated
removing light definitely helped a-lot thanks big dawg!
The thought of justifying your lighting is not something Ive ever thought of like it makes so much sense to reveal a source of your lighting like a window or lamp in a shot for it to make sense
THANK YOU!!!! If you ever pay attention to BTS video on films they typically have long focal length lenses on their cameras. Shooting wide angles at the widest aperture is a fairly modern trend and its extremely limiting.
That negative fill was really nice
Removing light was a HUGE help! I always think about adding it I never think to take some away or use the motivated light given in the room to light the scene accurately
My overall goal is to Direct film one day. I've watched every single one of your videos at one point or another and i've come to realize that if i could spend one full day with you and our cameras, i could conquer the world!
One topic I didn't see you touch on was the FRAMERATE. A lot of people starting out don't KNOW that almost all cinema shoots at 24 FPS. if they shoot at 30, or higher, they are missing out on the feel of the cinema as well. Most cameras these days boast about higher framerates, but a high framerate can cause the "Soap Opera Effect." Another great element is adding bars above, and below your shot to frame it. It can create a more cinematic widescreen feel. One final thing is the film grain. Adding a touch of film grain can also make a difference. Other than that, what you touched on is DEFINITELY a factor and something I didn't take into consideration, so thank you for the tips =)
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This taught me so much about film and how much goes into each shot that I now appreciate movies and stuff a lot more cuz I can understand a little bit of what goes on to get those shots that I didn't even think about before. Very cool. It's interesting how learning about a certain media before watching/listening to it can actually help you enjoy it more since it helps you see and appreciate more of it.
In your first example outside you can even see the lens performing better at a f/4.5. This was something that really helped me whats i started noticing. Lots of lenses fall apart wide open and often the best performance is arond an f4 or even f5.6 sometimes. This will help you render colors and contrast better. Althought if youre inside youre going to need alot more light.
I've been studying physics, but I'm not going to miss my photography lesson.
I appreciate the view!
As someone who’s interested in filmmaking and trying to get my short film up and running, this video does a concise job on how to get your film to look a certain way
Great job on the vid, I’m definitely going to subscribe to your channel
I LOVED "who is Erin Carte" loved the action and the actress was soo good!!
Thanks for the remove light tip bruv, that can go a long way💡
Best tip for me was removing light and only amplifying existing light. MASSIVE, appreciate you bro.
Hey! I just subscribed to your channel. I'm new to filmmaking and your videos are really helpful. I recently made a short film just for fun, and now I'm hooked!
Very helpful for a few film projects I’m working on
All of this, and I think using Anamorphic lenses help a lot as well for that cinematic look
Anamorphic lenses are definitely game changers. There are some movies that are shot on aspherical lenses and anamorphic lenses for certain shots like Scott Pilgrim vs The World
You got me when you said throwing lights in areas that don't make sense. This is a case where you could know something, but still don't apply it or overlook it during the process of filming.
Practical light sources , and removing light 🙏🏽
I like the way you used images to show the negative fill. Thank you.
@ 3:43 minute mark, I like the NO NEGATIVE FILL look as opposed to the NEGATIVE FILL ADDED look.
removing the light was a phenomenal tip!
Your focal length tip 🔥is one that I kinda knew but never really experimented with🤦🏽♂️. I definitely will now! Good lookin'!🙏
When I started shooting at f4-5 it started making my footage so much better
Excellent advice and things I have not considered. I shoot action sports mostly and want to get into more cinematic storytelling of the characters in those sports. You have given me some serious food for though. Excellent channel. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and understanding of cinematography.
Balancing the contrast is definitely great advice and the breakdown on it top tier.
Such a great tip, need to remember this on the next one.
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the practical light part was a major for me
thank you
Working as a best boy taught me the value of negative fill,..it can make/break a shot
Man I love your videos!! All these gems, tip and tricks to help improve your craft/skills. Filming is a UNIVERSE of its own.
It's not just light. Films embrace a lot of imperfections and grit. A lot to do with the glass they use. There's a reason why big time DPs love using vintage and anamorphic glasses. They simply add that layer of nonrealism the same way color grading does. You never wanna stray too far away from the roots of film with analog and film stocks because t's simply what our eyes and brain are used to when we see the difference between film and real. The more cleaner and realistic your image is, the more it looks like wedding photos or real estate stuff. They become as mundane as real life.
I already knew but its always good to hear not to just throw a light up anywhere and work off of motivated light source.
0:00 🎬 Low-budget filmmakers often struggle to achieve the polished look of Hollywood films due to differences in techniques.
0:49 📷 Understanding the relationship between focal length, aperture, and bokeh is crucial for achieving professional-looking shots.
1:30 💡 Lighting plays a significant role in creating immersive environments in films and TV shows.
2:47 💡 Properly managing light sources and removing unnecessary light can enhance the cinematic quality of shots.
3:40 📽 Removing light from a scene can increase contrast ratio and add punchiness to shots, improving their cinematic appeal.
when I started out I only have the 4.5 / 5.6 lens. So I understood to move the subject away from the background to help with the bokeh. Great tips about the negative fill.
To me the best tip was adding and removing light. I like the example you did at the end. Great video.
Focusing was the best tip. I’ve been told manual focus is an old technology when it’s really a technique
Thank you! time to practice for this guy.
Awesome content man. Super insightful
I mean it should be obvious that a lot of us are learning how to do video at all and it's not like a image where you can just slap on a lot and generally speaking it can look a lot better. It just takes a lot more effort to make quality video. I personally been struggling with the transition of video for years. The photos mean more to me but I found myself getting left in the dust.
You got to put in the work. Unfortunately a lot of people don't have interesting stuff to shoot around them, but you got to find some way to film something. I have a ton of short clips from Japan and most of them are hot garbage. But my process has begun and I'm going to learn it.
Nowadays it's all about the easy fixes, but thankfully that doesn't apply to video. If you don't know what you're doing, it's going to look like trash. Cheers happy learning
I loved this video. I know nothing about film but this was so informative and fascinating
the key differences is the immersive of the imagery. it could related to anything but also there are plenty way of breaking the rules. even there is no motivation of the light(like many scene from euphoria) it still works. also the focal length related to the frame size needs to be addressed. many people nowadays lack of the knowledge of using the telephoto lens telling a story which is really comment for narrative filmmakers watch the dune again tell me the focal length and whiplash as well. they use many telephoto lens to add the immersive into the imagery.
Just heads up Hollywood does not used auto focus, I have worked on multiple Hollywood films as a Focus Puller. Which my job is to pulled focus while the camera op focuses on just the shot.
1:00 dude is ON SET of the Truman Show!! GOTDAMN MATRIX in FULL EFFECT
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Good tips. Godzilla Minus One being made for under $15M is a real eye opener for Hollywood.
Sooo cool, it reminded me of some stuff that I usually forget about! Crazy content, keep it up!