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Essential Lighting Skills and Techniques for Video and Content Creators

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About Essential Lighting Skills and Techniques for Video and Content Creators

Intro

Shaping Natural Light

Three Setups using one Light

Three Point Lighting

Working with RGB Lights

Practicals in the Frame

Tips & Tricks

Class Project

Outro

What You Will Learn?

  • This class is a beginner's introduction to lighting principles and techniques to help you develop your own visual style. Whether you are a new filmmaker working in documentary, narrative, or creating online video content, this class will offer you new tools and techniques to enhance the lighting of your visuals.  .
  • Follow along as cinematographer Lucas Gonzalez guides you through his process of lighting techniques, favorite tools, and setups, which you can exercise at home..
  • You will learn the following: .
  • Lucas Gonzalez is an artist and cinematographer from Colombia, based in New York City. Exploring the complexities of queerness, race, class, and migration, their documentary and narrative work has been screened at Newsfest, Tribeca, Inside Out, DC Black Film Festival, Blackstar, Jacob Burns, CultureStrike, among others. They are also recognized for their commercial work with companies like Vogue, Spotify, Skillshare, Tidal, Complex, Verizon, and TinyGiant..