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Lighting 101: How to Light Your Videos

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About Lighting 101: How to Light Your Videos

Introduction

Make Sure You Have Enough Light

Controlling Natural Light (Filming Outside)

Soft Lights VS Hard Lights

Three Point Lighting

Two Point Lighting

Lighting with One Light

White Balance

Working with Colour (RGB Lighting)

Using Practical Lighting

Case Study #1

Case Study #2

Case Study #3

Outro

What You Will Learn?

  • Regardless of what you’re filming (it could be an interview, YouTube video, music video, TV show, etc.) you need great lighting to get great footage. If you neglect your lighting, your video footage will look amateur, and you will be left wondering why. So, in this course, I’m going to walk you through the different types of light, different lighting setups and how you can convert a boring location into a visually pleasing location using your lights. This will be achieved by a collection of different lessons and three case studies. These case studies will show you what my thought process is when lighting a room and I will explain what I’m doing, and more importantly, why I’m doing it..
  • This course is perfect for beginner and intermediate level video creators looking to improve the quality of their work. This course can also serve as a refresher for those creatives who are a little more experienced. However, this course isn’t just aimed at video creators, if you need to film a video for your company, you want a more visually pleasing image in your Zoom meetings or you’re filming something for Instagram, lighting can go a long way in improving what you’re creating. So, even if you’re not that interested in video production, learning how to light your videos can help massively..
  • So, with all of that said and done, let’s jump into the world of video lighting..
  • Course Curriculum:1. Introduction2. Throwing VS Shaping Light (Get enough light in the scene)3. Working with Natural Light4. Soft VS Hard Lighting5. Three Point Lighting6. Two Point Lighting7. Lighting with One Light8. White Balance (Light and Your Camera)9. Working with Colour (RGB Lighting)10. Using Practical Lighting11. Case Study #112. Case Study #213. Case Study #314. Outro.