Our Recommended Lighting Equipment
Lesson 10 from: Video Production Essentials: Create, Edit and Post OnlinePhilip Ebiner, Sam Shimizu-Jones, Will Carnahan
Our Recommended Lighting Equipment
Lesson 10 from: Video Production Essentials: Create, Edit and Post OnlinePhilip Ebiner, Sam Shimizu-Jones, Will Carnahan
Lessons
Chapter 1 Introduction
1Welcome to the Class
02:12 2What Makes a Great Video
03:17 3What Type of Video Should You Make
02:47Chapter 2: Pre-production
4Come up with a Great Video Ideas
05:05 5Plan Your Video
03:30 6The Pre-production Checklist
04:04Chapter 3 Equipment - Our Suggestions for Getting Started
7Does Equipment Matter
01:34 8Our Recommended Cameras
06:00 9Our Recommended Audio Equipment
04:37 10Our Recommended Lighting Equipment
01:47 11Our Recommended Editing Equipment
02:11 12Our Recommended Drone Equipment
05:35 13Quiz: Chapter 3
Chapter 4:Cinematography Basics
14Exposing Your Shots
05:25 15Compose Your Shots
04:25 16Filming Yourself
01:09 17Getting the Right Shot
03:43 18Choose a Background
02:32 19My Office Video Setup
02:54 20Quiz: Chapter 4
Chapter 5: Tips for Shooting with Different Cameras
21Exposing with DSLR and Mirrorless Cameras
06:31 22Focus with DSLR and Mirrorless Cameras
02:35 23Stabilize Your Shots
02:57 24Know Your Lenses
03:18 25Shoot with Your Smartphone
05:10 26Shoot with Your Webcam
05:49 27Record Great Screencast Videos
04:20 28Tips for Better Drone Shots
04:06 29Types of Drone Shots
01:43 30Quiz: Chapter 5
Chapter 6: Audio Recording and Microphones
31Choose the Right Microphone for Your Video
03:14 32Record Better Audio in Any Environment
01:27 33How to Use a Lavalier Microphone
02:47 34How to Use a Shotgun Microphone
00:55 35How to Record Audio with Your Computer
01:27 36Quiz: Chapter 6
Chapter 7: Video Lighting
37Why We Light
01:03 38Use Natural Light
04:14 39The 3-point Video Lighting Setup
07:26 40Quiz: Chapter 7
Chapter 8: Editing Better Videos
41Intro to Editing
02:15 42The Post-production Process
07:50 43Craft a Story with Editing
05:21 44Improve Your Audio with Editing
06:34 45Find and Add Music
05:12 46Design Clean and Professional Titles
03:15 47Increase Video Engagement with Calls to Action
01:29 48Quiz: Chapter 8
Chapter 9: Get More Views - Publishing Your Video Online
49Export the Best Quality Video for Online
02:54 50Tips for Posting Online
05:28 51Grow Your Youtube Channel
04:41 52Quiz: Chapter 9
Chapter 10: Case Studies: Real-world Filmmaking
53Case Study - Corporate Promo Videos with Ghirardelli Chocolate
08:54 54Case Study - Event Videography with Major Lazer
08:39 55Case Study - Documentary Films with Phil
14:24 56Case Study - Shooting By Yourself
15:32 57Case Study - Wedding Videography
08:37 58Case Study - Phil's Livestream Setup
04:23Chapter 11: Conclusion
59Thank You
00:59Final Quiz
60Final Quiz
Lesson Info
Our Recommended Lighting Equipment
So let's recommend a lighting kit. If you're first starting out, it's easier just to go buy very cheap homemade lights. You can go to Home Depot or you can use paper lanterns. You may find it somewhere like Ikea. We're going to talk more about this in the lighting section in this course. Another great way to use cheap home lighting is just grabbing the lights around your house. You may have some nice lights around your bed um in your living room that you can kind of move up close to you or use their ambient light to light your subjects. Another great technique that I use all the time is just putting your subject or yourself or whoever you're shooting next to a window. There's nothing better than the free light coming from the sun, although you are going to be sort of slave to the weather. However soft lighting is usually nicer and if you have harsh lighting coming through a window, you can always use it as a backlight. You'll just be racing the sun for mid tier lighting. You can go thr...
ee different ways. You can rent a lighting kit for your shoot. You can find a cheap new kit online somewhere or you can buy a pro used kit online somewhere. So if you're going more in a pro level, I would suggest going into the Led World, we use lights made by light gear and they're LED lights. Led lights are great because they don't put off a lot of heat, they draw very little power um they're dimmable and you can buy color them, which means you can have them be tungsten light or you can have them be daylight to match the sun lighting. Really depends on different projects and different locations. You can really figure out what light you need based on the project that you're shooting. So it's kind of hard to really invest in one light that will encompass your entire project unless you're doing something specific all the time. You can really get away with natural light if you're shooting outdoors a lot and if you have a home office setup, it's really easy to just set up lights and leave them year round, whether it be a china ball or a home depot light. We'll list out some of our recommendations in the attached pdf.
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