LIVE STREAMING 101 | Lighting Like A PRO

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Whether you’re playing video games, holding a private concert, or just answering questions, live streams are a great way to engage with your audience from home. But it’s easy to overlook how important lighting can be when you go live. Today on 4 Minute Film School, we are going to show you how to light for your livestreams, using both high end lights and more budget-friendly lights.

In this video, Matt from the A-Team walks us through what to think about when lighting yourself for a live video. First, he lights the background. This allows him to create more depth in his image, and use color to give a personal touch. Next, he sets up a key light to light his face. For this light he has to keep in mind the space limitations of the place where he’s shooting.

The main aspects addressed in this video are soft light, and color. Soft light refers to the quality of light that wraps around the subject’s face and doesn’t create highlights. Creating a soft key light is important because it will end up looking the most flattering on your subject’s face. Color refers to the color of lights in your background. For livestreams, you’re lighting for visual interest, not realism, so you can use color to add personality to your lighting.

There’s no excuse for having bad lighting. Even in tight spaces it’s possible to light your subjects in ways that add professionalism and production value to your content. Even if that’s you live streaming while playing the latest video game. Think about what you want to tell your audience through the lighting, and the image you want to create for yourself or your subject.

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[aputurelighting]

Which video game has the best lighting? Comment below for a chance to win an Aputure M9!

[notlukebenson]

Most inventive USE of lighting for me, is Alan Wake. The mechanic of using a torch not only to navigate the world of darkness, but as a weapon against its monsters was just so unique.

[Honyasu]

Nice video... The thing that I like the most is that this video is 4 minutes 20 seconds.

I was genuinely impressed by Detroit lightning. They did all they could to make the game futuristic, trying to have the anamorphic look with soft lights and beautiful flares I loved the game for that reason !

[williampiskie]

Diablo 3. The cut scenes are fantastic and the actual gameplay has the perfect feel for the story.

[DanielAmezcuaPhotography]

I think it really depends on the video game. For example, I am in my 40s and used to watch the Smurfs as a kid. So I am drawn to games like Clash of Clans where the coloring feels like a dream world. Similarly, on the game Pitfall that came out on the original XBOX was another favorite for this same reason. Aputure lighting makes it possible to come up with these dream color combos by using high fidelity color spectrums and balance.

[dennysturniolo]

Hey Aperture. For me best videogames lighting is Inside developed by Playdead. The light can give you the deep of a scene. For all this game is essential because it's a 2D adventure. Amazing lighting!

[ParadoxStudio]

what color temperature do you use for your key light, fill and hair light?

[MattLavergne]

Ok it may be deemed as crushed to some, but Arkham Knight had amazing light since it really balanced the shadows so well! Like yes it supposed to be moody and rainy and dismal, but unlike some games, you could still see the details when running around Gotham at night!

[seanpairman]

I think a lot of the horror/action games have the best lighting (Alien isolation, Alan Wake etc.) but I think the game that has some of the best lighting is The Order 1886. The way they light that game creates and captures the essence of a fantasy horror movies.

[daveygamey]

how would you be able to do this in a very small space? my chair is only a about 2 feet away from the wall. any tips so i can focus more light on me and not the background?

[tonyhsloanejr]

If you were doing a livestream on a 6x4ft table what light would you use. I need the whole table well lit as well as myself. There are 4 cameras in total surrounding the table. Please help!!!

[steves_garage]

Question: were you using the lowest possible ISO on your camera?

[joshuateo]

Final Fantasy 7 Remake ! Cut scenes are just BEAUTIFUL!

[shesameah]

This is a great video! I'm too late for the contest, but IMO, the Sims 4 has really good lighting because it's such consistently bright colors.

[JD-ikgw]

Love the lighting/colors in Astral Chain.

I would start a channel about explaining new filmmakers how camera is not important but the light is the most important thing to have in your videos and photos to have quality

[MrNobleme]

Is it hard to see the monitor screen tho? With a light source directly to your face (even if its diffused)

[AsherPardey]

Definitely Star Wars Battlefront 2, it has amazing lighting, it's super realistic, and I even look to that to get inspiration for filmmaking!

[SidsDrakon]

Always enjoy these. Assassin’s creed Series has good lighting, even tho there is alot of outside going on