The Cinematic Lighting Trick Hollywood Uses

What exactly is overhead ambience in film lighting and why does it help to make images feel a bit more cinematic?

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0:00 Introduction
0:35 Overhead Ambience
2:00 Bouncing Lights
4:00 Rigging Lights
5:33 Shooting 360 Degrees
7:13 Nanlite
8:31 Night Lighting Setup
11:00 Day Lighting Setup
12:43 Conclusion

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[ivanmarkovicfilm]

little correction: gordon willis was the dp for the godfather

[kevinl]

Thank you. Love your break down. 11:24 personally I like this ratio, rather than everything too bright.

[al]

Incredibly useful, I think you took my understanding of lighting a couple of steps forward. Very grateful for that, thank you! Subbed :)

[contactojaime]

It´s easy to knowing when somebody really knows what he´s talking about. Thanks so much.

[owsamadi]

This is excellent! I'll show it to my students tomorrow! THANKS!

[filmcrewassemble]

Thank you for the video. Question... in the last day example, can you please share the exposure to face. The first shot seemed properly exposed, and the last was a touch bright imo.

[alfredbassDoP]

bouncing light its like magic for the production ! 🤘

[The_Mano]

6:20 when the lights are above and farther from the set they don't appear softer, on the contrary they become harder. correct me if im wrong

[samthomas]

Really surprised by the pincushion on those nanomorphs!

[bubblesculptor]

Broke my Samsung Note screen this week. Called local shop, drove over and back in action for $30 in about an hour.

[youtubeisannoying]

Can this kind of toplight be done using a lantern say for photography projects or does it need to be a flat/square softbox?

[dreamofwaking]

I know the fixtures are fairly light but id still p ut something in between the pole and the wall to save those poor walls lol

[RedRumble]

It even annoys me that in movies every lamp in the room is always ON. Even if there are 6 lamps they fully on. No one in real life lives like that!

[majorkeyunlimited]

I suffer from ADD. I can't help but notice IDC's voice tone going up and down now. Once you hear it you can't un-hear it. Great vids as always though! Really insightful.

[dbvmayor]

Interesting video, kind of in a "what not to do" way. IMO, modern cinematography lighting is way too flat--too much diffusion, too much "practical, motivated" lighting. Why is it so trendy to hate highlights? I'm not even talking about clipping--just warm and even hot highlights are like blasphemy now, but if you look at "old" movies like the first Blade Runner, there are numerous shots with bright highlights. And on the opposite side of the spectrum, we have "detail in the shadows." Again, not sure where or why this became so trendy. Dark City, The Crow, Alien, Blade Runner--all movies DPs claim they love--all have crushed shadows. Absolutely no detail in the shadows at all. Yet modern DPs light every shot so every piece of the set is lit in the same diffused light as the actor and the result is everything looking flat and dimensionless. And I wouldn't even say this is just my opinion since I see laypeople complain about movies and shows looking "too dark" now. Of course, it's not that per se, but that modern DPs eschew hard lighting, use way too much diffusion and fill light, etc and everything just looks flat and dull. There's no chiaroscuro, no contrast, no depth to modern cinematography.

[ForlornCreature]

The best lighting trick is to use a bigger sensor to create more compression 🙂

[robinprobyn]

So there is someone in the world who is into lighting, but didn't know the actual DP of the godfather ???

[RVRx]

What the hell is going on with your intonation during this video?

[jungminlee_filmmaker]

The godfather's dp is gordon willis, not conrad L. hall.