The Key to Creating Realistic Lighting in Film

Ambient light generally refers to any uncontrolled light that already exists within a scene. This could be daylight from the sky, or a simple street light. We can add to, or take from this light, to gain full control over the mood and feeling of our image. But we can also recreate the feeling of this uncontrollable fill light from scratch, using lighting.

Lenses:

Samyang 14mm t/3.1 VDSLR MK2
Samyang 24mm t/1.5 VDSLR MK2
Samyang 35mm t/1.5 VDSLR MK2
Samyang 50mm t/1.5 VDSLR MK2

Cameras:

Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro
Panasonic Lumix S5

Lights used in the video:

Nanlite Forza 60C
Nanlite Forza 500B II
Nanlite Forza 720B
Nanlux Evoke 1200B

Video Contents:

0:00 - Lighting for Cinema A - Z: #01
0:23 - What is Ambient Light?
1:33 - How to Recreate Ambient Light
6:20 - Recreating Daylight/Next Episode...

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