How to Make Any Location Cinematic

Using light to make any location cinematic.

#FilmRiot #Cinematography #Filmmaking

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[DefinitelyAPotato]

How to Make Any Location Cinematic: have a full crew, get sent a £5000 camera, already have cinema-quality lenses, have controllable lights, have a suitable location ready to go

[kaspergaram]

This is the stuff that clients usually don't get. "You just go in there with that good camera and that's it, what do you need the time for?" I need the time to do this kind of stuff, to actually make the image look good. Great episode!

[chriscarroll]

Okay that transition at 8:39 was absolutely stellar. Such a good use of that light beam.

[dallasdandigitalproduction]

I enjoy watching experienced DPs shape a scene with lighting setups. Something magical about turning an ordinary location into a cool shot on screen.

[vaportrails]

For people getting caught up on the equipment they’re using - you don’t need anything that expensive to do what they’re doing, on a basic level. You can get lights very inexpensively, and then you just need a camera that allows you to adjust the basic settings of aperture, film grade and frame rate.

The short version is - use lights, with darker settings on the camera.

[pawelkapica]

It's so fascinating how much effort goes into every single shot, and that's just the lighting.

[zabalayn]

I'm just an ordinary guy from Turkey's very small city. With all my sincerety, this video just captured me to how to create an stylish enviroment and cinematic scenes. This is by far the most instructive video about how to use light. Till this video, i have never understand the importance of light, but now i see clearly. Thanks for tips and never forget that you may change anyone's life positively from another part of the world. Much appreciated.

[hifijunkieTX]

Great tips! Would be awesome to see a 'redo' of this concept but with an 'on a budget' lighting setup. Think like using existing lamps or task lights or whatever that could be easily found around a house. Could be interesting to see what could be done with the creative use of those sources (and would likely be a huge help to the general public who is interested in getting better video without having to spend a ton of money on specialized lighting).

[m.hreels]

This felt like a more traditional episode from Ryan back at the house instead of at the office.❤ please do more of this back at the house 🏡

[byrondelavega]

How to make any location cinematic with 40k budget equipment. That's the title.

[mbyrd]

Love shooting raw and using negative fill. Blocking light is a powerful technique.

[OfficialTornadoboy]

This was so good! I’d love to see more cinematography breakdowns in readily available locations or even smaller ones where lighting is tricky!

[justinorlandobrown]

Lighting is the key to all things beautiful. I wish you did more videos on this subject alone.

[BradFriday]

Great episode guys! I relate huge because most of the films and music videos I've shot have had to be done exactly this way. Scrolling through the comments though I find it frustrating seeing the people complaining about the gear being used as if that's a barrier. Pro lights give you more flexibility because they may be easier to control or have more punch but if you don't know what you're doing with them it's irrelevant, your shot will look like garbage anyway. Same thing with the camera. People rave about the Alexa as if it's literal film look in a box, but if most people making those comments got their hands on one they'd shoot something that looks like it was shot on an iphone. Just a quick scroll through camera forums and you'll see tons of badly shot setups done on REDs and Alexas because people use that as a crutch without knowing what they're doing. You could create the setup you did with can lights and waiting until the sun was in the right spot coming through the window as your key light, shooting on a 5D Mk 2 you could get off ebay for $300 and a 50mm 1.8 $150 lens. You'd get the same effect and a great look. I went on Shane Hurlbuts Illumination tour when it came through Vancouver and one of the things that stuck with me is when we were re-creating the scene from Crazy Beautiful we were shooting on a C500, Blackmagic and a 5D Mk3 to cover the scene. If you put the shots of each on the screen un labelled and asked someone to pick out which was which you couldn't do it. No way. They all looked fantastic, all were drastically different price points. That really stuck with me, know your gear, understand how light works and how to control it and you can really shoot anything. This was a great episode and I feel like it was really relevant to your audience as most of them will be trying to shoot things in an average house, and you're trying to show them getting cinematic looks is achievable.

[pieczara]

Wow, that was one of the most solid lighting breakdowns I've seen in a while

[sceilig]

I've been thinking a lot about how I could craft a film around locations and other elements that I already have access to for a few weeks now, and this is a lot of help! Keep up the great work.

[tnuoccaeht]

3:29 Damn, you guys are “painting” him.
This is like… real-time, three dimensional, illustration or something 0_0

[eti]

Great, let me just get all these different lights and diffusers to make my location cinematic!

[tony_T_]

Step 1: Sell of your house, car, and a kidney

[JDRos]

I like watching these tutorials that I can't afford to follow anyway. haha