How Lighting Ratios Change Moods in Filmmaking

[AllgoodthingsTv]

Been a photographer for over 20 years, have owned a light meter for all of them, and never knew about this nomenclature. Awesome vid! Very informative.

[Nagrooven]

Been studying in film school for 2 years and this video conveyed the lesson better in under 7 minutes. I'm beginning to question if film school is even worth my time.

[imranshaik]

I started cinematography directly on film sets, I always had so many questions regarding cinematography, unfortunately no-one explained in better way, after watching your video I understood about my things, I always thankful to sir...

[juanvelez]

I dont see anyone's asking but the movie at the beginning is COSMOS by Andzrej Zulawski

[TheStephaniear]

“You can break the rules as much as you want.” I appreciate this because as artists we have our own visions. Yes we can use these lighting techniques as a blueprint, but honestly we can do whatever we want because it’s our vision. 😎

[AlRoderick]

Using "ratio" to describe a straight up numerical difference between stops is appropriate, because "stops" (F or T, doesn't matter here) are a logarithmic scale as far as brightness is concerned. So just like you can multiply or divide by adding or subtracting logs (as on a slide rule), when you move up or down the stops by a certain number you are multiplying the absolute brightness.

[mikejung]

I had a 16 weeks "The Art of Camera and Lighting" class at Langara College in Vancouver and I have learnt all that is mentioned in this video. Thanks for the summary.

[henryvirgil]

Simple, direct and easy to understand. Brilliant. One would think that it's more difficult than explained.

[dArKoMeGa]

I'm so happy I subscribed to your channel, a ton of crucial information in a few minutes. Great job!

[vanessa-b]

Maybe it's because it's 1 am or because I wasn't expecting it, but the "don't pardon the pun, why should puns be pardoned" thrown in so matter of factly, then passed right over, made me laugh way harder than it should have

[BlaqcRain]

I love the fact you said you can break the rules within this ... love the break down of this video .. I didn't know about the background mood along side the foreground ... this was very helpful .. thank you for this

[smepable]

Your channel is a gold mine for those who want to learn professional cinematography. How could anyone thumb this down I wonder? (Probably the guys who spent a fortune for film school)...

[VentureGroms]

I love this so much, the whole "here are the rules, break them as much as you want" Is such an awesome way to put that. Great video!!!

[bradhouston]

Dude, I love your work! You know this. This time I want to celebrate “don’t pardon the pun, why should the pun need pardoning?”

[YeahWhiplash]

Been diving deep into lighting ratios recently and your videos have been invaluable. Can't wait until I can look at a scene and have all the numbers already in my head good to go for a shoot.

[raffaelesalerno]

This video is superb, I am studying for a test for a filmmaking school and it was perfect to understand low-key lighting and high-key lighting. Thank you very much 😁

[seanharper]

What is the first movie?
And thank you for an excellent lighting breakdown

[alexanderashmore]

More people need to be watching this channel for filmmaking. Talks a lot about new information that other channels don't. They'd rather copy the same ideas over and over again.

[BoyBlessing]

Thank you wolfcrow. You are the best. Never stop making videos like this! You are helping out so many future Oscar winning cinematographers

[afrosymphony]

omg finally i understand lighting with just one video!!! other tutorials on lighting focus on the subject and that has always sorta confused me cause when i practice them i dont usually get the result i'm looking for and now i know why!! nobody told me shit about how to light the background and how to use the lighting ratios between the two to create the mood i'm going for! omg! this just blew my mind, i all makes sense now!