The ONE Lighting Setup to RULE Them All...

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The Sun Wrap.

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[andrewgerardphotography]

This is literally all I do. Would be great for people to see a backlit. double cross shooting with 2 cams, So no shifting the angle as you would do with one camera...Great work

[HeyQuinton]

Wow my man really pumping out that content and going all in on YT this year

[jackbarron]

Desperately awaiting that Backlight tutorial, bro....that could make a world of difference to my

[davisfan]

Shane Hurlbut gave the same advice in his old - but still amazing - cinematography course. He added that keeping the backlight coming from the same side as the key allows the actors for more freedom of movement. He showed examples of this setup and a 'sandwiched' one - the back from the opposite side of the key - and it was easy to notice. When the back and the key makes a sandwich, small changes in position make hard shadows on the nose or other parts of the face, thus making the light less real, and less pleasing. Keeping them from the same side allows actor to raise or lower their face, to move a lot, and they look great no matter what.

[navneetbibian]

Even though the camera is facing the opposite direction had me 😂 2:41

[matthewhartman]

The sun sandwich was a look. I don’t hate it, as it seems just to be one look in many looks, but I definitely don't prefer it over shooting on the shadow side from a visual standpoint. There's just far more dimensionality, which is more pleasant to look and understand imo.

Shadow side also makes talent look more facially sculpted and can bring out jawlines and cheekbones, which no one hates ever. 😂

One thing I'm training my brain to do is see light levels as moods rather than exposure, which runs counter to technical convention. Its not always easy to break the hardwiring, especially because the colorist in me is like, "don't even think about it".

I'm not saying blow out your highlights or clip your shadows, but I'm also not saying "never". I am saying put the mood of the narrative forward, as that would be the point.

[AlexGTech]

It feels wrong to watch this for free. I’m signing up to the Patreon!❤

[cinamzee]

I want to know how you would shoot a reverse if it was a two shot in pt ii of this. I remember reading about this technique a while back on your site

[vXSuperSonic]

The cine tracer demos are a great direction - It couldn't be any clearer. Thanks again for the remarkable education Sir Patrick

[jonkarr]

Love your content, but this is probably the best one ever. Keep making dreams come true.

[CinematographyProject]

“I like it quite dark” really? I never noticed 😂

[viewmycanvas]

Hey what tool are you using for the animation it's really cool

[kmt]

What is that virtual world software called?

[justinoff]

I've been doing this with a 8x v flat and 4x floppy for 20 years. Sometimes I'll throw some bounce off the ground

[tiagoguerra]

Man your content is amazing, I couldn't stop watching with this animation, like a videogame

[alex_montoya]

That was highly informative and I'm understating.

[TheBajanSensation]

GOAT! 🐐 thanks for making me a better cinematographer. For real💯

[timsterk]

Would love to see The Sopranos breakdown starting from season 1 till the end and how the cinematography improved as the seasons went on

[edwarddiaz]

Thanks for the video!! Can you share what software are you using? Thanks.

[emmanuelnkwocha]

So i like the sun wrap bht i noticed in alot of movies i see a good amount of sun sandwich setups