From the course: Lighting a Video Interview
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Light modifiers
From the course: Lighting a Video Interview
Light modifiers
So, as you work with lights, you might have a need to modify them, shaping the light or directing it into a particular area of the scene. And a lot of lights have built-in features to do this, right, Chip? >> Sure. I mean, on board the light itself, there are all kinds of modifiers that are pretty standard with with a lot of fixtures, whether they're HMIs or tungsten. The first, sort of basic one being the barn door. And the barn door is just a ring with a lot black leafs, so they're not reflective, that can shut off light and control it into whatever shape or throw, whatever, area of the subject you want it to be. And they usually go right on the front here. >> And that could be useful, because you might want to make sure that the light isn't spilling onto your subject. So it's not uncommon to flag that that way, so the light is going out this way, but not bouncing as much this way. So the barn doors can really come in handy, to control the direction of the light. >> Next we have…
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