From the course: Web Video: Lighting

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Creating an advanced 3-point lighting setup on a budget

Creating an advanced 3-point lighting setup on a budget

From the course: Web Video: Lighting

Creating an advanced 3-point lighting setup on a budget

For this movie on advanced video lighting, I'm going to assume that you are familiar with the basic information I represented in the earlier movie regarding keylighting, and that if you are watching this then you're ready to take it to the next level and incorporate some techniques used by the pros-- namely three-point lighting. However, before we do, I need to let you know that in the grand scheme of things, what we're calling advanced is really basic to the pros. They start with three-point lighting and build from there. The three points in a three-point lighting setup are key, fill, and back. And for a bonus we'll also use a background light. This concept applies to both webcam shooting as well as with a camera on a tripod. As in the movie about basic lighting, we'll start with webcam and we'll cover various types of key lights before going to fill and back. Okay, now let's see what we can do on a budget. This won't be a zero-dollars budget, but you shouldn't have to sell your car…

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