From the course: DSLR Video Tips: Technical Knowledge
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Adding light
Rich Harrington: I'm here with DP Jim Ball, and, Jim, we've talked all about the exposure triangle. And mastering that makes sense, but sometimes, you've set the aperture, because what you want artistically, you've dialed in the slowest shutter you could pull off, you know, without it looking unnatural. You've tweaked the ISO to the point where it's starting to get grainy. What's left? I mean I know it's going to sound obvious but a lot of people sort of just like, oh I just can't get the shot. What could we do? Maybe add some light? Jim Ball: Good idea. Wow. Yeah, yeah, of course that's the essence of it all, right? Anybody would say lighting is actually the painter's pallet and tools of of videography and cinematography. So yeah, adding light is even if you have all these things where you want them, all these camera controls, it's about the subject in front of you and how you want it to look. I mean, changing numbers in the camera doesn't necessarily effect how someones portraiture…
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