From the course: Video Gear: Lighting

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Gear overview

Gear overview

- [Jim] So Rich at the end of every week that we use a lot of various gear, we like to do a wrap up of what we were using on set because some things we might have talked about explicitly, other things you might have just noticed us using. And Rich, this week we were talking about creating a pure black backdrop. And just like with a white backdrop, you could choose black paper or something similar, but I'm actually a really big fan of using black fabric or Duvetyne because it's nice and even, it has a little thickness to it so it's not going to be transparent, and you can pretty much find Duvetyne at any grip rental shop or anything like that. - [Rich] Yeah, in the studio environment we have a hanging curtain that's a very thick, light-absorbing fabric, so it's easy to roll in and out for that strong backdrop. But sometimes on the floor we'll lay down Duvetyne to take that white psych into a black standing environment so you got exactly what you need. This is really flexible, gives you…

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