From the course: Learning Video Lighting
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Understanding lighting angles
- Alright, this is where we get to the real meat of the topic: How to light people's faces. For this demonstration, we're gonna start with a blank slate and our model Mariana. The first thing we do is turn on a key light. Now this is what we call the main light that we light our subject with. Where we put it determines how they look. This one takes a second to heat up. Now don't be intimidated by this big impressive movie light. It's an LED light. It's very fancy. We're just using it because it's easy to demonstrate with and it's what we have in this studio. These concepts apply to no matter what kind of light you're using. Alright, here the light is coming from right above the camera like it would from, like the flash on a still camera. See it lights up her face, fills it in nicely, but it's not particularly interesting. Kind of like something you've got on your driver's license photo. Now if you raise it up a little higher... Tilt it down first. (equipment rattling) With the key…
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