From the course: Video Production: Location Lighting
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Lighting a plain wall
From the course: Video Production: Location Lighting
Lighting a plain wall
So now I want to talk about something that I wake up at 3:00 in the morning with cold sweats thinking about. And that is shooting in a plain, boring room with nothing but white walls and no windows. unfortunately, this is actually a common scenario, especially if you shoot any type of corporate video or you're shooting at businesses and work places. Often the only room they have available that is quiet and accessible for a long period of time, is going to be a conference room. And unfortunately, it's almost always the most boring drab room in the entire place. So, I'm going to show you a few simple techniques we can use to spice it up a little bit and make those plain white walls a little more visually interesting. So the simplest technique that I like to use is just a simple slash. And the way that I like to create slashes is, I like to put the light down nice and low on a pigeon stand, or you can mount it on a c stand or whatever, as long as you get it down low, and then angle it…
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