From the course: Creating a Short Film: 07 Cinematography
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Coloring light with gels
From the course: Creating a Short Film: 07 Cinematography
Coloring light with gels
- We talked earlier about the color temperature of light being one of its most essential properties. Well what if you want to change that? What if you have an orangy, tungsten light that you want to make a daylight, balance light or vice versa? The fix is almost always gels. These are semi-transparent sheets of a plastic type material that you put in front of lights to tint their color. So if you wanted to color correct an orangy light to a daylight one, you'd use a blue gel. We call these type of gels CTB, short for color temperature blue. If you wanted a light to be more orange, you'd use CTO, or color temperature orange. You know there are tons of other colors out there as well. They're not as common but they're out there, and they can be fun to use. Like CTS, which is color temperature straw, creates a little bit more of a yellow color than CTO. There's also plus green which is green and minus green which is magenta. Now here's Chris Taylor setting up for the council scene. What…
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Mastering cinematic lighting3m 47s
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Diffusing light4m 51s
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Blocking and bouncing light4m 51s
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Using scrims2m 3s
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Working with natural light4m 20s
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Shooting night scenes5m 20s
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Making magic with fog2m 56s
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Coloring light with gels4m 13s
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Using common grip equipment4m 7s
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Creating lens flares2m 19s
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Preventing lens flares1m 40s
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Practicing lighting etiquette2m 39s
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