From the course: Video Lighting: Choosing Lighting Gear
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Interview and talent lights
From the course: Video Lighting: Choosing Lighting Gear
Interview and talent lights
- Lighting people for interviews requires some softening of the light. People don't look good with hard light, like this open-faced fixture. Shadows will be more present on the face, like nose flares and chin shadows on the neck. See how this isn't very flattering? This can make the face look older too. We don't want that unless we're trying to create some drama with the subject. The only way hard lights look best is when you light the face more from the front. But this is also hard on the eyes, and again, it's just not the best way and the best use of the light. I would definitely stay away from hard light, without diffusion, for interviews. Let's change our lighting in the studio, to something softer. Ah, much better! (laughs) Notice how the shadows are now soft and the light is wrapping around my face? And overall, it's just much more pleasing. Plus, it's much easier on my eyes. To get the softer light look, we have a few options. In general, some kind of diffusion is going to be…
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