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place lights in this small gangway between the bed
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place a light outside of the window
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wrap some cine foil around our lighting
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in the first part of our lighting a
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small space video
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we'll take a look at a simple approach
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to replicate the sun
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shining through some blinds and onto our
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subject
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so taking a look at our room we barely
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have enough space here for lights
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really our only option is to place
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lights in this small gangway between the
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bed and the wall
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with the potential to boom lights over
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the bed if necessary
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the main area we're going to be able to
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place our subject is the bed and our
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window is just behind it
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so we can use this window as a
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motivating source
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but using big soft light it's going to
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be a little hard to control in this
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space
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so let's go for something a little
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harder and more direct
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and try to replicate the sun shooting
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through the window [Music]
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our room is on the second floor and we
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don't have the tools to place a light
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outside of the window
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but that's okay if you use something as
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simple as a mirror
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we can place our light inside the room
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and bounce it back to where we need it
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to be
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first of all we'll black out the window
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so that we don't have any stray light
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coming in
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we just use two layers of black material
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here to adequately block out the light
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next we can place our mirror
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[Music]
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and turn on our light
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we use the godox fe-150 here
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now the mirror is a reflect in our light
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but it's difficult to tell
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as we have lights spilling all around
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the room
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a good solution to this would be to add
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a fresnel or spot attachment to our
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light to control and cut down on our spill
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however with a low budget you might not
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have these tools
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so we're going to wrap some cine foil
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around our lighting unit to control the
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spill
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our example was quickly put together
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here and a little messy
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but you should always be careful of
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blocking fans and vents on your lights
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so that they don't overheat
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make sure you don't have any of your
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cine foil touching the bulb
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[Music]
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you can see now that our light spread is
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far more controlled
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and our mirror is reflecting the light
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into a nice little pocket on the bed
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this already looks like a nice patch of
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sunlight coming through the window
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to cut down on the harshness of this
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light and to add interest and mood to
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our image
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we can simply pull down our blinds to
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add some shape
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[Music]
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this could also be done with something
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like a kookaloris boomed in front of the
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mirror
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if you need some more control over the
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pattern
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now our blinds are quite thin and
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lightly coloured
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because of this as well as our light
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coming through the gaps
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our light is also bouncing off the
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blinds on one side
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and passing through the blinds on the
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mirror side creating
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extra fill light in our shadows
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[Music]
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this is actually useful as it means we
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don't need another light for phil
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and it gives us the flexibility to push
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and pull our shadows in post
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to convey a darker or lighter scene
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whilst retaining a good amount of
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dynamic range
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now because of the angle of our sunlight
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it wasn't 100
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certain that we would always have a
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catch light in the eye depending on how
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the subject
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moved his eyes so he also added in an
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extra light
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boomed above the subject to make sure we
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always had a little highlight
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we used the godox lc 500r led tube
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matching the color temperature of our
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fv-150
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boomed above and bouncing from a tiny
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point on this paper lantern
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that we already had hanging from the
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ceiling
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we turned the output of this light right
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down so it wasn't affecting our overall
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exposure
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but still gave us just enough to reflect
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in our subjects eyes
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so by utilizing something simple like a
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mirror you're able to have light in places you
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might not otherwise be able to fit
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lighting units
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this opens up more possibilities for
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shooting in a small space like this
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and you could buy things like
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mirrorboard and be even more flexible
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with where you can reflect your light
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hopefully this has helped in giving you
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something to think about in terms of
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lighting a space like this
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experimenting with things like mirrors
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is a great way to improve on your
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lighting skills
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and help you to think about how you can
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light a scene with the tools and
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restrictions that you may have
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if you're interested in how i color
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grade my work i've just added a 21
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minute tutorial video to my website for
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just eight pounds
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the tutorial takes you through the
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grading process and davinci resolve
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for two cinematic looks a more modern
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punchy look and a more classical filmic
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look
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i've also included some practice dng
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files so you can grade along with the
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video
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head over to
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www.robelliscinematography.com
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forward slash downloads to grab the
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