I personally love filming with dramatic lighting and love learning the lighting techniques that can achieve that cinematic and moody feel. If it was up to me, my latest cooking show project which I filmed would have been lit dramatically 🙂 (Of course I wouldn’t get hired again!)
High Quality Cinematography Under High Pressure
One of the most demanding and competitive markets to be filming in is high-end commercials; it just may be the ultimate test for a DP or a Cinematographer (and heck all the way down the line to gaffer, grip, camera operator etc). A LOT of money is riding on the shoot . . . and you MUST be on your game.
Not only do you have to be on your game but you have to be fast and consistent. You won’t last very long if you are a master at lighting and creating a cinematic image one day and the next day the results are average and you didn’t get all the coverage that was needed because you didn’t have enough time to figure it out.
So to learn how to film, light, trouble shoot and problem solve from Director of Photography Art Adams who shoots tons of top brand commercials is an amazing opportunity! He has shot for just about every major brand name you can think of . . . Apple, Sony, Canon, Microsoft, Hewlett Packard and the list goes on!
**Read below to discover about our upcoming ALL CINEMATOGRAPHY event where Art Adams will be one of the presenters
Lighting Techniques Broken Down Shot by Shot
In this interview we take one of his awesome commercials and dissect it shot by shot. (You can see images of the shots we discussed below)
Art discusses some slick techniques on how to use kino flo’s, stacking gels and cookies to create unique lighting effects and plenty more of course.
This is really the kind of information that comes with apprenticing under a highly skilled cinematographer (the secret to learning how to film fast). shooters who would like to create work at this level this is pure Gold!
Want to Learn More About Film Lighting?
I’m very excited to let everybody know that Big League Film School is putting together an ALL Cinematography Event with some amazing presenters like Art Adams who will help put us all on the fast track to amazing cinematography skills. Details will come shortly and I think you will be blown away when you hear the details. To make sure you don’t miss it enter your email below to be notified with all the juicy details!
Interview With Art Adams
Shots That Were Broken Down
Art combined several gels and cookies to create the light and shadows on this night exterior shot
Dramatic lighting – Night Interior shot. Exposing only certain areas in the frame
Film lighting with single Kino Flo and very cool lighting technique used here
Creating shadows and angling light for dramatic effect
Art showed us a large amount of the lighting techniques he used in order to achive the dramatic lighting that we saw here. It’s great to learn how to light video in this manner and get such a detailed breakdown of what lights were used and where the lights were placed to create the cinematic look.
You can check out Art Adams awesome work on his website and also the 2 blogs where he writes great articles at:
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