Since COVID-19 kicked in, livestreams have become a normal part of our daily routine. We watch big conferences and announcements with participants and speakers from all over the world. We hop on Zoom calls from the home office more often than not, and we even make video interviews remotely. In most cases, it’s almost always important to have a nice picture. This is why ARRI experts demonstrated a selection of quick techniques designed to assist you in effectively lighting faces for live streaming and other similar purposes. (I mean you, fellow YouTubers, as this information might be useful for your channels as well!) Here we will give you a short recap and describe some of their insights. As we all know, lighting is often a tricky task. Yet, even in an unflattering setting with only a limited number of lights on hand, there are still ways to make a person look good on camera. In the ARRI Tech Talk, Art Adams – cinema lens specialist at ARRI – demonstrates different techniques with the help of only two ARRI SkyPanels S30-C, a bounce card, and diffusion. For him, the most important thing is to position the sources in the right place to light a face. Image source: ARRI/MZed You can watch the entire demonstration from this ARRI Tech Talk on MZed.com for free. For starters: common mistakes in lighting faces for a live stream The first setup Art Adams demonstrates is how he would NOT light a person for a livestream....
Published By: CineD - Friday, 22 September, 2023