No space? No problem. You can still light your shots like a pro. Ah, space; it's so lovely. Not like...the celestial kind of space, but the kind we occupy...physically. I mean, they're both lovely, don't get me wrong, but... And for filmmakers, space is especially lovely. We take up so much of it with our friggin' ginormous gear bags, flags as big as my garage door, and tripods with the square footage of a brontosaurus' foot. (For all the jokers who want to tell me that the brontosaurus was misclassified and isn't real, kindly click here.) And lighting takes up so much of that space, man...most of it, actually. So, what are you supposed to do when you have to shoot somewhere that doesn't have enough of it to fit your lights? In this video, Todd Blankenship of Shutterstock shares a bunch of helpful tips on how to light in small spaces, from hiding lighting units in plain sight, hiding them, like, for real, and how to maintain control when access isn't all that easy. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Friday, 1 March, 2019