The word cinematic gets thrown a lot these days in online video circles. Everybody wants their work to look cinematic—except maybe the guy filming his daughter’s piano recital with a Handycam. However, other than Handycam guy, we all want our short films, brand videos and micro...
You’re a filmmaker, videographer, or creative media artist, and you’re sick of not feeling totally in control of your imagery. You know that becoming skilled at cinematic lighting will mean: You won’t be reliant on the sun co-operating for you to get the shots you need You won’t...
Indeed, a recent study from Cornell University has found that light levels in film have markedly declined from 1935. This can be attributed realism, storytelling, and mood, but it also speaks to an under-acknowledged fact of lighting, its impact on actors. Arc lights in early filmmaking...
High-key and low-key lighting Through the 1930s, comedies, musicals, and many dramas were dominated by high-key lighting – a high ratio of fill to key light. This was typically a form of low-contrast soft lighting (dominant in the 1920s and 30s), providing a diffuse, even brightness...