Aputure | 5 Techniques I Wish I Learned Sooner | Better Filmmaking Tips @aputurelighting | Uploaded August 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Do you ever wish you could go back in time and give worthwhile filmmaking advice to your younger-self?
In this episode, we join DP/Host Valentina Vee as she shares five filmmaking tips that she wish she could have learned earlier on in her career as a budding cinematographer. These pieces of advice act as a foundation for any beginning creative who’s looking to take the next phase in their journey and step up their game. Throughout the video, Vee speaks on the value of framing for wider shots, how one should consider lighting the environment rather than just the subject, incorporating motivated camera movement, and much more!
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:50 - Tip #1: Shooting Wider
1:20 - Lighting for Wider Shots
2:28 - Wider vs Tighter (35mm vs 85mm)
2:47 - Tip #2: Lighting From the Far Side
3:20 - Different Key Light Positions
3:38 - Tip #3: Light the Environment
4:11 - With and Without BG Lights
4:20 - Tip #4: Move the Camera
5:04 - Static vs Movement
5:20 - Tip #5: Pay Attention to Monitoring
5:39 - What a LUT Does to the Image
6:00 - Lighting for the LUT
6:38 - Conclusion
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Producer: Moses Israel Guerrero
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Director: Tue Duong
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Summary:
Aputure's YouTube channel provides free high quality cinematography, lighting, and filmmaking educational content to help you take your film projects to the next level.
Do you ever wish you could go back in time and give worthwhile filmmaking advice to your younger-self?
In this episode, we join DP/Host Valentina Vee as she shares five filmmaking tips that she wish she could have learned earlier on in her career as a budding cinematographer. These pieces of advice act as a foundation for any beginning creative who’s looking to take the next phase in their journey and step up their game. Throughout the video, Vee speaks on the value of framing for wider shots, how one should consider lighting the environment rather than just the subject, incorporating motivated camera movement, and much more!
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:50 - Tip #1: Shooting Wider
1:20 - Lighting for Wider Shots
2:28 - Wider vs Tighter (35mm vs 85mm)
2:47 - Tip #2: Lighting From the Far Side
3:20 - Different Key Light Positions
3:38 - Tip #3: Light the Environment
4:11 - With and Without BG Lights
4:20 - Tip #4: Move the Camera
5:04 - Static vs Movement
5:20 - Tip #5: Pay Attention to Monitoring
5:39 - What a LUT Does to the Image
6:00 - Lighting for the LUT
6:38 - Conclusion
Want more free lighting and cinematography tutorials? Subscribe to us so you never miss an episode: goo.gl/QwazdM
🎥Subscribe to Aputure:
youtube.com/aputurephoto
facebook.com/aputure
instagram.com/aputure.lighting
twitter.com/AputureLighting
🎥Free Cinematography Lessons From Experts!
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnBD0tWOQ1-jsuV5e_jlOvtjr3nY7S9a
🎥Connect with the A-Team!
Host/DP: Valentina Vee
IG: instagram.com/valentina.vee
Twitter: twitter.com/valentinavee
Producer: Moses Israel Guerrero
IG: instagram.com/moses_israel
Director: Tue Duong
IG: instagram.com/tuezzles
Episode Cinematographer: Jucel Andrin
IG: instagram.com/jucelandrin_
Editor: Steven Clavijo
IG: instagram.com/stevenclavijo_
🎥Follow the Aputure User Groups:
Global: facebook.com/groups/AputureUsers
Europe: facebook.com/groups/AputureEurope
Asia: facebook.com/groups/aputureasia
Australia/New Zealand: facebook.com/groups/aputureAUNZ
Japan: facebook.com/groups/aputurejp
Taiwan / Hong Kong / Macau User Group: facebook.com/groups/4418583988245636
Brazil: facebook.com/groups/1073050466408582
India: facebook.com/groups/667708807005184
Israel: facebook.com/groups/aputureisrael
🎥GET APUTURE GEAR:
http://lddy.no/3dkv
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Summary:
Aputure's YouTube channel provides free high quality cinematography, lighting, and filmmaking educational content to help you take your film projects to the next level.
