Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Many filmmakers may find themselves shooting music videos at some point in their careers and sometimes struggle with creative lighting. Director of Photography Julien York shares different ways to cinematically light music videos with the help of Nanlite and their new Nanlite Alien 300C RGBWW LED PANEL.

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0:00 Intro
1:10 About Julian
4:35 Why is lighting important?
5:42 Different lighting scenarios
6:46 Nanlite Alien 150c/300c
9:23 4 music video lighting techniques
10:00 Single source lighting
15:09 Contracting colors
24:01 Motivated lighting
37:33 Dynamic lighting
49:25 There are no rules
50:20 Q&A

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