Get creative by using gobos for more theatrical lighting.
Fellow Filmmaker uses her product review video to give a crash course in gobo lighting – that is, using a spotlight and a cutout to create interesting, motivated, or decorative light and shadow effects in your scene:
Rob Ellis explores some more narrative-specific possibilities with a single light modifier, The Projection Mount:
Further Viewing
The videos referenced in Fellow Filmmaker’s video are this intro to the range of spotlight modifiers from Armando Ferreira…
… and another product review, which also doubles as an exploration of the characteristics of spotlights more generally, from Tommy Callaway:
You don’t need a spotlight to shape lighting – you can also use gobos while lighting with mirrors:
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