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A roundup of tutorials about working with only natural or available light.
Potentially eliminate the need for (not to mention the cost of) additional lighting equipment such as flags, screens and gags?
Since long before lockdowns, quarantines and isolation, film-makers have had to be as independent as imaginable. Here’s a roundup of tutorials to show you how:
“Emotion, context, place”: using colour to help craft story.
Explainers and tutorials about the film-making secret to controlled, “natural” light.
A look at the virtual set used in The Mandalorian.
“Sometimes, in order to get to the deepest emotional depths of a character, capturing a feeling, rather than reality, is more important.”
Techniques for reverse-engineering shots you’d like to create.
Tips for creating product videos which look CGI-slick, but are mostly made with in-camera techniques and careful pre-planning.
The in-camera special effect, used in countless films, as old as cinema itself.