Cinematography with Natural Light
Low Key (Nighttime) Lighting Close Ups
A course by Albin Sjödin , Cinematographer
About the video: Low Key (Nighttime) Lighting Close Ups
Overview
“In this lesson, we will shoot the closeups of the nighttime setting for our scene. We will go through planning and speak about the choices we’re making with the angles and quality of light.”
In this video lesson Albin Sjödin addresses the topic: Low Key (Nighttime) Lighting Close Ups, which is part of the Domestika online course: Cinematography with Natural Light. Craft beautiful images using available light to enhance your story and awaken a sense of curiosity within the viewer.
Partial transcription of the video
“Low Key (Nighttime) Lighting Close-Ups In this lesson, we'll create the close-ups for the low key lighting mood. We've already shot the wide shots with the light coming from outside, but the light has faded a lot and we need to recreate that for the close-ups. So, we will be bringing in an LED light and put it behind the curtains to act as the light coming from outside the window. With the close-ups we can get away with this and we're gonna play around with some variations of filtering it with the curtains and also maybe balancing it in the wall before hitting the curtains, just to see what...”
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Course summary for: Cinematography with Natural Light
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Film, Film, Video & TV, Filmmaking, Video, Video Editing
Albin Sjödin
A course by Albin Sjödin
Albin Sjödin is a cinematographer based in Stockholm, Sweden, who works mainly for commercials, music videos, and short films. He began filmmaking at nineteen, after studying cinematography for three years in high school. What began as a passionate hobby gradually became a full-time career, shooting music videos and commercials in Stockholm and New York.
Albin’s distinct tone and style as a director of photography can be found in music videos for Universal Music Group, Sony Music, and Warner Music, as well as in commercials for adidas, The Absolut Company, Paypal, and more.
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