Basic Lighting for Audiovisual Projects
Light quality: Choosing the type of lights
A course by Enrique Silguero , Director of Photography
Joined May 2012
Joined May 2012
About the video: Light quality: Choosing the type of lights
Overview
“The first thing we have to learn from light is to distinguish between hard light and soft light. Here I teach you their differences and tricks to learn to soften a hard light.”
In this video lesson Enrique Silguero addresses the topic: Light quality: Choosing the type of lights, which is part of the Domestika online course: Basic Lighting for Audiovisual Projects. Learn to use light as an emotions generator in your cinematic pieces.
Partial transcription of the video
“Light Quality: Choosing the Type of Lights To see the quality of the light, which is how hard or soft a light can be, and the first thing we're going to do is see The light that a Fresnel device gives us is a 650 watt Fresnel. It's a tiny Fresnel, They can reach up to 20,000 watts, but for our example it is enough. Why is it called Fresnel? The device is called Fresnel because it has a lamp what is a lamp what is called Fresnel that has concentric rings which is what allows light instead of spreading out all over the field concentrate a little. And this makes the device itself called Fresne...”
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Course summary for: Basic Lighting for Audiovisual Projects
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Category
Photography & Video -
Areas
Film, Video & TV, Filmmaking, Lighting Design, Photographic Lighting
Enrique Silguero
A course by Enrique Silguero
Enrique Silguero is a cinematographer from Salamanca, Spain, with experience in film, television series, documentaries, music videos, short films, and commercials. In his words, his specialty is telling stories through light, shadow, color, and composition.
His work can be seen on the main Spanish television networks: Ministerio del Tiempo on TVE, Cuarto Milenio on Cuatro, el Capítulo 0 on #Cero on Movistar Plus. He has worked on music videos for La Oreja de Van Gogh, Miguel Bosé, and Malú. In advertising, his clients include Sony, Coca-Cola, Adidas, and Iberdrola.
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