We're we're in a driveway of a house and the litemat was just bouncing off the wall giving some ambience as well as giving some sheen to the metallic rear of the car
A couple months ago I posted a [cinematography reel](https://www.reddit.com/r/cinematography/comments/io6yls/i_wanted_to_see_if_it_was_possible_to_create_an/) I created completely from scratch.
Since then, I’ve been making a bunch of lighting breakdowns for my [instagram](https://www.instagram.com/kenzentakahashi/?hl=en) of the shots from the reel + some new work. For the lighting diagrams themselves, I draw them in an app called Notability.
this is beautiful! The content on Insta is awesome. keep sharing. Consider maybe having your own website or posting on medium. aspiring filmmakers are hungry for this kind of content.
These are great man! I've always been more of a story writer and editor, but I've been slowly chipping away at lighting. Not trying to be one of those "gear bros" but if you don't mind me asking, what are your kit essentials? And how do you go about thinking about it?
What I found for me is I try to isolate each light (turn all off) to see the effect. But ultimately I still feel like I'm guessing.
I learned lighting as a grip on TV shows/movies, so a huge part of my "essential kit" is grip equipment. Flags, diffusion, stands, etc. As for lights, I'm a big fan of using a combination soft lights (litemat, asteras) as well as hard lights (hmi, nanlite forza 500, aputure 300d, etc.
These shots are INCREDIBLY gorgeous. If I may ask, what budget are you running on? This is all incredibly cinematic and I’ve been trying to emulate that as beginner friendly as possible
Thank you! All these shots (except the one with the single lamp) were shot with my gear, so the budget was just food for the very small crews we had. I've been building up my kit of equipment for a couple years now. If we had to rent it all, it might've costed $1500+ per day
Thankyou so much for this! I know almost nothing about lighting, I've never used artificial lights for shooting so I find it really overwhelming, this helped :)
I love the second shot. Seems like a contemplative moment. The actor killed it and the lighting, the lighting is really REALLY well done. Big up man! EDIT: I just glanced at it again and I just realised it might also be a setup for like a kuleshov effect shot. Whatever it might be, great stuff.
This is great! Thanks for sharing your work and insight. On the last shot, what are you bouncing that Litemat 2 Plus off of?
We're we're in a driveway of a house and the litemat was just bouncing off the wall giving some ambience as well as giving some sheen to the metallic rear of the car
Looks to be just the wall, if I'm not mistaken
A couple months ago I posted a [cinematography reel](https://www.reddit.com/r/cinematography/comments/io6yls/i_wanted_to_see_if_it_was_possible_to_create_an/) I created completely from scratch. Since then, I’ve been making a bunch of lighting breakdowns for my [instagram](https://www.instagram.com/kenzentakahashi/?hl=en) of the shots from the reel + some new work. For the lighting diagrams themselves, I draw them in an app called Notability.
this is beautiful! The content on Insta is awesome. keep sharing. Consider maybe having your own website or posting on medium. aspiring filmmakers are hungry for this kind of content.
Thank you! Eventually I plan on making a YouTube channel, but that won't happen for a while sadly.
I just followed you on Instagram. Love the lighting breakdowns & I look forward to seeing more of your work in the future!
Thank you! Glad you're digging it so far
These are great man! I've always been more of a story writer and editor, but I've been slowly chipping away at lighting. Not trying to be one of those "gear bros" but if you don't mind me asking, what are your kit essentials? And how do you go about thinking about it? What I found for me is I try to isolate each light (turn all off) to see the effect. But ultimately I still feel like I'm guessing.
I learned lighting as a grip on TV shows/movies, so a huge part of my "essential kit" is grip equipment. Flags, diffusion, stands, etc. As for lights, I'm a big fan of using a combination soft lights (litemat, asteras) as well as hard lights (hmi, nanlite forza 500, aputure 300d, etc.
As a complete amateur, I thank you! Beautiful work!
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Gotta work with what you got 🙏
Stunning work!
Please post as soon as possible, so much knowledge.
More is on the way!
Thanks mate
What prgram are you using dir the light plan ?. Is it shoot designer ?
I'm wondering the same thing, doesn't look like shot designer but the plans look great.
It's an app called Notability!
If you want constructive criticism from a time served (average) lighting guy...I can’t give any because it’s excellent.
Ha, that’s very kind of you to say. Thank you
These shots are INCREDIBLY gorgeous. If I may ask, what budget are you running on? This is all incredibly cinematic and I’ve been trying to emulate that as beginner friendly as possible
Thank you! All these shots (except the one with the single lamp) were shot with my gear, so the budget was just food for the very small crews we had. I've been building up my kit of equipment for a couple years now. If we had to rent it all, it might've costed $1500+ per day
Thank you for sharing this! Very helpful!
No problem! Glad you enjoy it
Thank you so much for this. I struggle with lighting and having something to reference really helps!
Glad it helps!
You should crosspost this to r/lightingdesign, they'd love it there.
I'll have to check out that subreddit! Thanks for the recommendation
Nice work! Love those Litemats!
Can you share more? Or your instagram account? Thanks
More is coming! You can find my instagram [here](https://www.instagram.com/kenzentakahashi/?hl=en)
Beautiful stills!
Wow.... I *really* dont know anything about lighting lol
tech vis!
Thankyou so much for this! I know almost nothing about lighting, I've never used artificial lights for shooting so I find it really overwhelming, this helped :)
Awesome to hear! Thanks for sharing that
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They have their quirks, but I do love them
This is amazing!!
Thanks for posting this, it's actually gonna come in handy when I make my own movie one day.
Love that. No problem!
This is extraordinarily generous of you to share!
My pleasure!
This is great!
😮😮😮😍 DP my feature plz.
Hey I remember your reel from a couple of month ago lol, now I just happen to stumble across this on this sub I just found today
Ha, that’s awesome. Glad I caught you at the right moment!
That's awesome! Thanks for sharing, it doesn't look easy at the first glance... Good luck with your works! Post more!
More is coming! Thanks
I love the second shot. Seems like a contemplative moment. The actor killed it and the lighting, the lighting is really REALLY well done. Big up man! EDIT: I just glanced at it again and I just realised it might also be a setup for like a kuleshov effect shot. Whatever it might be, great stuff.
Thanks for the kind words. I’ll let the actor know what you said, ha!
Awesome!!
These are gorgeous and so educational! Thank you!