Roger Deakins on "Learning to Light" — Cinematography Techniques Ep. 1

[raydm6]

I was doing a search on cinematographer's color palettes and came across this interesting video by Roger Deakins - "Learning to Light".

"To really understand light and be able to light, you have to understand how it makes you feel."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9w8I_YD29E

With all the complexity of lighting scenes, it boils down to keeping it simple.

Lots of corollaries and admiration for still photography with examples in this short video.

00:00 Roger Deakins on Film Lighting

01:10 Chapter 1 - Develop Your Eyesight

03:25 Chapter 2 - Understanding Exposure

04:48 Chapter 3 - Search For Simplicity

06:14 Chapter 4 - Just Play

07:56 Deakins Wraps Up

 

[Bill Clark]

Thanks for the link.

Great information.

 

[charjohncarter]

He is right: experience. Good lighting is learned I guess. I like the film maker that wanted to get the number of lights he used down to one. I think I'll go fishing (like he suggested) and instead of worrying about fish, I'll just think about the day's light.

But like good lighting is learned, he offers some shortcuts: good video.

 

[charjohncarter]

I just watched his second video. Absolutely not as good as the first, but I have to say that some 'contemporary' photographers really want a lot of dead space. And this guy does it. For me I can't really see myself blacking out everything but the primary subject (ala Ralph Gibson). I know it works in Hollywood movies, I don't see it for me.

Maybe this will 'pop' (a good word for trendy photogs) some others to jump into this polemic.