Don't know much about flags? Here's a video that will get you up to speed. Lighting is one of the more complicated aspects of filmmaking, especially when it comes to shaping it. You could know everything about fixtures, color temperature, and CRI, but if you don't know how to cut light from your background or soften up some hard shadows, you're kind of dead in the water when it comes time to light a scene. Luckily, Jay P. Morgan of The Slanted Lens gives a great lesson on the fundamentals of shaping light with flags, which includes an overview of the different modifiers and tools you can use, as well as practical methods for setting them up to get a desired look. Check it out below: Morgan goes over a ton of great information in the tutorial, but perhaps the most important (and fundamental) things to learn from it are the different tools he used and why he uses them. He mentions three in the video: Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Friday, 20 April, 2018