Dr Mahmoud Saleh - Videography Lighting Techniques

The intent is to show Video Lighting Basics, you get a crash course in the basics of video lighting, including a few tips to get around the most common problems you'll run into in your productions.

You will learn how to use essential lighting equipment and techniques in order to accomplish desired aesthetic effects.

This course will teach you how to get the lighting perfect for any shot, in studio and out. We’ll teach you how to master the art of light rigs, so wherever you find yourself shooting someone, you can make them look great and produce a professional-looking video.

 

What you'll learn

• Why lighting important for videography
• Color temperature
• Lighting Instruments
• Studio lighting (spotlights and floodlights)
• Spot light (Fresnel spotlight - Ellipsoidal spotlight - Follow spot – Dedolight)
• Flood light (scoop – soft light and broad - fluorescent floodlight bank – strip or cycloramas
• Field light (portable spotlights, portable flood light and camera light)
• Small Fresnel spot – HMI light – V light
• Chinese lantern – portable fluorescent bank
• Kinoflow and LED light
• Diffusing Portable Spotlights (Bouncing the light - Attaching a scrim Using a diffusion umbrella - Attaching a tent
• Reflectors
• The circle of possibilities
• Name the light position
• Hard light -soft light
• Three-point light
• Light ratio
• Techniques of videography light (studio – field)

 

Dr Mahmoud Saleh

• Professor at High Institute of Applied ARTS - Photography cinema &TV Department
• Professor at GALALA Uni. Media production program
• PHD. Television Production Technology
• 19 years’ experience at Cinema, Video and TV