Lighting Techniques for Video Interviews
1h 4mIntermediate2019-02-08
Authors

Richard Harrington
Digital Video Expert, Educator, Speaker

Kevin Bradley
Emmy-Winning and Telly-Winning Director of Photographer
Course details
Take your video interviews to the next level using proven, effective, and affordable lighting techniques. Kevin Bradley is an award-winning director of photography with 17 years of industry experience in documentaries, corporate shorts, and all the other facets of the media production industry. He knows lighting is critical to mood, and the choices you make during production affect the outcome of every project. In this course, he shows how to create simple and beautiful lighting setups for any location using just three lights and a range of professional and DIY modifiers. He shows how to shape and soften light from LED panels, using simple materials you can find at your local hardware store. The course gives you tips and tricks that work, improving your videos and stepping up your game for new and old clients alike.
Learning objectives
Analyzing your location
Different types of LED lights
Pros and cons of LED lighting
Lighting in a fast and efficient way
Creating DIY modifiers
Softening LED light with silks and other modifiers
Keeping your subjects comfortable
Learning objectives
Analyzing your location
Different types of LED lights
Pros and cons of LED lighting
Lighting in a fast and efficient way
Creating DIY modifiers
Softening LED light with silks and other modifiers
Keeping your subjects comfortable
Skills covered
Video LightingVideoOne-Off
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Shooting techniques for video interviews
1. The Importance of Great Lighting
- 02 - Professional vs. amateur lighting
- 03 - The top priority - Making your talent look good
- 04 - Get inspired by master painters and cinematographers
2. Picking the Right Location for the Interview
- 05 - Analyzing you location (the client walk-through)
- 06 - Working with clients and getting the best location space
- 07 - Maximizing a location on a budget
- 08 - How to be fast and efficient in your setup
- 09 - Using a space to your advantage
- 10 - When to pull the plug on location
3. Lighting Your Interview
- 11 - Keeping the talent comfortable
- 12 - Bounce light vs. direct light
- 13 - Silks and other soft light modifiers
- 14 - Making your LED panel look beautiful
4. DIY Approach that Still Looks Professional and Beautiful
- 15 - DIY diffusion materials
- 16 - DIY beauty dish
- 17 - DIY vanity light
- 18 - Foam core flags and cutters
Conclusion
- 19 - Next steps