Cinematic Lighting Techniques - 6 Setups
Channel: Artlist
Date: 2022-02-14

Lighting can make or break a video, and if you’re a content creator trying to build up a following, the key thing is to keep it with your story.
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00:00 - How important is lighting?
00:27 - 3-Point Lighting - The best lighting for your YouTube videos
01:30 - Split Lighting - For visual and character depth
01:54 - Broad-side Lighting - Best for more upbeat videos
02:24 - Short-side Lighting - More serious lighting
02:50 - Back Lighting - The best for your action videos
03:33 - Top Lighting - The best for movies like the godfather
04:16 - The video trends you should look out for in 2022

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In this video we discuss a lot of lighting setups, but if we were to recommend 1 it would be 3-point lighting. A 3-point lighting setup consists of 3 lights: the key light (or main light), the fill light (there to lift the shadows) and the backlight, which lights the subject from behind and brings some separation to the scene. The backlight is sometimes called the hair light or rim light. 

The real answer here is whatever way works best for you. But if you want us to recommend a lighting setup, we think that a 3-point lighting setup has the right balance of versatility, practicality and affordability.