From the course: DIY Video Production for Content Creators, from Setup to Editing
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Setting up your space and lights
From the course: DIY Video Production for Content Creators, from Setup to Editing
Setting up your space and lights
(buoyant music) - In this lesson we'll be setting up your environment to start recording, positioning yourself, the camera, the lights, and the microphones to make it look like a cinema set. Now the first and most important thing to do, because all else is going to revolve around it, is to define what's going to be your key light, your main light. If you're using natural light, it's going to be close to one of the windows you have in your space, but it really depends on the time of the day that you're going to be recording this, because direct sunlight, for example, is a total no go for these situations, it is going to produce a lot of contrast, blown highlights, it's much more difficult to manage. Now for everything, there's some sort of solution and if that's the only time of the day that you can actually record, you can also use some kind of diffusion panel in front of the window to make it a little bit softer, like for example, some white sheets or a very thin curtain. Another…
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