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The lighting trick you don't know about
@thatcreativeceo
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The video provides a quick, actionable tip for content creators to improve their video quality. The clear demonstration and explanation of a common mistake and its simple solution make it highly shareable and valuable.
Summary
The video explains a simple lighting technique to improve the appearance of a subject's face. It demonstrates how direct, straight-on lighting can make a face look flat and shapeless, and then shows how angling the light slightly above eye level and down at a 30-degree angle creates more natural-looking bone structure.
Structure
- 1Introduce the problem of flat lighting
- 2Explain why straight-on lighting is bad
- 3Demonstrate the correct lighting setup
- 4Show the improved result
- 5Conclude with newfound knowledge
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The lighting trick you don't know about
Stop lighting
is straight on,
it makes your
face look flat.
No contrast and
no shape.
light slightly
above eye level,
angle down at 30
degrees and
slightly so it
goes past
your face.
Transcript
Stop lighting your face wrong. When your light is straight on, it makes your face look flat. No contrast and no shape. Move the key light slightly above eye level, angle down at 30 degrees and slightly so it goes past your face. When you do this, the light hits the cheekbones, creating natural bone structure. Now you know.
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The easiest lighting trick ever and it levels up your content instantly! ##contentcreatortips##contentcreator##filmmaking##lighting##cinematic
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