Cove Lighting Tutorial for Filmmakers inspired by Cinematographer Roger Deakins

In this tutorial, I will show you how to use cove lighting to create a cinematic looking image. This lighting video was inspired by one of my favorite Cinematographers, Roger Deakins. Deakins uses this lighting technique in his films. Check out his work on IMDB. It includes amazing films like: 1917, Skyfall and No Country for Old Men to name a few. He’s amazing. Basically, Cove Lighting involves creating a curved wall of muslin around part of our subject and then aiming multiple lights at it. The goal is to have this bounced light wrap around our subject, but still make it look like the light is coming from a natural light source (the lamp on the table in our example). The curved wall of Muslin begins on the side of the lamp and ends next to the side of the camera. We will illuminate the cove with 3 inexpensive led lights. I just placed them on the floor aimed at the muslin. All 3 are daylight balanced, so that’s the white balance setting we chose for our camera, the blackmagic pocket 6K. We will add additional lights to the background, including a RGB light.

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YONGNUO YN300 III LED Video Light with 5600k Color Temperature and Adjustable Brightness:
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Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 6K:
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Cree 60W Equivalent Daylight (5000K) A19 Dimmable Exceptional Light Quality LED Light Bulb (2-Pack):
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