I will never stop thanking you for every single thing I learn with each of your videos. You're an absolute legend!

@RobEllisCinematographer

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! That means a lot and I'm super happy to hear you're learning from my videos, I really appreciate it! :)

@DANAMIONLINE

2 жыл бұрын

👏🏾

Screw those camera vlog youtubers You're the real deal!

@RobEllisCinematographer

Жыл бұрын

Haha thank you so much! Different genres for different purposes I'd say! :)

man you're killing the game on youtube !!! greetings from Paris with love bro !

“The reality of the image” - such a cool, evocative phrase.

Man the amount of times I’ve struggled filming, your vids have been the ticket. Superb content bud thanks 🙏🏽

Fantastic video! Definitely using this to level up my video lighting.

@RobEllisCinematographer

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Miguel, glad it was helpful!! :)

Thank you I am learning hard in Korea after watching your videos Thank you very much

@RobEllisCinematographer

Жыл бұрын

Happy to hear it! :) Thank you!

I was just watching the lighting tutorial but somehow this guy managed to sold me the aperture light kit 🤣

Another excellent walkthrough of lighting techniques. As an owner of your mini lighting course, I can say without hesitation that it is a must have for those wanting to improve their lighting skills. I'm always turning to it for reference and inspiration.

Tomorrow, I'm going to go get a bunch of white sheets and some clamps, then I'm going to do some experiments. Still not sure if my issue is only lighting, but I'm on my way to finding out. thanks again. Great stuff

What amazing talent you have. Thank you for sharing!

By far my favourite channel on lighting. You're just brilliant mate, thank you!

@RobEllisCinematographer

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Charles, I appreciate it and I'm happy to hear it! Thank you for your kind words! :)

Fantastic video as always! That part at 0:19 is really helpful so you can see the original image without the grading.

@RobEllisCinematographer

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Just a cheeky way to get the affiliate link in - but I'm glad it's also helpful to see the original image! :)

The setting where you stand at the table by the light almost reminds me of resident evil 7 at the dining table XD

@RobEllisCinematographer

2 жыл бұрын

Haha you're right, I should have cosplayed Jack Baker for the shot! 🤣

I've already said that but man, your videos are amazing! The epic soundtracks making the background for all the tips and insights you give make these videos so inspiring! Thank you again, looking foward to the next ones!

@RobEllisCinematographer

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Matheus! I've been experimenting more with piano and "cinematic" pieces a little more than when I used to use ambient styled stuff all the time, it's been satisfying to put together haha! Always appreciated - thank you! :)

Simply thank you Rob.

@RobEllisCinematographer

2 жыл бұрын

And thank you for watching! I appreciate it :)

Keep going, you are a legend

THANK YOU FOR THESE ROB

@RobEllisCinematographer

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Karlie!

I've replicated two scenes from your previous video and it turn out pretty well. Thank you :)

This was the best ad for apurture I've seen, I love practical demos ...consequently now I believe I can never be a filmmaker without their products LOL

@RobEllisCinematographer

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Haha not at all - you can do this with any bulbs really, you just won't have the flexibility of an RGB one. Nanlite make them too :)

These lighting tutorials are so helpful. Could you do one on camera composition/framing if you haven’t already?

@RobEllisCinematographer

2 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that! That one has been on the list for a good while - so it will be made at some point, yes! :)

Rob Ellis, you are a genius. I love your videos.

@RobEllisCinematographer

2 жыл бұрын

Aah I wouldn't go that far haha! But I appreciate your kind words and I'm happy to know you're enjoying my videos. Thank you so much!! :)

great video Rob!

@RobEllisCinematographer

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Rodrigo! :)

Always the best. Thank you!

@RobEllisCinematographer

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Joshua! Hope you enjoyed the video! :)

Excellent video!

@RobEllisCinematographer

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much David, happy you enjoyed it!

Thanks a lot brother 💐🙏, God Bless!

@RobEllisCinematographer

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely - hope you enjoyed the video! Thank you so much!! :)

Excellent video!! 👏

@RobEllisCinematographer

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Legend!

hermano eres el mejor, impresionante....

@RobEllisCinematographer

2 жыл бұрын

muchas gracias, lo aprecio! :)

GREAT VID

@RobEllisCinematographer

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Scott!! :)

Thank you for your work and explanations Rob. Could you tell me what camera configuration (Lens, aperture, ISO level) do you usually work with your tutorials?

Haven’t tried it myself but some people say they tape a mini LED brick light to the inside of the lampshade. Gives you brightness and color temperature control too.

@RobEllisCinematographer

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, great way to do it! I think now with these newer specialised bulbs, it's a lot easier and a generally smoother process to achieve brightness and temp change though - they're pretty great!

Yes!!!!! Let’s go!!!!!

@RobEllisCinematographer

2 жыл бұрын

Woo! Hope you enjoy the video Sean!

Excellent.. here is my question. You first set the camera WB to the cooler light. So when the subject enters, do we need to change anything with the WB or just let it be. I hope I made my question clear. 🙏

I am a new watcher dude, you instantly become one of my favorites. I love lights... I own a couple Aputure 100ds, a couple Aputure 60xs, some PavTubes 4ft's, but I'm not the best at lighting. You sir, have taught me a lot. Thank you That said, I want to be able to simulate a sun, like you do in a lot of videos. What fresnel and light would you recommend that is cost effective, but not cheap?

@RobEllisCinematographer

2 жыл бұрын

Wow thank you Andrew!! Super happy to hear you've learnt a lot from my videos, makes what I'm doing worth it! :) At the moment I think the best cost effective, but not overly cheap way to do this is with the 600 - 800 watt range of lights from Aputure, Godox and Nanlite. The Aputure 600X Pro and the Nanlite Forza 720B are similarly priced and are both bi-color units, so you've got the flexibility for changing the colour temperature for more of a morning/evening sun, a midday cooler sun and anything in between, to your taste or what you need to shoot. The Nanlite 720B is more powerful, so it is definitely more cost effective since they're the same price! You've also got the Godox M600D which we looked at in my last video, which is the cheapest of the three and isn't bi-color, only daylight. But if you use gels you can save a little money and get a similar power output! Each of these has their own compatible fresnel too. I've actually got a video looking at the Forza 720B coming out soon too. I hope this helps in some way! :)

So good as always, thank you for another great video. Could you do a video on your grading using dehancer ?

@RobEllisCinematographer

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Paul! The Dehancer video I released a while back essentially was me grading on Dehancer haha although maybe a bit long winded!

I own 2 of those aputure lights. They’re so freaking bad ass.

@RobEllisCinematographer

2 жыл бұрын

They are extremely useful right?!

Continue like that and we'll lose you forever... in a good way. Since seeing your videos I started seeing lots of flaws in many Netflix movies/series! I think you can help on a high budget project. Wish you all possible success.

@RobEllisCinematographer

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bo, your kind words are always appreciated! :) haha you do start noticing little flaws when you start learning about this stuff! I find much of the time when you notice mistakes in a professional production it's more about how involved you are in the film/show itself - you're less likely to notice flaws and mistakes if you're more invested in the story and world! That's how it is for me anyway 😁 good to hear from you! :)

@Bo_Hazem

2 жыл бұрын

@@RobEllisCinematographer Many flaws in The 100 series for example, also one dead pixel or two in one season of Peaky Blinders and some scenes when watching in 4K. Well, to me at least, Peaky Blinders was 99% flawless.

Very informative. Thank you! Question: do you use any special angled hdmi adapters on external monitor? I hate sticking out cables from monitor. Yours look neat

@RobEllisCinematographer

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Right angle adapters and specific cable sizes - when I built the rig for the Pocket 6k I roughly measured out how long each HDMI cable would need to be, with a tiny bit of headroom. Although I tend to misplace my cables when I de-rig so it doesn't always look that neat haha!

Hey! Another amazing video thank you. But one question: How are your images so clean even though there is very little light in the scene, especially earlier on in the video?

@RobEllisCinematographer

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I either use Resolve's temporal noise reduction in post or I expose to the right using a lower ISO (kzread.info/dash/bejne/c4p72o-Fc9m5dqg.html)

@MadChookFilms

Жыл бұрын

@@RobEllisCinematographer Thank you so much for replying, I really appreciate it :))

Another really great video, thank you Rob. Can I ask perhaps a simple question? I always assumed that the in-camera white balance setting would usually be set to achieve accurate skin tones, however in this video you showed how it was used initially to cool the exterior lights to mimic the look of nighttime. How do you balance that aspect whilst maintaining accurate skin tones? Or have I missed the point here, and the light and colour temperature set from the practical is what then balanced the look to achieve the correct colour/skin tones?

@RobEllisCinematographer

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Marc! So if you've lit the shot how you intend to light it, then generally there's no need to adjust skin tones - it's more about the intention of how you want your image to look, why you want it to look that way and in this case, backing it up with the motivated light. We set our lamp and key to a super warm 2000K so it still appears as a naturally warm indoor lamp light with our cooler white balance - so we end up with an image in which the skin tones look natural because we've presented that warm tone as lamp light - so there's no need to try and find a "correct" skin tone, the lighting itself is explaining the warmth on the face. If we wanted the whole shot to be lit by moonlight, for example if you take a look at the shot when we just introduce the fill - you'll see that the blue tones work for the skin, as we've presented the image as being lit by moonlight. If we go and try balance for some sort of correct skin tone in that situation, we'd just be warming the image up and removing the moonlight feel, or we'd be making our face warm and keeping the rest blue, which would look very odd haha! Skin tone correction is best used when something is initially wrong with the image, like there was a reflection from something green catching the skin, or there are multiple sources mixed together and the skin looks off, or you'e pushing for a really stylistic grade (which doesn't usually look too good unless there's a reason for it, in my opinion)! To sum up this extremely long response - light with intention and you will barely need to correct skin tones! I hope this helps in some way! :) it might be nice to make a video on this at some point!

@MarcCotterill

2 жыл бұрын

@@RobEllisCinematographer thank you for this explanation, makes total sense. Really appreciate your help and videos!

Awesome video! What kind of spotlight combination are you using? I was looking at LS 60 and Mini Spotlight combination, but the price is kinda insane.

@RobEllisCinematographer

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! This was the Forza 60 and the compatible PJ-FZ60 projection mount.

you are the real one *fist bumps*

@RobEllisCinematographer

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Parth!! :)

What was the camera color temperature set to?

Hi Rob, love your channel 👍 If you didn't have any, and were going to buy one light to start a video business, which would you get??

@RobEllisCinematographer

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! A single source COB light - so like a Godox VL150/200 for example. A decent amount of light output and you get a lot of flexibility from a point source light, lots of ways to learn how to use it!

@CarterCreativeContent

2 жыл бұрын

@@RobEllisCinematographer Thanks, keep up the good work 😋

Great video!! were the video samples shot in flat or natural?

@RobEllisCinematographer

2 жыл бұрын

This was all shot on the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6k Pro in Log and then graded :)

@AndroidTech

2 жыл бұрын

@@RobEllisCinematographer awesome! Keep it up bro you're so underated on KZread!

@RobEllisCinematographer

2 жыл бұрын

@@AndroidTech thank you so much! 😄

Do you feel like you have to justify light motivation in every scene? Thanks for the video.

@RobEllisCinematographer

2 жыл бұрын

You don't have to do anything, that's the beauty of creativity and finding ways of doing things that are suitable for the work you're creating - but it helps to understand these basic techniques so you can utilize them when you feel like they're needed. For a more direct answer, no, haha- but if your scene feels "lit" and unnatural, and that's not your intention, then you might need a practical to motivate from!

I'm having trouble with the white balance and giving that film look. I set my white balance correctly but when I try to give like let's say a joker look (green tones) even the whites go green.. is this normal? how can I fix this

Bro How much you earn from youtube ?

@RobEllisCinematographer

2 жыл бұрын

Not much from KZread itself! It's the things around it that earn more :)

@KAPALBATTHFILMS

2 жыл бұрын

@@RobEllisCinematographer i wanna start youtube channel any tips from you ? :)

@RobEllisCinematographer

2 жыл бұрын

@@KAPALBATTHFILMS I don't really have any tips in particular, I just started doing this because I enjoy it - my income around it became a happy bonus! I personally wouldn't start a KZread channel purely to make money, because if it doesn't take off you'll end up a little disappointed. Do it because you have something you can offer to others and do it because you enjoy creating and can practise and learn and improve yourself through your work. That's my advice! :)

@KAPALBATTHFILMS

2 жыл бұрын

@@RobEllisCinematographer thank you buddy :)

Simple trick that cost $1,000 not practical at all.