You guys are too kind!☺️ Definitely not mediocrity, I get so many gold nuggets of info! We'll have to make a video together next time I'm over there. Or lets say.. 5k likes on this comment for ELM to fly me to the US for a colab video😆

@thomasmanning9111

Жыл бұрын

You’re the best!! At NAB everyone was talking about you

@kolecava

Жыл бұрын

Indeedy Lewis, Luke Holliday, Kevin Reyes are deffo worth it 👌

@BrunoAlmeidaFilmmaker

Жыл бұрын

That will be cool! Great content! :)

@ElSenorMaracas

Жыл бұрын

Great ! 73 likes already !! So close guys !!! This is happening !!

@flochfitness

Жыл бұрын

LFG!!!

This is literally all I do. Two person interview three cameras. Every bit of advice he gives is spot on. Even still do not subscribe to this channel.

@EpicLightMedia

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!!!

@badboujee

Жыл бұрын

+1

@kilikdudley

Жыл бұрын

Haha! Nice

@rickyanthony

10 ай бұрын

Your stuff looks great man. Where can I see the Clayton documentary

I'm impressed that your plate was able to be consistent enough to use given that you took away the lights. Somehow that didn't make it too dark. Good work! I like this idea of using a plate to clean up aspects of a shot that are static.

What I usually do when the budget is tight and for instance, there's only money for two cameras, is one goes to the wide angle (and funnily, we have been doing this clean plate to get the mics and lights closer for years, so now that I see it on your channel, I think we are doing things right haha), and then the other camera goes to the main speaker of the interview, a good closeup. then, at the end, I'd turn this camera to the interviewer and ask them to ask the questions again and then do some nodding and gestures in silence so we can cut them into the edit, so it looks that there's always three cameras. Usually it works like a charm, and in Spain, where I am based, a tight budget is waaaaay tighter than a tight budget in the US. You couldn't imagine how much, things are so different around here in terms of production money. Anyway, thanks a lot for your content! I love what you guys teach and how funny and ironic you are. BTW been following lewis for a while now and he is great! take care

I have to say, 40 seconds into the video, I am already enjoying this video. Very much.

I swear, you guys are so underrated BUT i believ your content needs to be seen by those who it is meant for and not just anyone. You are special. I love you all the way from Zambia, Africa.

One of the best lighting setups I've learned is the back cross key lighting. Love the idea of removing the lights and boom mics with a clean plate. I'll have to utilize that in my next interview shoot!

this is one of the best light and video channel I've come across in a long time... thank you for sharing.

Incredible video! Can you do a detailed video of how you lit the clean plate and then how you painted out the stands, etc.?

I don't know how you are always able to explain complex situations and make them sound crazy simple, while also being totally laid back, and still entertaining. Well done, bro!

I just filmed my BTS of how to shoot interviews, and it is not even close to the excellence of quality and info that you provide. I learn from guys like you. Thank you sooo much. Big fan!

Your lighting is great but your timing is impeccable..thankyou!

Lets goooo. Love your lighting videos!

I always appreciate a good refresher on lighting for an interview. Thank you.

@EpicLightMedia

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Great video about how to film an interview! And I always love your humor!

Thanks for this. I have always enjoyed your on-camera energy & delivery... and the content has really stepped to a new level lately. It is really appreciated.

@EpicLightMedia

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!!

Very helpful and inspiring 💚 Would love to see more on how you remove the lights and stands from the background without the light changing on the background. Also a video on the other set up methods you mentioned, with mutliple cameras and sliders

@x--.

Жыл бұрын

It did change the background, at least in the example they gave at the top of the video but not enough to be noticeable in the medium shots. The background art was far enough away where it seems like there wasn't a lot of spill from the big boxes. Still would have been interesting to see, tbh. Maybe a timelapse from the perspective of the big US flag ;)

@The_CGA

8 ай бұрын

Seems like the kind of thing where shooting the clean plate as a still in RAW, using some strobes and getting a kind of multi exposure HDR. The real estate photo channels call this “flambient”

Love the way you coin your words goals people follow you

Thank you for showing me this. Rly struggled with lighting with these types of interviews

Yes! Finally! Thank youuu!

Thomas thank you and your crew for sharing your wealth in production knowledge! This was extremely entertaining and highly informative on how to film a 2 person interview. One of the best on YT, y'all keep it exciting and fresh. The biggest take away for me is not the gear, which is always great to know, but it's about your signature style and technique fully breaking it down as to why you make the desicions from framing to lighting etc. Hay thanks again for the inspiration, look forward to learning more from EPIC LIGHT MEDIA and your HARDCORE MASTER CLASS.

@EpicLightMedia

Жыл бұрын

Nicest comment ever thanks!!!!

You guys rock! I learned so much from this channel. Greatings from the Netherlands.

Im learning how to shoot an interview with myself and boom, I'm feeling so good to find your video, I saw the results about basic lighting and how important it is, thank you a lot for your videos .

@EpicLightMedia

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!!!

loved it! Great job

Always the best!

Great video! Not many vids out there for this setup so thank you for putting in the time.

Man! This is so helpful. Thank you so much. 👏👏👏

FWIW I always frame the OTS angles to give the option of a tight clean single and a dirty medium shot. Watching people talk to nobody off the side of frame just gives me the heebies. Aputure is definitely the best (at spamming their wares via KZread creators).

Dude you're the best keep those lesson coming

Amazing as always

THANK YOU!!

Amazing video and thanks for the tips.

Another great video! Best channel about light in KZread... After Lewis Potts, of course

learned a lot, laughed even more, thank you!

Very good plan to paint out the booms! Cheers for promoting it, good to see more people using it.

@EpicLightMedia

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!!! It’s important to know about

Very inspirational and passionate - like always.

This is something I like about you. You’re not a KZreadr. You’re a filmmaker on KZread. You know your shit, and I like that!

Informative and entertaining... thank you!!

Such excellent info in your videos. Superb! 👍

INTRO WAS HILARIOUS

The goat has spoken

Great video gentlemen. Cheers

Wonderful presentation ❤️ thanks a lot 🙏

this is my normal interview lighting, except for a couple things. I don't like to use one's key as a backlight because it's not really a backlight. It's on the same side as the key so it's not adding anything. I use my grids to focus the key to that person. The strength of that boom arm is the key. I have boom arms that I bought years ago and they don't have teeth, so they slump under weight. I end up using sandbags or I rachet strap the boom from the hook to the legs which gives me comfort. Lately, I have been using a lantern ball in the middle of the chairs, and then use a big fill light (usually a 4x4) over the wide cam. I haven't had any issue with raccoon eyes doing it that way. Doing it this way also gives me a high key-like set.

This was the perfect video.

I appreciate this video.

Thank you! I love the attitude, humor, and knowledge. Question: I have a small room (8x8) and want to do both in person interviews (2 people) and solocasts (1 person). All the lighting you mentioned will work for me, but can I do it with just the one wide angle camera? Do you happen to have a video on that?

Awesome stuff here! THANK YOU!!! Now I don't need to go to college, sweeet!

This was a great video. Commenting for the algorithm. Thank you.

Thank you, this was very helpful. I'm wondering if I can pull something similar off with budget LEDs. This at least gave me a great idea on the basics. Subscribed

Amazing 😁👌👌Thank you for sharing this amazing knowledge ☺️

somehow i've never even considered getting a clean plate to paint out the gear. amazing

Like your self depricating style. I know the closer the key the softer it will be, and love it when one light can do two jobs, but moving your key lights just a bit further back though, would give you some more wrap around backlight. Good channel, thank you.

You make the facts fun and funny! I don't know if I want to slap you upside your head or hug you...probably both in some weird order 😂! My producer is always rolling her eyes whenever I ask to order something because she knows it is going to be something related to darn lights! I light and back light everything in the studio and at home. I light and back light the plants, pillows, the dog's bowl, his bed and probably a few of his bones are lit up somewhere. I create shorts just to light something. Keep up the excellent presents.

you guys are great

Boom mikes sound so good.

I always hit the like button 3 times ;)

love the 2 light crossover, just wonder for us budget lighters if this crossover backlight style could be achieved with one light with an aputure lantern set back and in the middle of the 2 interviewees?

Lewis Potts - got it - thanks! I love the concept of "plating" the lights out. Again - brilliant work - keep it up - or maybe invite this Pitts guy to be a special guest star... that sounds good.

Funniest Video tutorial. Love the combination of learning and humor ❤

So I love this video, and bought a pair of Kupo 546's because of it... but now, after loading one of them up with a similar fixture and softbox, I'd like to formally request a BTS of your team loading and raising them! 🤣 After loading and balancing with (with slightly less than maximum horizontal extension) these things are crazy to raise up. Testing today, it was the kind of thing that made me want to verify coverage terms in my commercial liability policy! Thanks again, great content! Intimate! -AW

@EpicLightMedia

Жыл бұрын

Shoot!! Yeah it’s kinda a two person thing

This is a Good one

Love the reverse psychology. I’m filming and editing more and interviews and presentations- I subscribed.

@x--.

Жыл бұрын

What reverse psychology?

@CreativeFlowExplorer

Жыл бұрын

@@x--. lol. "Don't Subscribe".

You can't tell me what to do, FREEDOM! There, subscribed.

My favorite camera setup is 7:22: looks most like an interview setup to me. The backlight helps, but maybe I'm having an issue with the temperature of the background. I like the original orange more than the cold blue.

@ivanjermakov

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I also found it the most familiar. The backlight was disturbingly bright, and the main light was not soft enough. The first setup was most natural looking because it is, sunlight would make it even better, but obviously, it depends on the scene.

so useful but funny and i end up subscribing

Hey, thanks for the video! What I wonder about a two person interview is how you set the aperture and adjust the focus. I had it once where the focus was on one person and the other person was out of focus.

Hahaha 🤪 great instruction and great humour… “intimate”

This is a great video

I don't know what force is making me not to unsubscribe to this channel, I keep re-watching every video.

Gracias por la inspiración

excellent, thank you

Your Video poped out on the main page. Very good video, i like your style. Ive Subscribed you, dont be mad.

Another way to light (if you're getting the clean light anyways) is placing a lantern right in the middle with flags to the back of it to control the spill on the background. Like wise for the mics. There's plenty of space between the speakers and that would've saved you from setting up 2 lights and booming them over

@flochfitness

Жыл бұрын

Great tip!

@jm1jonas

Жыл бұрын

That way works if you're on a budget or short on time (been there, done that), but you loose the backlight, that's why Cross light is so common and pretty much a standard for 2 people interviews.

@adilrafiq91

Жыл бұрын

@@jm1jonas indeed but these stands cost 400$ each which imo is way too much if spent for basic setups like this. Some relatively cheaper c stands can get the hairlight job done fairly easily. In such controlled environment, even Aputure MC's can do the job

@storyfrontier

Жыл бұрын

Yeah that's how I did it too

@GRMS_Ian

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I get it done with the budget lantern method too. I do like the crossed lights idea a lot! Thanks for the very interesting and entertaining video 👌🏻

This guy is great! 😂 subscribed

@EpicLightMedia

5 күн бұрын

Oh wow!!!! Thanks

Great video and advice! Which Aputure product are you using for key lights?

really nice video...thank you.

You are breathtaking 😍

Thanks for this video and good information. If possible let me know more about the position of camera related to two persons during interview.

Just subscribed, regardless😁.

I wonder which Aperture model has been used in this setup exactly and at what power?

I love you sm

This is not typical lighting, however, I like the result! Thank you.

Wow ❤👍

Wow, I liked the little smug look when you said "intimate" and as a Stephen myself, it felt personal when you said "did you like how I used the word intimate, Steven?"

@EpicLightMedia

Жыл бұрын

Hahahaha

Nice interview lighting setup! I see the majestic Kupo 546M K Junior Boom Stand are back in the spot light... Using an A-Clamp to secure the boom counterweights is probably not the most secure thing to do on set... There's a small hole at the end of the boom for this purpose :-) Safety first people!

@JoATTech

8 ай бұрын

I'm a noob and I figured the purpose of this hole myself :D. I was surprised when I've seen these bags secured by A-clamp :o

Glad I asked

This was another soooo helpful video - thanks and kudos. I have ordered already the Kupo junior stand. Genius! One more thing.... Didn´t you have a different color shine from the lights with the background when filming with the wide angle lens? Even if you mask the people out, which would be a lot of work, it would look different, or not? Thanks for any reply. And sorry... I have still subscribed :-)

Great information. Would love to see a tutorial on how you cut this together in post. Not that I'm a subscriber or anything.

Really glad I subscribed to this channel before they closed off subscriptions. Mediocrity feels so safe

I really laughed a lot when he was joking around the word intimate 😅 you're really very funny,

Really useful video - thank you very much. Can you explain more about how to get the clean plate shot? If I take it without the lights and the boom mics, won't that show some different lighting compared to the rest of the interview?

Very interesting

Great production. What lenses did you use on this interview project?

@EpicLightMedia

Жыл бұрын

Sigma cine zooms

Great tips and video thanks. And I'm sure you really do love America too :) P.S. I subscribed :)

I am a major fan of Epic Light Media. My set up includes multiple Bmpcc 6ks, Sigma art glass and multiple Aputure light Dome 2s. . . How do you measure for proper exposure with a ( simultaneous wide and tight shot ) multi camera set up? Especially for the really beautiful "Hi-Key" commercial look that you always produce.

Good video!

You can consider using prisual ptz camera for live broadcast and recording

Lighting looks great, and my guy you have lost a lot of weight! Looking good my guy!

What application did you use to remove the lights, mics etc.