Silhouette Lighting Setup | Film Lighting Techniques
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 Published On Sep 17, 2021

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Today you're going to learn how to create a silhouette lighting setup.
This lighting technique is commonly used for film noir lighting and interview setups where the subject wants to remain anonymous.

It is a fantastic cinematic lighting technique that can quickly add mystery and drama to the right scene. Silhouette lighting in film is recently found a resurgence of use in modern action and dance sequences in films such as Skyfall, The Book of Eli and La La Land.

For more lighting tutorials, checkout our Film Lighting Techniques playlist down below.

CONTENTS:
00:00 - Introduction
00:13 - What is silhouette lighting?
00:23 - Film Noir lighting and other uses for silhouettes
00:54 - Lighting a studio background
01:06 - Luxceo P7 our main background light
01:27 - Fill lights for the background
01:58 - The finished Silhouette lighting setup
02:11 - Adding a backlight
02:29 - Outro

Make sure to checkout our other videos on film lighting basics in our film lighting techniques and filmmaking tutorials playlists!

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