Improve Your Lighting Skills

Overview

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Being a video professional means getting a professional look on your shoots, and good lighting can make or break the quality of your shots. The courses in this path cover a range of lighting situations that video creators will need to master to take their work to the next level.

Learn to light in a variety of challenging situations.
Light products to achieve highly reflective surfaces.
Create lighting setups that match from shot to shot.

Syllabus

Course 1: Lighting Design for Video Productions

Learn how to raise the production value of your videos with important but simple lighting tools and techniques.

Course 2: Lighting a Video Interview

Learn how to assemble the right gear, frame your shoot, and control the lighting on the set of a video interview. Get techniques that will flatter your subjects and your budget.

Course 3: Video Product Lighting Techniques

Make your products shine. Learn lighting techniques for product videos, including how to light products on a budget, adapt for different environments, and more.

Course 4: Corporate and Documentary Video Lighting

Production veteran and instructor Eduardo Angel introduces important techniques to create compelling lighting for sales, promotional, and corporate videos.

Course 5: Cinematic Video Lighting

Get tips on choosing lighting equipment, setting up low-key lighting, and shooting great interviews, B-roll, and more. Use these video lighting techniques to get cinematic results.

Course 6: Advanced Cinematic Video Lighting

Learn about using lighting to create a mood for a narrative scene, commercial project, and corporate project. Get tips on equipment, space, setups, and making creative decisions.