Changing the light set up is one of the most time consuming phases on set. Compared to a movie you have to film extrem quantities of material every single day for a soap. A flat lighting is the only affordable way to do this. Because a flat lighting, especially in a studio where you can hang the lamps above the set, barely need any changes.

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Flat lighting for soaps works well in many cases, as what they're trying to reflect is real life. It gives more of a 'reality' image and feel, however if you watch closely at a lot of emotional heavy scenes (especially recently in the UK with a lot of our death or night-time scenes), you see a lot more elements of lighting at play and things are more cinematic. If what's on screen is a generic and quite casual conversation, I personally don't see much need for moody lighting, atmosphere, etc

I always found it creepy how 'real' they looked. Same thing with old BBC shows. Usually looking real is a good thing, but for some reason it felt creepy on TV (and also looked bad)

Teach Better Lmao right

What i don’t understand it’s that they are not as that important. They just place lights and having gear. Its the direction of photography that deceide where to put light, the intensity ect. Gaffer exists to help the DP make possible what he wants to see. The DP can do their job but he doesn’t have enough hands

Light motif

Every time that I saw the end credits on something and it said "gaffer" I always wondered what it was. So glad this video cleared that up.

My name is Neophytos and i'm offended

What are you even talking about ... these are not workers you need masters degree in cinematography to do this. The best ones are geniuses , and you get an oscar for the best ones.

Just finished taking a film class and it is absolutely amazing what they do to capture the audiences attention.

You don't need a master's to be a gaffer lol. Learning cinematography helps of course, but a lot of 4 year colleges offer those courses these days.

@@gaddag1477 The director of photography gets the Oscar, not exactly the gaffer

You know how when a movie ends a bunch of words start scrolling across the screen and you immediately turn it off? Those are called credits. Would you care to guess the intention of these "credits"?

Avengers: Gaffer War

@@marvelousTUD Avengers: Flat War xD

Yeah, I was actually kinda excited that it was a continuation. I hope we will see how the story unfolds

Just think. Now there at the end of this. Its gonna be a full movie

Once i heard Joan’s fabrics it rang a bell immediately lol

Sure, it gets better doing it every day.

Now try to simulate it in animation.

Yup

Filmmaking is complicated.

@@frankyu553 logistically, technically, and creatively

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Matias Bonta why

Sounds like my sims trying to communicate

This is why gaffers aren't screenwriters

Ha ha ha, what a story, Mark

Christopher Jensen do you even realize how many likes you got on this comment lmao

Why did I only just process that

@@tonster5559 im sure he does. It's just not everyone's life revolves around how many likes they get so I doubt he cares.

@@rabbidpotatoegaming4514 bruh... they're just saying that bc youtube doesn't always give notifications for likes and there were no comments. you don't need to get all weird with it

@@Lucy-fn9rj he's not weird. shush

I have seen budget films what had way better lighting than expensive films. It's not just about the money, but about experience and direction.

@@dealloc One could even go with the silhouette look and have that look good in context. *It's not about focussing on what you can't do, it's about focussing on what you can do.*

@@dealloc Agreed, and loads of big budget films go strictly textbook regarding lighting versus small budget projects that allow gaffers room to get a bit more creative in setting mood.

A lot of incredible cinematographers go for a single big diffused light source and that's it. Using a bounce if the face is a bit dark, Deacons and Bradford Young are crazy good and mostly use that method. Ringlight/booklight + flags and a couple bounces... with some cool practicals if the scene calls for it.

and motivated!! always motivated!!

Oh ikr

More than Game of Thrones season 8, that's for sure

Cameras love lights, our eyes/brain do a lot of compensating for bad lighting, and even the best displays have a very limited dynamic range compared to reality.

I think they mostly just try to stay as still as they can, like in 6:08

Yeah, I'm pretty sure the actors just try to stay as still as possible when they're "paused". You can see them moving slightly in a lot of "paused" moments.

Woooosh?

@@relic4948 No whoosh

a lot of it is just practically achieved with the actors holding position, but it's sure effective!

Now it just needs super fast credits roll, bordering on completely unreadable.

Or British soap opera. Eastenders comes to mind.

So true! But it matches British food and British weather.

Some Other Dude Bland? 😂

YES. And to all those I offend, all the protesters, social advocates, KZfaq Censors, brits, etc, deal with it. I love the British, but the food and climate leaves something to be desired.

Onirama wow that’s crazy I wish my Dad heard this

yeah pretty much all I learned in Cinematography class was how many watts a house circuit can power and that you typically always want to light with 3 sources.

I did a 6 week summer film making course once at a university. That's all I needed to know I didn't need anymore.

LITERALLY lmao

You must have gone to one of the worst schools then.

lil Gal lighting is literally apart of storytelling

Affirmative. I always tell aspiring filmmakers to put their money into lighting and grip, because that’s the stuff they’ll keep using no matter what camera gear they “invest” in (and continually upgrade).

as a location sound recordist I appreciate this

It would sound a bit like this video does 😯

Alex Blogg so true, this sounded very bad!

Yes, PLEASE do something on sound recording!

And no Foley!

For those who need the link to the first one (about script supervisors): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hKemoZp0s9bIcmw.html

They take their time. Many takes.

I know that film-making is a complicated, costly, and collaborative art form... but all I could think about are the Editors and DoPs who have so much to keep track of. This was low-key stressful to watch.

I NEED to know what happens at the Pony Show

Next video: What happens when a movie has a bad scriptwriter/screenplayer

Square as the pyramids... honey

they get paid a heck ton

@@nicktosti7487 well Best Boys dont come cheap

You know how they say a lot of movie-making is waiting around? This is why. When everyone else has done their job, the gaffers are still fixing their lights. It's kind of a film-set cliche at this point. But it really does make a difference. A good director knows any film you roll before the gaffer is happy will just be a waste.

Well, that was the point of the video, to put focus on lighting and not dialogues

@@shishirgurung4427 exactly

Well done my man!

noir ffs

I thought it was kind of funny. She just kept saying idioms.

exactly

There's only one gaffer on a set.

@@bumkiss true, there's only one main gaffer, but there can be additional assistants.

@@TheJudge064 the assitants arent gaffers. They are best boys, then there are grips if you consider those assistants

@@bumkiss never said they were. I'm just pointing out the the gaffer first have to set it all up himself. He just decides what kind of light goes where.

Ba dum tsss...

Deep cut here: How many gaffers does it take to light an interior night scene? Two-point-eight. (99.999999% of folks will not get this)

Why did the gaffer take so long when the DP said he was shooting with available light? Because the DP wanted to use EVERY available light.

The most undervalued comment in this comment section.

Because of "atmosphere"

why'd I think you said you were a corn student

Evan Edinger yea secretly a corn farmer :p

I wish I could only say it once but I have to say it to the first AD every time we change setups

"Yeah I need a junior on a two rise combi... Okay turn it on. Looks great, now kill it and take it away."

@@Kliphr3a 86 that prior 86 of the junior.... once you have that done 86 it.

the *mysterious* dancing woman

Eoin Campbell right yes of course

She's the whole enchilada

Oliver Davis I thought it started to look cheap, but I think it’s because so many low budget films use colored lights to make up for the low budgets it created a bias in me.

I don't think it was the colored lighting so much as the *red* colored lighting. The blue and the pink were absolutely stellar choices for a bar scene, but unless you've ended up in Platinum Jail where everything is bathed in an intense red color, red lighting is cheap and lazy shorthand for 'this guy is bad/angry'.

That's why they use combinations of condors with large lights and large rags when possible to help level out the intensity of the sun throughout the day.

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Yeah that is what he says at 09:15 at the end of the video actually.

@@FleurOlivia 8:56, actually. But I'm getting the vibe that the DP is more like a military captain while the gaffer is the sergeant. The DP knows what the company is trying to achieve in the big picture, but the gaffer knows how to achieve that at a practical level, at least if I understand right? It seems like it would be best if a DP could say, "make this guy look sinister" and trust a good gaffer to make that happen in correlation with the DP's vision and in conjunction with pre-production meetings about the techniques desired to make that happen.

@@roguishpaladin Yes this is much more accurate. Director's Vision -> DP's overall plan -> Gaffer/Grip "plan implementer" -> Best Boys "Team leads" -> Grips and Electricians "Team"

Gaffers don’t touch lights, they are doing the math to make sure the DP”a vision is even feasible. DPs give overall visions but gaffers are incredibly important in making it happen

Same 👏

@Scott Martin According to the almighty Google, one of the two best boys in a film crew is the assistant to, lo and behold, the gaffer!

Best Boy? Who are the creeps who come up with such titles?

None of the gaffer's gear gets rented, tested, or delivered haha.

Nobody gets any coffee.

Google says best boy is Todoroki

it's 40% honey or not

jessi330 It’s sweet, abv doesn’t make it a hard drink

@@Luckyhearts It's half a rusty nail, that's good enough for me

DoctorGeniusPHD it’s usually 33% if you’re talking about volume. And the other part is actual scotch because drambuie is too sweet and not a hard drink on its own

@@Luckyhearts that is literally the definition of a hard drink

in other words "trash"

I thought so too, it was better than with the lighting.

Fix it in post

I quite liked the strong silhouettes look tbh

the highlight blow out too much, and the shadow clipped too much, because the camera doesn't have dynamic range like eyes

Here's one I know: A good sound engineer will search through all the low and high frequencies and turn down any that shouldn't be there, such as camera shutter noise, air-conditioner humming, etc, so that when you combine different takes in a row they all sound the same.

I went to AI for 40K DOLLARS IN A YEAR and learned not one of these things.

This just has a better ending. 😅

Guess they couldn't afford a Gaffer

What’s wrong with thrones I don’t watch it but it has a huge following I’ve heard