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Filmmaking 101 – Three Point Lighting Tutorial

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In this tutorial I walk you through what Three Point Lighting is, what its uses are, and how to achieve it for Cinematography or Still Photography.
Key Light, Fill Light, Hair Light.

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*Disclaimer* I have used YouTube’s Editor tool to remove a piece of misinformation I mistakenly said at the 4:15 mark. I initially misspoke during filming and said “the light also gets softer as you push it away”. The light actually gets harder, or more accurately, the shadows get harder/sharper the more you push the light away as the light source gets smaller relative to the subject.