WEBVTT 00:00.240 --> 00:05.780 And this lesson I want to talk to you about backgrounds and how important it is to your story overall. 00:05.940 --> 00:10.290 You can be standing in front of a background like this or you can be standing in front of a background 00:10.290 --> 00:13.760 like this background is an example of a real world environment. 00:13.800 --> 00:17.060 This is a very plain kind of corporate video background. 00:17.190 --> 00:21.560 And the reason we picked this was so that we can have some sort of consistency through our videos. 00:21.600 --> 00:27.030 You can see through the lessons we change the color of the background to sort of keep cohesively within 00:27.030 --> 00:28.040 different lessons. 00:28.170 --> 00:33.090 Another great thing about this background is that we can set it up wherever we want in any place we 00:33.090 --> 00:33.850 want really. 00:33.960 --> 00:39.150 We can set up a quick professional looking backdrop and a house in a garage and an office really anywhere 00:39.150 --> 00:43.490 you are you can set this up and it will still be the same background no matter what. 00:43.500 --> 00:49.710 So for this background we're using a very inexpensive paper roll that you can buy at your local Photoshop 00:49.740 --> 00:50.890 or video shop. 00:51.030 --> 00:53.080 This is done specifically by savage. 00:53.100 --> 00:58.200 It's sitting on a pipe which you can't see is a backdrop and it's just rolled across. 00:58.200 --> 00:59.520 And it's a roll of paper. 00:59.520 --> 01:02.900 This is great because you can make it as big or as small as you want. 01:02.910 --> 01:07.550 You can also cut off if it gets dirty and you can even draw on it if you ever wanted to for any reason. 01:07.680 --> 01:12.600 Lighting for this type of backdrop is a little different than lighting a scene that has depth. 01:12.660 --> 01:14.210 We started with a key. 01:14.640 --> 01:18.500 This is a nice big soft white source that's coming from behind the camera. 01:18.540 --> 01:19.970 It's diffused a lot. 01:20.070 --> 01:25.170 So I get a nice soft light on the subject to get rid of shadows and to separate it from the backdrop 01:25.200 --> 01:27.690 as well as making it look a little more professional. 01:27.690 --> 01:29.170 We added a gradient light. 01:29.250 --> 01:35.280 This is a tiny small light that's diffused right behind me and it's putting in nice soft white light 01:35.340 --> 01:37.080 gradient that's on the backdrop. 01:37.080 --> 01:42.700 This really makes it pop and look even more professional and really work on any kind of wall or flat 01:42.700 --> 01:43.950 background that you have. 01:43.950 --> 01:47.590 Be a little careful of doing this with a white background. 01:47.640 --> 01:49.160 It might not work as well. 01:49.170 --> 01:53.460 We're going to go into more detail about lighting every scene and backdrop a little bit later but for 01:53.460 --> 01:58.680 now I wanted to show you this gradient backdrop right here is really important for the light and the 01:58.680 --> 02:03.640 backdrop to work together to create this nice look for a background that's in the real world. 02:03.690 --> 02:08.340 Make sure that the background is all cleaned up and the items that are placed make sense to your story 02:08.340 --> 02:09.630 and what you're trying to tell. 02:09.810 --> 02:12.160 We're in a kitchen and we're talking about food stuff. 02:12.330 --> 02:16.950 So it makes sense to have bottles of wine and other little paraphernalia that have to do with the kitchen. 02:16.950 --> 02:20.970 This is also great for this kitchen because we have big giant windows that are letting in a lot of natural 02:20.970 --> 02:21.380 light. 02:21.460 --> 02:24.570 It's nice and soft and it highlights the background very well. 02:24.660 --> 02:28.320 So just keep in mind when picking a spot in your house that you're going to have to think about lighting 02:28.320 --> 02:28.930 as well.