Response to First time filmmaker needs technical advice

Make sure to set aside some money in your budget for Lighting. Even outside, you may look at the bright sunny day, and think, "why do I need Lights, I have this Sun?"

Well, a camera is not as sensitive as your eye, and to compensate, you will need to control the light with gear. Gear like white material (foamcore) to bounce light back into the subject, for instance.

Lighting is about control, and you need Stuff to control it. After all, a camera is only designed to record Light, not Beau

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