Tutorial: Cinematic Lighting in Blender

In this first episode of Virtual Cinematography we’ll be using only one light source to get cinematic results! Free project file: Join the Discord! If you want to support my work directly: Software used: Link to 3D mocap model (free download, but you’ll need an Adobe account): 00:00 I spent five days on this intro 00:31 Importing the mocap character 01:12 Creating the studio backdrop 01:54 Creating the camera 02:23 Character placement 03:10 Mindset 1: Illuminating the scene 04:04 Mindset 2: Placing the shadows 05:19 My favorite lighting setup 08:04 But what did we do correctly? 09:09 Lighting from outside vs. inside 09:49 Mysterious vs. revealed 10:42 Getting too excited about drawing 11:33 Recap 13:32 Final result 13:45 About Virtual Cinematography