Lighting & Camera

Lighting, framing and camera choices that shape how a video looks, from diffused light to chroma key.

How diffused light differs from other lighting, which tools produce it, like softboxes and ring lights, and when to use it.

Seventeen tips for chroma key shoots, from planning each scene and choosing the color to the distance from the background.

How to choose a recording format, how format differs from resolution and what MKV, AVI, RMVB and MP4 are best for.