3-Point

In this DVD on video lighting, the experts at Videomaker teach lighting techniques so you can set up the best lighting environment for a video camera. Lessons on studio lighting & outdoor lighting will show you how to light videos like a professional videographer.

Lighting can be extremely complicated. Some movie and TV shoots use dozens of lights to assure proper scene lighting. Here's a primer to help dispel the mystery.

Lighting can make or break the mood of your video. If you wish to evoke suspense, tension or romance, then traditional three-point lighting isn't enough.

Some folks consider it a tired cliche, but it's important to know how to set 3-point lighting, so you can work within or without this classic lighting style.

In lighting, the most important aesthetic quality is mood: the feeling communicated by the lighting design.

Conventional three-instrument lighting makes more sense when you understand the reasons behind this classic method.

Use three-point lighting to set the mood, time of day and dramatic intensity of your productions.

Make your light kit do double duty for your next interview.

One scene, many moods. Let the lighting do the work.

Special tips to make your lighting projects safer and more effective.

Your local hardware store is a valuable source for video lighting tools and accessories.

It's not just a theory: check out these pragmatic three-point lighting tips in action.

Mixed lighting isn't necessarily a disaster. Here are some pragmatic solutions for your next location shoot.

For individual subjects, nothing beats the tried-and-true combo of key, fill and back lights. Classic three-point lighting (key, fill and back light) is sometimes dismissed as "yearbook lighting." True, it can look hokey in story videos, but whenever you have a narrator, a spokesperson, an interviewee or anyone who stays in one place and talks, three-point lighting is bullet proof.

Small, portable and battery powered, a video light can save your shots in more ways than you may know.