Shooting "day-for-night," of course, means recording night scenes in daylight. It's done all the time because casts and crews tend to be less grumpy...
Light-diffusing material (just plain diffusion in professional jargon) softens directional light by scattering it. In the short version, that's all there is to tell,...
The main difference between straight and artistic video lighting is mood. Mood-setting moves beyond technical competence and into lighting design. It's not hard to...