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: https://patreon.com/posts/64748176 Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/polyfjord If you want to support my work directly: https://patreon.com/polyfjord Software used: https://blender.org/ Link to 3D mocap model (free download, but you'll need an Adobe account): https://mixamo.com 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 https://instagr.am/polyfjord #b3d #cinematic #lighting Music from PremiumBeat: https://shutterstock.7eer.net/vn9zvy (Affiliate link - Purchases made through this link may provide compensation to Polyfjord).