Donovan Wilson

I'll keep that in mind. Good observation. Thank you. 

10 hours ago, David Mullen ASC said:

Seems fine - in that video the light has a lot of fall-off as if it was spotted in at times. And I'm not sure it is mounted to the camera or handheld above the lens, maybe it depends. The thing is that this video wasn't only lit with this spot, the space has some ambience, whether that was just available light or added, otherwise just having one light might be too high-contrast.

I think it makes sense to keep the light off the camera to get the direction of the shadows just right. I think I will analyze the video more and see if that's the case. I agree about the ambient light being a factor. 

How do you think the look works in terms of story telling?

5 hours ago, Travis Shannon said:

I ended up doing this gag on two separate shoots last week and both times we just on offed a bare aputure 1200d on the strobe setting. 

By strobe do you mean flashing? I'm assuming this shoot was for stills. I'm hoping to get the effect on video. 

I'm working on a music video and I want to create the feel of a direct flash style photograph for it. My guess is that its pretty simple but I thought I would ask here and see what you guys think. I really like the hyper-realistic affect it gives and it has a film noir/Weegee feel to the mood. Here is a video from Valentino for reference:

Thanks for your help!