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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

How to setup a home studio within one million rupees #3


6.     Lights


                 Within our scope 3 point light set up can be used in home studio. Key Light is the main and strongest source of electrical light. Back Light is used to separate the object form background and it shows the scene look more three dimensional. Fill Light is softer than key light which cross the key light to fill the shadow crated by our main light source.  Also the sun light and reflectors can be used for various purposes.

Cowboy Studio Soft box lighting kit
7.     Monitors

Sometimes we have to use better monitors to watch output while editing videos. Real colors may not display in our desktop monitor. At least RGB or YUV color monitors can be used in our home studio.  Also it should be compatible with player/recorder.  
Dell U2413 RGB Monitor
8.     Cables
If we are going to use a professional audio setup with our camera, XLR cables may need to connect our camera and microphones. Firewire cables essential for transfer high quality audio from our camera to computer. 

9.     Other
In addition to that we will need storage devices (external HDD, DVD, Blu-Ray disks) Blu-ray burners, Speakers, Headphones, Light reflectors, extra batteries for camera, SD cards, tripod and other connectivity cables.