Cinematic Music Video Lighting Techniques with Nanlite

09/10/2025

Many filmmakers may find themselves shooting music videos at some point in their careers and sometimes struggle with creative lighting. Director of Photography Julien York shares different ways to cinematically light music videos with the help of Nanlite and their new Nanlite Alien 300C RGBWW LED PANEL.

  • 0:00 - Intro
  • 1:10 - About Julian
  • 4:35 - Why is lighting important?
  • 5:42 - Different lighting scenarios
  • 6:46 - Nanlite Alien 150c/300c
  • 9:23 - Four music video lighting techniques
  • 10:00 - Single source lighting
  • 15:09 - Contracting colors
  • 24:01 - Motivated lighting
  • 37:33 - Dynamic lighting
  • 49:25 - There are no rules
  • 50:20 - Q&A

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