Paul Del VecchioFeb 23, 20191 min readLighting Breakdown - Shadows and Contrast - "The Last Deal" Short FilmThis is a Lighting Breakdown for a high contrast, shadowy look. I also go over a few things in Color Correction and Color Grading to...
Paul Del VecchioFeb 11, 20191 min readCinematography Lighting Breakdown - Beauty PromoHere's a lighting breakdown from a commercial promo I DPed with Elizabeth Maphis. I go into the lighting breakdown of this shot, how we...
Paul Del VecchioMay 7, 20183 min readPlaying With A Soft Contrast LookLately I've been playing around with a soft shadow/soft contrast look after stumbling upon an article Panasonic put out about DP Bobby...
Paul Del VecchioFeb 21, 20182 min read"Two Days" - Lighting Diagrams Part 4Here is another breakdown for a scene from "Two Days," the feature film I DPed in December. Let's jump right in. We're going to break...
Paul Del VecchioJan 29, 20184 min read"Two Days" - Lighting Diagrams Part 3Today we’re going to be breaking down these shot. This shot is one of my favorite in the movie as it represents the mood and style that I...
Paul Del VecchioJan 4, 20183 min read"Two Days" Lighting Diagrams - Part 2Next up, we have these shots. The top two are the same lighting setup (obviously) but I wanted to include them so you can see different...
Paul Del VecchioDec 30, 20173 min read"Two Days" Lighting Diagrams - Part 1Let's start off somewhat easy. This was a few days into shooting and we already knew the location from the previous days of shooting. We...