Need some Video help

TueCynn

so im a Youtuber but i want to bring better content... i have a room that i wanna make my video production room... only problem is that the room is completely dark... what type of lighting is best for shooting videos in a small basement room... the room is about 13 by 13

ziggy53

If color fidelity is important, and if you have the funds, HMI lights are an excellent choice. (Hollywood uses these lights, but they are expensive.)

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Next is halogen lighting, which is much less expensive. I use Lowel Tota-Light Tungsten fixtures, bounced or shot into umbrellas, either reflective or shoot-through configuration. They mount on conventional light stands and the Tota-Light fixture holds a standard umbrella stem. 45" and 60" convertible umbrellas give you some versatility and don't cost very much. The Tota-Light fixtures hold any of several bulb sizes (EMD, FCZ, EHZ), with 750W and 500W popular.

http://www.lowel.com/tota/
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/285942-REG/Lowel_T1_101_Tota_Light_Tungsten_Flood_Light.html

Mine are over 30 years old, to give you an idea of their durability.

Tungsten lights get hot and use a lot of electricity, but initial purchase cost is relatively low, bulb costs are low, light quality is good, and you can add cheap tungsten shop lights for background light, etc., which mix very well.

I recommend using these with 10'-12' light stands for stability sake.

If you need to gel or diffuse the lights, Lowel makes a gel frame which attaches via the umbrella socket and it's pretty reasonable too:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/32263-REG/Lowel_T1_20_Tota_Frame_for_10x12_Gels.html

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/31925-REG/Lowel_T1_72_Frost_Gel_for_Tota_Light.html

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If your budget is tight and if absolute color quality is not an issue, you might try daylight balanced compact fluorescent bulbs and fixtures. They run much cooler, but I don't like their color quality.

Be sure to get the highest CRI number bulb and don't expect perfect skin tones, as a for-instance.

You can gel them to work with the tungsten bulbs as a backlight or overhead "hair" light, and they work nicely for that role. Use diffusers or scrims to help control illumination levels.

Kino Flo CFL 26w KF55 bulbs are about the best quality available, and they fit most standard screw-in fixtures.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=858246&is=REG&A=details&Q=

It takes a lot of these bulbs to give much illumination, but they do last pretty well if you're careful with them.

They're also available to match tungsten without filtration:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/858244-REG/Kino_Flo_26S_K32_120_26W_KF32_Lamp_120VAC.html

Fixtures to use these bulbs:

Westcott Spiderlite are nice as they can hold either screw-in tungsten or compact fluorescent bulbs.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/416718-REG/Westcott_4860_Spiderlite_TD3_Fixture_120VAC_12VDC.html

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/755467-REG/Westcott_6220_Spiderlite_TD6_110V_AC.html

perroneford

I would say HMI, followed by LED, followed by high CRI fluorescent, followed by halogen. For HMI look at Arri or K5000, for LED look at litepanels, for fluo loom at Kinoflo, and for tungsten look at Mole Richardson.