{"id":41390,"date":"2020-04-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newrcblog.wpengine.com\/film-inspired-video-meeting-ideas\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T06:27:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T13:27:48","slug":"film-inspired-video-meeting-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/us\/en\/blog\/film-inspired-video-meeting-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Lights, camera, action: video meeting tips from the film set"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What\u2019s your favorite movie? The most beautiful, striking, and memorable films take lighting seriously, packing a punch in the way every set is designed and each shot is lit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Too much or too little lighting can be distracting, but lighting perfection makes a whole movie better without taking away from the experience. That\u2019s why film and TV crews are experts at striking a balance when it comes to set and lighting design.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lucky for you, you don\u2019t need to break the bank or rent trucks full of professional equipment to get that professional look in your online meetings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just spend a few minutes brushing up on basic lighting principles, and you can get your video meeting red-carpet ready in no time by focusing on two simple things:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-size: 15px;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"#Lighting\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lighting<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"#Dressing your set\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dressing your \u201cset\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\">Shopping for a video conferencing tool? (Or just curious about what to look for?) Grab the free checklist to help you choose the right one for your team or business.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n<div class=\"download-form-widget standart-download-form\" data-url=\"https:\/\/netstorage.ringcentral.com\/documents\/video_conf_platform_checklist.pdf\" data-id=\"69d2b1baae000\" id=\"69d2b1baae000\">\n\t\t<button tabindex=\"on\"  on=\"tap:69d2b1baae000.toggleClass(class='open')\" class=\"open-modal-download-action download-form-button\" type=\"submit\">\ud83c\udf1f Get it now<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"download-form-modal\">\n<div class=\"download-form-modal-body\">\n<div class=\"download-form-modal-content\">\n<div class=\"download-form-modal-title\">See what you need to do (and know) as you're deciding on a video conferencing app with this checklist!<\/div>\n<form class=\"download-form SMB\" method=\"post\">\n<div class=\"download-form-part\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input class=\"download-form-input\" aria-label=\"Full Name\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" type=\"text\" name=\"fullname\" placeholder=\"Full Name\" data-dl-events-hover=\"true\" data-dl-element=\"text\" data-dl-additional-info=\"download form\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"download-form-part\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input class=\"download-form-input\" aria-label=\"Email (please enter a work email address)\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" type=\"email\" autocomplete=\"on\" name=\"email\" placeholder=\"Email (please enter a work email address)\" data-dl-events-hover=\"true\" data-dl-element=\"email\" data-dl-additional-info=\"download form\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"popup_form\" value=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"Asset_ID__c\" value=\"ODAM-01510\" class=\"download-form-input\"><\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"Lead_Entry_Source__c\" value=\"RC Blog\" class=\"download-form-input\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"download-form-part\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"download-form-submit\" type=\"submit\" data-dl-element=\"button\" data-no-auto-dl=\"true\" data-dl-additional-info=\"download form\" data-dl-name=\"Get it now\">Get it now<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<button on=\"tap:69d2b1baae000.toggleClass(class='open')\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"  class=\"download-form-modal-close\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"download-form-modal-thank\">Happy shopping! <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a name=\"Lighting\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 35px;\">1. Take a cinematic approach to lighting your online meeting<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"color: #434343; padding-top: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Source<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The classic three-source lighting technique helps make the main subject (in your video meeting, that\u2019s you!) look more distinct and not as washed out.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adjust lighting from the front, back, and sides of your setup so that your best features are well-lit, your natural shadows don\u2019t fall into total darkness, and you pop out as the focus against the background of your workspace.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #434343; padding-top: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Mood<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A technique known as soft film lighting floods light into a space so that shadows fall away and the entire scene is brought into a bright, warm focus. To create this effect at home, use multiple sources of light (like one large main light source and various other lights spread around your space) to eliminate as many shadows as you can.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By contrast, hard film lighting uses lower and more concentrated lights to bring sharper contrast to shadows in your space. Using smaller light sources focused on your face will help you achieve this effect at home, and will draw attention to you as the main subject while your surroundings fade into shadow.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Depending on your background and the mood you want to create, you can use these concepts to your advantage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/remote-work-playbook.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3525\" src=\"\/us\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/490719603-WFH-Remote-Work-Playbook-banner-image-1380x490-blog-1024x364-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"299\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #434343; padding-top: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Motivation<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On a film set, cinematographers take into consideration where the light would actually be coming from within the world of the scene. This creates lighting effects that are realistic and helps develop a certain mood and feeling about the scene we are seeing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Specifically, this \u201cmotivated lighting\u201d technique makes use of light sources that are already present within the shot or the scene, like lamps, chandeliers, fireplaces, windows, or skylights, for example.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If there are lighting fixtures or windows within the frame of your video meeting, why not use those as the actual light sources that set the tone of your background and bring some meaning to how you really use your workspace?<\/span><br \/>\n<a name=\"Dressing your set\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 35px;\">2. Dress your video meeting set like you\u2019re on a studio backlot<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The more time you spend in video meetings, the more you\u2019ll start to notice how much of a difference your background makes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paying attention to your background helps set the stage for what people see during a video conference with you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In film and television, set designers use backdrops to communicate a lot about the scene. Is the set familiar, like a living room that could be anywhere? Is it futuristic, or from a specific country, or in a particular time in history?<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3622\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3622\" style=\"width: 634px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3622\" src=\"\/us\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/image1-79.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"440\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3622\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What does <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-2209958\/Don-Draper-iPhone-Candid-scenes-photographs-capture-stars-Mad-Men-set.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mad Men\u2019s set<\/a> say about the characters and their work styles?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The choices are endless when it comes to designing your video conference \u201cset,\u201d but don\u2019t stress too much. It\u2019s all about striking a balance between creating an interesting background that isn\u2019t distracting, and using tools like lighting and color to paint your workspace with a mood or tone. Here are some questions you might ask yourself:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-size: 15px;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What do the books and knick-knacks on your shelves say about the work you do?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What sort of art is hanging on the walls?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is the room minimalist and bare or is it filled with meaningful things?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is your space bright with natural light or more dim and subdued?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"tip\">\n<div class=\"tip-heading\"><strong>Pro-tip:<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>If the background of your workspace is busy or cluttered\u2014or even if it\u2019s just not relevant to the work you do\u2014you can always adjust your lighting to help those areas fall out of focus. That way, you have an interesting background that (even though it\u2019s nondescript) is way more compelling than a plain white wall.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 35px;\">Lights, camera, action&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Does that all seem like too much for a simple meeting? Okay, it might at first, but if you\u2019re working from home, you\u2019ll easily be spending hours every week on video meetings with your coworkers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s basically the equivalent of your desk area if you worked in an office. How would you curate and design that space? That should translate over to your environment where you take online meetings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Look around; achieving the cinematic look might be easier than you think. A simple, well-placed lamp and a window with some natural light may just do the trick.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A good video conferencing platform will also give you options for adjusting lighting and how high-definition (or low-definition) you want the visual quality of your calls to be. 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