This video will show you how to use lighting effectively in Blender and how a few simple steps can take you from a dull lifeless scene to a horror masterpiece. We look closely at composition, lighting, mese en scene, and much more to to give your horror scenes the punch they need.

Chapters

0:00 – Start
0:56 – Making the scene
2:00 – Camera
2:20 – Practical lights
5:48 – Ambient Light
6:03 – Light Position
9:23 – Materials
11:39 – Adding the character
13:13 – Mese en scene (position of the objects in the scene)
13:38 – Chiaroscuro – Use of shadows
14:28 – Shadow settings in Blender
15:56 – The Compositor