How To Make An Inexpensive DIY Bounce Board And Interview Lighting

On this quick video, Ryan Connolly from Film Riot takes a look at two simple lighting aids you can build yourself for very (very) little money.

Creating a simple DIY bounce board/large size reflector is as simple as it gets actually. Matthew Jeppsen published a simple guide about how you can do that for under $20 using foam called polystyrene (used for insulation) 1″ thick which comes in a standard 4×8 foot sheet. This type of foam sheds so you will need a good 2″ gaffer tape to hold the sides but after you do that you are more or less done unless you want to paint the other side with a different color like gold for example – which will give you a very shiny surface.

In the second part of the video Connolly shows how to use the bounce board plus a dark sheet and one light to create a very dramatic lighting for a very low budget production – simply and cool.

P.S. is it just us or does Josh looks like Ryan’s doppelganger? comments below please…

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Iddo Genuth

Iddo Genuth is the founder and chief editor of LensVid.com. He has been a technology reporter working for international publications since the late 1990's and covering photography since 2009. Iddo is also a co-founder of a production company specializing in commercial food and product visual content.