So I'm trying to start this video project for my cousins wedding business thing next month and I want it to look like those fancy commercials or high-end movies but man I am so lost. I've been looking at lights online and everything that says professional is like thousands of dollars which is just insane to me because it's just a lightbulb right?

My logic was that I could just buy some cheap construction lights from the hardware store but then I read that makes everything look yellow or green and flickers on camera and now I'm just annoyed. I have maybe $450 tops to spend on a whole kit and I need it to look cinematic whatever that actually means. I saw these LED panels on Amazon but some people say they are trash and others say they're great and my brain is melting trying to figure out what a CRI even is or why I need a softbox.

Sorry if this is a dumb question but is there any way to get that expensive high-end look without selling a kidney? Like is there a specific brand that is cheap but actually good for beginners who dont know what they are doing? I just want the skin to look nice and not like a zombie under a streetlamp...