Shooting inside a cab

[krish]

Hi, I am getting ready to shoot a short film in couple of weeks and wanted some specific advice on scenes and locations.

Shooting inside a moving cab: One of my opening scenes is the lead actor sitting inside a moving cab. I want to have many CU and Medium shots of the actor looking out the car window, buildings passing by etc. Also what kind of lighting should I be concerned inside the cab? I am planning to shoot this in daylight. As far as portable lights, I have a on-camera frizzi (50w).

Shooting at a cemetery: one of the scenes is in a cemetery. I already have an idea of what i want but love to hear about some of the issues typically faced shooing in a cemetery. I am planning to use a kessler crane for some of the overhead shots.

Shooting inside an apartment: about 70% of the move is inside an apartment. I have about 3 1K's and planning to rent an HMI. again i will try to use the day light as much as possible but is that enough?

I am planning to use a DVX100B + M2 for the combo.

Would appreciate any comments.

Thanks,

-Krish

[Niceguy]

I hope this helps I will pretty much just address lighting issues because that is where I am more qualified.

Cab scene: personally I would not use an on camera light. It is best for news and situations where you just need exposure and don't mind a news/documentary look. For a film I would stay away from that. Just my opinion. You might do well with a bounce card, or flex fill. Get it close right out of frame. Should be enough. Or point your frezzi into the bounce and light on the fill side. let the sun key.

cemetery, not sure what you are going for. but I would hope for overcast and then create a somber mood by painting the camera. If you have that HMI you are going to rent and some way to power it. You might shoot it through the biggest piece of diffusion you have (4x4 or a 6x6 silk.) Go for subtle. Unless it is at night. The n use the hmi as hard back or edge light and fill your faces withthe 1ks.

Apartment scene: If you are using available light mostly. Then your 1ks are going to need 1/2 blue. That will cut there output drastically. I would take two of them and bounce them into the ceiling to bring up ambience. Take your remaining 1k and if it is a fresnel you can make it sourcey and create a look, if it is open face best to bounce or heavily diffuse. Your HMI might be to beefy for indoor applications. Would be great if you could rent a chimera bag for it and use it as a key.

Hope that helps. Of course there are a million ways to approach these situations. That's what I would do.