Lighting

[Ryan Patrick O'Hara]

What's going on with the edge to edge sharpness? Sides of the image hurts my eyes. Was this an adapter zoomed out?
Rest of the stills look much better!

[Kholi]

I agree! I enjoyed reading through everything thats been posted, and if this thread were stickied I bet even more people would post with their work.

Exactly. I wanna see more setups!

[Jewlz the director]

great information that'll never get old.
we need more,more i say..lol

I agree! I enjoyed reading through everything thats been posted, and if this thread were stickied I bet even more people would post with their work.

[ilauzirika]

This thread should be stickied!

I second that, this is a great informative thread that deserves the top of the page.

[Kholi]

This thread should be stickied!

thanks for the compliments! (btw: I love Spirited Away) Yeah, I always have scrims with me now. I shot that when I was still a video nerd. I've gaffed on 4 or 5 16mm short films since then, and I've learned a whole lot more about lighting in general, so my kit is much more complete now than it was then. If only I could get my hands on some of them fancy HMI balloons...

[puredrifting]

No scrimmage? Dude, you gotta get some. I love my scrims, they are used on every shoot. But good improv skills.

Dan

I didn't have any scrims for that light and it was overpowering the key, so the CTB was added to kill 2 stops.

[puredrifting]

Nice stuff Sean. Just a question, why worry about CTB if you are in B&W?

Good work.

Dan

HVX200 with no adaptor. Girl was keyed by a 1k fresnel with 216(?) about 7 feet away. Man is keyed by 1K as well with the kicker light from a 350W fresnel high and to his right with 1/2 CTB. In the man's shot, a 200w light was flagged to light up the gun held by the girl.

[puredrifting]

Lookin' good on that setup, very dramatic and moody.

Nice.

Dan

[Gohanto]

Everything in frame is kind of washed with light, except for the side of the face.
I believe that shadows, just as light, need some motivation.
So here, the key is strong, the edge is strong, the BG is washed with light - why then is half of the face dark?
So besides the eyelight, INMH the BG needed to be broken up or at least to be brought down two stops...
Just my 2c of course !

Hm, maybe it is just the contrast boost in post, that doesn´t sell it for me...

Hmm, that's actually a very good point I hadn't noticed before. Thanks.

[Beat Takeshi]

I had a 1k softbox, 1 650w, 2 300w, 2 150w lights to create the mood and patterns of light on the walls. The motivation was the 2 practicals on each side of the bed embellished with a bit of style.

Used the same set up to create these looks also.

[jansik]

Gohanto... You always should have some Eyelight... unless it is a special effect lighting