lighting a school hallway

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Hi,

Has anyone had experience or suggestions on lighting a school hallway? There are 4' florescent bulbs on the ceilings. Should I replace them with 3200K bulbs or gel them?

Also, what are the positive and negatives about replacing overhead florescent bulbs?

I have two flolights 110s on the way. So, I plan to use these as well.

Thanks for any input.
 
I'm curious about this to, as I need it done for my feature, but we do have the option of turning off all the lights in the hallway and using Arri Tungsten lights, and actually light it like a set. My problem is with a 2 camera shoot I need a way to place lights with out getting them in frame.
 
It depends on what you're doing with your shot. If you are just concerned with getting enough light just gel the lights and you're good to go. Now if you want to establish a certain mood then it makes more sense to go ahead and bring in additional lights. How much movement is involved in this shot? If you check out Walter Graff's site (blueskymedia.net, I think) he has a great tutorial on moving shot lighting.

You need to provide a bit more info, but it depends if you're lighting for mood or realism.

-Jeremy
 
Hi,

The shot will be static. I'm lighting for realism. So, I'm assuming gels will do the job.

Should I consider anything else?

-Ken
 
PunkMetalDrummer17 said:
What kind of Gels should be used ?
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That really depends on the type of tubes they have in the fixtures. You'll want to have some minus green and probably some CTO and CTB, just to have your bases covered.
 
And of course I would check out the cheapskate option:

White balance to what's there. Look at it on a monitor. If it looks good, then you're OK.
 
Joe Kras said:
And of course I would check out the cheapskate option:

White balance to what's there. Look at it on a monitor. If it looks good, then you're OK.
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That is a good option also, just white balance and then from that point you just bring in a nice 200w eye light to get some contrast and pull your actors out of the background.

-Jeremy
 
One follow up question:

What's better: minus green or flourescent green gels for the overhead flourescent lights?

Thanks.
 
For fill lighting and shooting some rim lighting in there....
I've used 1/2 CTB- (color temp blue) on the lights and shot sucessfully a number of times. Make sure you get a mix of the light from the production lights and the flourecents on your white card when you white balance.

I'd try some tests before scheduling a full-on shoot.

Jeff Patnaude:kali:
 
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