"RPDM" by Two Bears One Cup

I'm new to the forum, but for what I've seen this competition has some amazing ideas, the posters make me hope for the best... can't wait to see yours, the grabs are awesome. Good luck!
 
Thanks idea.

Color correction is 98% done.

Sound is done.

Woohoo! this thing is coming together.

Now just wait a month to show it.
 
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I thought I'd share some insight on the lighting i used for R.P.D.M.

Lighting doesn't appear to be much of anything anything in the pic.
It appears as if the room is lit by the two table lamps and the bar
lamp behind the couple.

It took 7 lamps carefully placed in the room to create this effect.

Here's what I used to light this scene:
1 4bank diva (camera right) Key light (simulating lamplight)
1 2bank diva (camera right) fill as actress walks toward couch (again lamp)
1 2bank diva (camera left) fill light (yep, you guessed it, other lamp)
2 Daylight balanced practical bulbs in the lamps (on dimmers)
1 200 watt curly-q bulb behind liquor cabinet
1 whatever bulb I found lying around in the liquor cabinet (very warm tungsten)

Had I had more time, I would have flagged the kinos off of the lamps. So, I'll probably take the hits off the lamps in post.

All lamps (except for liquor cabinet lamp) are daylight balanced and I shot 3200k. Thus the blue effect.

I'll post some more stills and more explanations in the next few days.

Until then,
-Joe
 
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Yowsa!!!!! that looks great!!!! How come that one I got is so WEIRD??? Dude if the last scene looks like that, I will fly to Minn again and sexually pleasure you.
 
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Next installment of "how I lit this"

This is a moving shot, hence the slight softness of the image.

Alright, from camera right to camera left:

1 Arri fresnel 150 with full CTB coming in through window at the top (right window)
1 2bank diva with daylight tubes coming in the main part of the window (right window)
1 daylight curly-q behind piano (with diffusion)
1 Arri fresnel 650 with full CTB coming in through window (left window)
1 Daylight balanced 200 watt bulb with diffusion taped to ceiling in middle of room (on dimmer)
1 4bank diva as key off camera left (the actor it is keying is off camera now, but we land on him later in the shot.

We smoked up the room also. (obviously)

Again, all lamps are 5600k and I shot 3200k for blue effect.
One thing I would do differently next time when shooting blue like this is shift the image in camera to a little more green. Everything turns out a little pink when you shoot blue on these Panasonic cameras.



Can anyone identify the DVX user in this pic??????????:thumbsup:

That's all for now. More later.

-Joe
 
Nice, keep these coming!

But Joe, you have yet to explain why the last MXF file is a CU shot of your Mushroom-Tip. I mean, I know you love the HPX and all, but...
 
conrad_johnson said:
rave.jpg


Next installment of "how I lit this"

This is a moving shot, hence the slight softness of the image.

Alright, from camera right to camera left:

1 Arri fresnel 150 with full CTB coming in through window at the top (right window)
1 2bank diva with daylight tubes coming in the main part of the window (right window)
1 daylight curly-q behind piano (with diffusion)
1 Arri fresnel 650 with full CTB coming in through window (left window)
1 Daylight balanced 200 watt bulb with diffusion taped to ceiling in middle of room (on dimmer)
1 4bank diva as key off camera left (the actor it is keying is off camera now, but we land on him later in the shot.

We smoked up the room also. (obviously)

Again, all lamps are 5600k and I shot 3200k for blue effect.
One thing I would do differently next time when shooting blue like this is shift the image in camera to a little more green. Everything turns out a little pink when you shoot blue on these Panasonic cameras.



Can anyone identify the DVX user in this pic??????????:thumbsup:

That's all for now. More later.

-Joe
Click to expand...

I'm going to guess the DVX user is Kyle Stebbins slamming the beer in the black wife beater?
 
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Installment 3 in my "how I lit this series".

Okay, from camera right to camera left:

1 2bank kino in bathroom (on right of image with girl doing coke)
Also, the bathroom lights are on. (2 60 watt?) I don't remember.
1 overhead light bulb (whatever was there, probably 60 watt?)
1 4bank kino blasting in from behind door in background. (you can see the hit on the floor)
1 overhead light illuminating foreground (another dvxuser, guess who.:evil:)

We fogged up the room and I blued the ***** up in post.

That's all for now.

-Joe
 
Easy:
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Nikki AKA Lingothree watching the guy chug his beer.
:cheesy:

conrad_johnson said:
rave.jpg


Next installment of "how I lit this"

This is a moving shot, hence the slight softness of the image.

Alright, from camera right to camera left:

1 Arri fresnel 150 with full CTB coming in through window at the top (right window)
1 2bank diva with daylight tubes coming in the main part of the window (right window)
1 daylight curly-q behind piano (with diffusion)
1 Arri fresnel 650 with full CTB coming in through window (left window)
1 Daylight balanced 200 watt bulb with diffusion taped to ceiling in middle of room (on dimmer)
1 4bank diva as key off camera left (the actor it is keying is off camera now, but we land on him later in the shot.

We smoked up the room also. (obviously)

Again, all lamps are 5600k and I shot 3200k for blue effect.
One thing I would do differently next time when shooting blue like this is shift the image in camera to a little more green. Everything turns out a little pink when you shoot blue on these Panasonic cameras.



Can anyone identify the DVX user in this pic??????????:thumbsup:

That's all for now. More later.

-Joe
Click to expand...
 
Bingo Jack!

Yes mark, that's how it looks. but when I send it to you I'm gonna turn the brightness up and wash out all of the color. :)
 
Hey guys, I haven't had the time to be as active in the individual threads as I'd like, but I just wanted to say that the grabs through out this thread look great and this entry is one that I'm really looking forward to.
 
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