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Pk,
You made me laugh again, stop doing that.
V. Funny, I loved the shotgun gag...The rest...ummm...ok I suppose...hehehehe
I wonder when you get to teach, boy those lessons must be short...
Congrats Jay Pee.
 
PK Gillock said:
I'm overwhelmed with the response. Thank you all very much. Maybe I should make cheap knock-offs of John's videos more often. ....Coming soon, a zombie Romantic Comedy called "Duper". :)
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:cheesy:
 
:) It wouldn't be a DVXuser video without some John Hudson and TC references. Wish I had the time to reference everyone, but I'm lazy.

Still want to know how John got his lighting that good. Everytime I try to light something, the background is lit as well. How do you keep the background dark when you don't have spots or barndoors on your lights?
 
My set up was (2) lights.

1. Daylight balanced Floro
2. Tungsten balanced Flora (Warm)

The 1. Daylight was set up to my Left (Stage Left) and the Warm 2. is above me.

Since I do not have barndoors I used a piece of cardboard to block the light form hitting the background from either light. I also have them in Brooders which help; its ghetto but serves the purpose.
 
Good ****...sounds liek something i would do...id prolly jus wrap the light in a garbage bag and diffuse it and ye..lol

maddd ghetto
 
PK Gillock said:
Still want to know how John got his lighting that good. Everytime I try to light something, the background is lit as well. How do you keep the background dark when you don't have spots or barndoors on your lights?
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I see John already told you how he lit the scene.

Just thought I'd add that the large piece of cardboard acts like a flag. For some interest, you can take a large piece of cardboard (foamcore, gatorboard, artcard, cardstock, etc.) and cut some shapes or patterns in it with an Exacto® knife and shoot a hard-to-medium light source through it to cast a breakup pattern on your background. This will give you a cucoloris (or "cookie") effect.

Try experimenting with the distance between the cookie and the background. The closer the cookie is to the background, the sharper the image (along with more contrast). Conversely, if you move the cookie closer to the light source, the pattern is more diffused and less contrast.

Lighting... it's a good thing. :)
 
That's very good to know. Thanks! But should there really be cardboard next to lights? That and oily rags near a heater are things Smokey the Bear tells you to avoid.

Lighting is an area I haven't even begun to get into. But with sound design and lighting there are so many areas that can improve a films look. Can't wait to learn more. Thanks everyone.

Terry - Good info. And I like how you added the registered trademark on "Exacto". You never know if there are Exacto lawyers snooping around these forums. Are you just overly respectful of a company that makes VERY sharp objects or did you make a mistake in the past? :grin:
 
fwiw, Placing the cardboard flag or cookie within 2 feet of a 1K fresnel should be fine.

Of course, you can buy a real flag or cookie from Matthews, American, etc. You can also buy some duvetyne material (heavy, fire-retardent/light-absorbing black fabric) and make your own funky, fresh flags.

Matthews makes some cookies out of plywood, so can you. ;)
 
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