best/simplest way to a achieve this lighting

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mattfarkash

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I know it seems like a pretty basic light set up but I was wondering about the small details. Its big on contrast but its still soft lighting on the subject? How would one go about doing that? Is it just a big source with 250 diff flags thrown in? If so, how do you still maintain the shadow on the wall to be so crisp? Is there more than one light source? And the last question (and its a dumb one), what do they use for the blinds lines? I was originally thinking they just used gaffing tape to emulate blinds look but is there a better way of being more precise and clean with the lines?

Thanks so much to whoever replies and thanks to the people who responded to my last thread by the way!
 
gonzo_entertainment said:
Likely some type of cucoloris.
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But do they even make cucoloris in that fashion? I looked online and couldn't find any :(

I might just have to tape lines between two c stands or something hah. Any idea on the light source and how to keep the shadows intact while still doing beauty soft lighting on a girl subject?
 
mattfarkash said:
But do they even make cucoloris in that fashion? I looked online and couldn't find any :(

I might just have to tape lines between two c stands or something hah. Any idea on the light source and how to keep the shadows intact while still doing beauty soft lighting on a girl subject?
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Yeah, probably a custom one. It's nothing but a frame with a rod to mount to a C-Stand with the pattern cut in an opaque material like wood or thin aluminum..
 
Venetian blinds on c stand. Experiment moving the blinds closer and farther from the light to control how soft you want the shadows.
 
These guys make cookies that might do the trick. I don't have personal experience with their products but I have bookmarked their page and do want to try them out some time.

http://www.shadowfoils.com/index.html

I would imagine that there are plenty of DIY ways to do it also with foamcore, black wrap or other materials.
 
It's a fairly common stock gobo on many moving lights, although DHA and others make them for conventional profiles(UK)ellipsoid/Lekos(US). Looking at the parallel lines, I'd suspect they just used a single key and then defocused the gobo slightly to achieve the grey rather than black shadow.

For what it's worth there are tons of amazing gobos nowadays.

I doubt it's cucoloris based because the lines are very even and parallel - with a big board it's tricky to get equal sharpness across the field.
 
It is tricky to analyse this.

There are less "shadow stripes" on the subject than the BG. They do not have the same angle/perspective or align.

That indicates that maybe the BG is not done with the same lighting as the subject and maybe the BG is artwork / set.

Subject may be a key and composited with additional "stripes" as a blend.

Would need to see the rest of the shot in motion.
 
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