budget edgelight solution for fairly small room?

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pernell91

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im shooting a short in a room that is maybe 12x10' and lighting with a softbox keylight (flourescent daylight corrected)

there are no fixtures in the ceiling (room has no inherent way to light from above)

all walls are flat / smooth and beige / white and not able to drill into them or anything.

does anyone have any good suggestions for setting up an edge light for the subjects?
 
Maybe you don´t even need a edgelight, if the walls are all whiteish/beige you don´t need much seperation anyways...
 
Spartacus said:
Maybe you don´t even need a edgelight, if the walls are all whiteish/beige you don´t need much seperation anyways...
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true to an extent, especially when there is no dark set dec behind them

and it is partly because im being a stickler for detail but i am noticing the lack of an edgelight - though an audience certainly would not be like "what? where does his hair end and the wall begin? i'm confused!"

but anyway id like to at least have the option
 
Is the edgelight really motivated? I mean, it sounds like there isn't a place for a light to come from anyways, unless you plan on having practicals in the back of the room.

If that's the case, just shoot tight and put it on a light stand. If that doesn't work, build a menace arm!

Hah, I was just joking at first with that, but it could be a solution. What kind of equipment do you have?
 
RyanT said:
Is the edgelight really motivated? I mean, it sounds like there isn't a place for a light to come from anyways, unless you plan on having practicals in the back of the room.

If that's the case, just shoot tight and put it on a light stand. If that doesn't work, build a menace arm!

Hah, I was just joking at first with that, but it could be a solution. What kind of equipment do you have?
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hi man,

in terms of lightig equipment, not a lot at the moment as i'm gearing up there

i have made two 800-1000 watt fluorescent softboxes which barely do the trick with the adapter on and the lens wide open.

and then various clip lights. but if something seems like a necessity, i will consider adding it.
 
What spartacus said seems like the most cost effective solution. I don't know if any boom you have will support the weight of your light though.
 
just a suggestion, but imho you either need a much much faster lense for your adaptor or a more efficient light fixture. I have a single 256 watt flouro bank thats much more than enough light at reasonable distance using full zoom @ 4.2 (apx 24,000 lumens in a soft spread..it plenty o light) ..anyway I would suggest just tossing a silver relfector or mirror behind the subject and using your key to bounce back. since your using flouro the light spread is very soft and you could hang your small reflector where you want it and its shure to get direct light from the spread, and then just aim it back for the rim.
 
I would suggest a 250w Lowell Pro light. You can easily gaffer tape a baby plate to a wall and support the light just fine.

(I did this in my house and the light/plate stayed up for 3 days before I took it down, so it's plenty secure.)
 
GageFX said:
I would suggest a 250w Lowell Pro light. You can easily gaffer tape a baby plate to a wall and support the light just fine.

(I did this in my house and the light/plate stayed up for 3 days before I took it down, so it's plenty secure.)
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without being too expectant hopefully, if you or someone else could provide a link to this unit somewhere like B&H i'd be grateful. i've been looking and all i can find is the lowell 250w flood light and i'm not sure that's what you're talking about.
 
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