can anyone name a no-light doc w/plenty of interiors shot w/dvx100?

[robfilms]

i've got a producer who wants to shoot a documentary on the dvx100b but not use any artifical lights.

there will be a dozen talking head interviews, some in small cramped office spaces-overhead flos/wood paneled walls-and the producer wants this to be the doc's "look".

the subject matter lends itself to this "look" . it is an extremely sensitive subject which people often speak about in hushed tones. the producer feels this no light set-up will create intimacy between the camera and subjects.

we will be working as a two, or sometimes, three person crew-camera/producer or camera/sound/producer.

i'm hoping to shoot most of the talking heads on the dvx100b at 1/24th to suck in as much ambient light as possible.

obviously, i'm concerned with the images produced by such a no light approach. i imagine i can kick the gain up to +3 but what of the resulting noise?

can anyone name a no-light doc with plenty of interiors shot w/dvx100? i want to see what other folks have shot to use as a reference. in these types of circimstances, there is a very thin line between a "looK" and amateurism.

thanks in advance for sharing your thoughts.

be well

rob

 

[Zander]

I'm sorry but I don't put ambient office lighting and intimacy together in the same sentence. Flat lighting will not give you the look you want.

 

[mark viducich]

any light other than that coming from the sun or moon and maybe the stars is artificial not sure about the light from a fire or fireflies though oh i forgot about lightning but it is undependable at best and then there is that light that goes off in ones head that says maybe just maybe this ain't right

 

[soarprod]

Go rent King if Kong - a fistful of quarters - most if not all DVX100. A lot of stuff with no lighting but a lot with lighting - any interview should have some lighting no question! At least a reflector.

i've got a producer who wants to shoot a documentary on the dvx100b but not use any artifical lights.

there will be a dozen talking head interviews, some in small cramped office spaces-overhead flos/wood paneled walls-and the producer wants this to be the doc's "look".

the subject matter lends itself to this "look" . it is an extremely sensitive subject which people often speak about in hushed tones. the producer feels this no light set-up will create intimacy between the camera and subjects.

we will be working as a two, or sometimes, three person crew-camera/producer or camera/sound/producer.

i'm hoping to shoot most of the talking heads on the dvx100b at 1/24th to suck in as much ambient light as possible.

obviously, i'm concerned with the images produced by such a no light approach. i imagine i can kick the gain up to +3 but what of the resulting noise?

can anyone name a no-light doc with plenty of interiors shot w/dvx100? i want to see what other folks have shot to use as a reference. in these types of circimstances, there is a very thin line between a "looK" and amateurism.

thanks in advance for sharing your thoughts.

be well

rob

 

[pmark23]

Can you move the subjects? Get them to sit or stand near a shaded window, or where bright sunlight is bouncing off a wall. Have someone with a reflector bounce a bit of fill from the other side.

Shoot some test footage and show the director so that he knows what he's going to get.

 

[robfilms]

the director's concern is that with lighting equipment tucked into corners and a soft box 45 degrees left of the camera and 45 degree above camera, all of a sudden an intimate conversation feels like a "staged" event.

in the days of drew, maysles bros and wiseman's work w/cinema verite the idea of "no light" was revoluntionary. the technological advances of lighter 16mm cameras and faster film speeds allowed for their creativity to be seen on the screen. and the watchword with much of their effort was intimacy.

whether u can embrace that concept is not what i'm asking.

what i am asking the board is for examples of dvx100 work on no-lit docs, especially those with plenty of interiors (unlike iraq in fragments)

pmark23: thanks for your thoughts. that is the direction i'm headed. will start testing in a few weeks but would love to have seen more dvx100 no light work to use as a reference.

thanks in advance to any and all who cared to shared.

be well

rob

I'm sorry but I don't put ambient office lighting and intimacy together in the same sentence. Flat lighting will not give you the look you want.