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triton5

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Hi Everyone

I am shooting a corporate for a building supplier who want to shoot a wall being built.

The location is interior warehouse with overhead flourecents and a small window off to the side.

Just wondering what type of kit I may need, how many lights and should I use daylight or tungsten balanced lights.

Thanks in advance
 
Question really quick. What kind of wall does your client want shot? Time laps? wide shot? interview with workers while it's going up? This will all effect what kind of lighting you will need. I will try and give some info from what you have already said anyway.

If the only daylight coming into the room is from a small window then you can either black that window, gel it so it's tungsten balanced, or leave it be so that there is some color coming into the room.

The second thing you should look at is the overhead lights. What temp are they? Most likely they are cheep flo lights so they will come off rather green. But if it's a bit warehouse and you have a large object you are shooting then you will most likely leave them on.

The third thing you need to think about is if you even need to light anything. What is this video? what is the purpose of lighting your subject. Is it hard to see in the warehouse? How big is the space that needs to be illuminated? is there budget for the amount of light i am going to need? If i just throw some work lights up there will it make everything washed out and look bad? Once again this comes down to what are you shooting? Is it more doc style where you could get away with some natural looking setups? Or do you need to really show some things off with a few kinos. Are you shooting faces as well as something being built? etc...

And last I would say for white balance what temperature of light is in the majority. If it's just a little bit of daylight and lots of tungsten then I would lean towards using the overheads and a tungsten white balance. If you had more window light and didn't want to match the indoor light then go with daylight. Or last if there is a good mix and you don't have much control over the kinds of light coming in then I would use a white card and balance to a mixed light.

So to recap
1. what is the space you are in
2. what kind or how much light do I need if any for this project
3. what kind of light do I have the most of
4. don't be afraid to change it up once you get there and see how it looks though lens. Do what looks best when you get there. It's good to plan but then be able to be flexible.

Hope this helps. (oh and I don't think I mentioned that you need to decide on what color lights to get if you are lighting the scene. Again it comes down to what is already there and if you want to supplement what light is already working in the scene or start from scratch and light it with what you want. Usually this comes down to time and budget. Me personally I like working with what is there and just adding to it or taking away. I also really light daylight, I feel like it's much more pure, more spectrum you know.)

Let me know if you have any more questions.
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UtahDPDude said:
Question really quick. What kind of wall does your client want shot? Time laps? wide shot? interview with workers while it's going up? This will all effect what kind of lighting you will need. I will try and give some info from what you have already said anyway.

If the only daylight coming into the room is from a small window then you can either black that window, gel it so it's tungsten balanced, or leave it be so that there is some color coming into the room.

The second thing you should look at is the overhead lights. What temp are they? Most likely they are cheep flo lights so they will come off rather green. But if it's a bit warehouse and you have a large object you are shooting then you will most likely leave them on.

The third thing you need to think about is if you even need to light anything. What is this video? what is the purpose of lighting your subject. Is it hard to see in the warehouse? How big is the space that needs to be illuminated? is there budget for the amount of light i am going to need? If i just throw some work lights up there will it make everything washed out and look bad? Once again this comes down to what are you shooting? Is it more doc style where you could get away with some natural looking setups? Or do you need to really show some things off with a few kinos. Are you shooting faces as well as something being built? etc...

And last I would say for white balance what temperature of light is in the majority. If it's just a little bit of daylight and lots of tungsten then I would lean towards using the overheads and a tungsten white balance. If you had more window light and didn't want to match the indoor light then go with daylight. Or last if there is a good mix and you don't have much control over the kinds of light coming in then I would use a white card and balance to a mixed light.

So to recap
1. what is the space you are in
2. what kind or how much light do I need if any for this project
3. what kind of light do I have the most of
4. don't be afraid to change it up once you get there and see how it looks though lens. Do what looks best when you get there. It's good to plan but then be able to be flexible.

Hope this helps. (oh and I don't think I mentioned that you need to decide on what color lights to get if you are lighting the scene. Again it comes down to what is already there and if you want to supplement what light is already working in the scene or start from scratch and light it with what you want. Usually this comes down to time and budget. Me personally I like working with what is there and just adding to it or taking away. I also really light daylight, I feel like it's much more pure, more spectrum you know.)

Let me know if you have any more questions.
www.lights4video.com
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Thanks for your info Utah DP dude, To answer some of your questions, the client wants to shoot insulation material going into wall and drywall. They also want to do a time lapse of the wall being built plus reel time CUs and WS. No interview with the workers just installation work.

Based on what you were suggesting I'm thinking the overhead flos will be my main source then I 'm thinking of adding Kinos but not sure whether to use daylight or tungsten balance with the overhead flos source.

Thanks again
 
you can use either daylight or tungsten kinos and gel them with + or - green, based on how the in house fluorescent lights are.
 
I agree you should gel the window and use Kinos that match the overhead fluorescents lights.

The other alternative would be to gel the house lights to daylight and use daylight balanced Kinos, but that would seem more difficult since there is only one window.

Best,
Andy
 
So for question of tungsten vs daylight I would guess tungsten. In a warehouse like that unless they are using some metal halide fixtures it's most likely cheep flo tubes. So I would go with the tungsten tubes and if you need use a +green but usually you are fine just using the bulbs. A different option might be to just put in the kinos cheep tubes, then everything matches. If you are not worrying about nice face lighting then you really won't notice anything really green or if you do you can draw it out a little in post. Once again it comes down to what you have time and or money for... Do you already have Kinos available? When is your shoot? What is your budget for lighting on this project?
 
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