DIY Maxi Brute, 9-Light, Faye...

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DaneCannon

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Anyone ever do one of these? It seems like it'd be easy enough, and there are PAR36 lamps available in 5000K... Seems like it might be good for either boosting daylight -- heck, I've seen them used for lighting night time exteriors a whole bunch (normally out of a cherry picker or scissor lift though).
 
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Oh, I forgot one term for the faye light (fay light is I guess how it's actually spelled)... Anyway, an "audience blinder" hopefully this thread will show up on any future searches now. Also seems to be called a Wendy light (though apparently those are bigger). From Wikipedia article on DoP David Watkin...
"Watkin also conceived of the idea for a new light which would tackle the problem of light falloff during night shoots. Because of the inverse square law, light from even moderately strong sources starts to fall off fairly quickly as the subject walks away from the light source. Therefore films shooting at night had the problem of trying to hide light sources in places which would be out of shot but maintain a fairly constant level of illumination over any amount of distance (and thus not indicate a large lamp as a light source).
His solution was to build a large array of tightly spaced Fay lights in a 14 x 14 square (196 lights total), which was then elevated 150 feet (46 m) high on a cherry picker placed roughly a quarter of a mile away. Due to the long distance between the light and the actors and the high luminescence of this light array, the actors could walk across long distances without the intensity of the light hitting them seeming to vary. Subsequently, the array was named the "Wendy-light" in his honor — Watkin, who was gay, used the camp name 'Wendy'."
 
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http://davidwatkin.co.uk/2009/01/the-wendy-light/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parabolic_aluminized_reflector_light

I have a few par 64 lights and if I was going to DIY a big rig, more like a Maxi-Brut than a Wendy Light, I would go with Par 64 lights. It seems that the higher wattage Par 64s are less expensive. I don't know if they make day light par 64s (Dichoric), so if you want that you may have to go with the par 36 bulbs. Building lights like this is one thing. Powering them is another!!!
 
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So I just got a really great 2 light Molefay off of ebay for $250. 1.3k of 5000k light! I'll post some detailed pics for DIY ideas when it comes.
 
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