Feature Film Lighting

CharlesPapert said:
All good!

BTW have you had the chance to use the Arri M18 yet? Amazing light. So much punch for the power draw, and so flexible in application. They've become a staple of my packages.
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I have had the pleasure of working with it; fantastic light. I don't use it very often as a DP, unfortunately, as most of the time the budgets on the shows I am shooting are very low.
 
RyanT said:
The Joker 1600 though...now there's a light. Same output as the M18, less power consumption, works better for slow-motion applications, just all around better fixture.
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I haven't had a chance to use the 1600 joker yet. How is it size-wise compared to the 800?
 
morgan_moore said:
Charles. Im ignorant of big lights - so you use corrected tungsten outdoors a lot - seems inefficient?

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Zoinks! No. HMI's for day exteriors, tungsten for interiors/night exterior...the usual.

Now I'm sorry I opened my fat mouth! Which part was misleading?
 
I start shooting my 3rd feature film in 2 weeks, and right now my light kit is:

1x 1kw, 2x 650w, 1x 300w Fresnels, 2 750 DP lights. Which isnt alot, and everything is tungsten so daylight will be an issue.

So for only a few hundred bucks, I stocked up on my foamcore, lots of CT/CB/ND gels, China balls.

And a huge part of our film is diagetic lighting, so we have lots of practicals, fire, double wick candles.


Here is an awesome article Shane Hurlburt wrote about using just 2 lights: not the same lights you or I am using, but use the lesson.

http://www.hurlbutvisuals.com/blog/...ography-with-just-two-lights-we-are-marshall/
 
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