Green screen lighting with flourescent

So... I have 2 20amp runs for the green screen, but now I am unsure about power needs... What is your opinion on power draw?
 
Working with flo light out here in Cali.... Just trying to get right number of circuits ran and switches wired before I cover it all up the fiberglass and burlap for sound absorption
 
2 20 amps sounds more then adequate if you are hanging kinos/flolights and and up to 4 600's. I calculated out to about 34amp total with more lights then on the list so you have plenty of head room on those two circuits up above if everything is distributed equally.

If any extreme supplemtation is needed you can always use one of the floor circuits, figuring out that one I am sure is your next fun project if it hasn't been taken care of already.
 
A couple of things. Lighting the green screen is separate from lighting subject. The key is lighting it evenly. The color temp doesn't really matter as long as the screen is green in your shots. I've lit greens with tungsten, fluorescent and quartz, while lighting the subject with another source. Two options, one: go to the Big Orange store and get yourself a half-dozen 6-tube fixtures ($80 ea) that take a T-8 tube. (I don't recall the brand but the item has a very bright reflector.) I use this unit with daylight tubes, using as many tubes as the scene requires. Hang them to light your greenie and forget about them. Flicker? We do' got no stinkin' flicker and a box of good Phillips T-8 daylight tubes is $40.
 
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Was going that route, even had the fixture in the cart... I know the 6 bulb hanging one they sale. Will pick up two tomarrow and mount them up high and angle them at the wall a bit....for the price I could get 6 and use some angled at the wall.... Can the ballasts be upgraded?
 
My humble opinion as a guy who rents studio space on paying client projects... If you are lighting your own garage green screen go nuts with the DIY stuff... do it cheap do it often. If you are expecting clients to rent your space you want it to look and feel like a professional environment not a garage. When I location scout a studio a hodge podge DIY lighting set up is not the place I am going unless they are giving the space away for free... and then I am going to light it with my own kit.

Can't afford the chance of even one fixture flickering in the background going unnoticed till post. My clients aren't paying me for garage level work & wont hire me again if thats what I provide. Lighting your own space and lighting a space you intend to rent out to other production professionals are different matters. We work in film & TV... appearance isn't just important, its a major part of our job.
 
I hear u... Loud n clear... Still doing rough.in elec. almost done with rigging and will b welding elect. Boxes every 5' and have 15 breakers for lighting....

Will start gatherng up $ and then search out the lights
 
Sorry that I did not read every word of the entire thread but thought I would throw in my opinion of the Flo Fluros for green screen. FWIW


I own a number of Flo tubes -Green F75T12/HO/800 75w for mounting into Kino units.

They are incredibly efficient and produce the flattest line on a waveform monitor that I have ever seen.

By flat line ...I mean vertical depth (thickness) as well as horizontal. The horizontal flat line indicates a flat lit screen...perfect.

The flat (thin) vertical line indicates the narrow chroma depth. The thinner the better.

A studio set up with a cyc or bg lit by these would be great and they could be changed out at will for other bg requirements apart from green screen.
 
Have grid with 12 drops for 12 plugs on individual 20amp breakers 5' apart. 3 26' runs with 15' cross members. Green screen has no grid near it due to permanent lightingbthat will be mounted to ceiling. Strung 350' of mc cable from new panel.

My quest has been to find Kino Flo alternatives to get the studio up and running. I can get nice 6 t8 bulb fixtures and set them up to work, but the hz at 60 in unacceptable for me. (phantom 65 work?)

I like the non.flicker 2400hz ballasts of the kino flo lights ( from what I understand) but is there a way to get the high quality ballasts without buying the fixture? saw some 1000hz driven ballasts in flo lights I think... Still learning about wave and stuff...

Dropping 6k on green screen lighting does not make any sense until I start bringing in some money. Plan to buy the flo lights, later (999.00 each fixture). I do not want to cut ANY corners, but have to balance and allocate $ for materials for build out. In the alternative, if the color is not right, or bright enough, I am just wasting my time.

While I still have some time to purchase and install the fixtures, I would like to attack this problem in the planning stage.

I feel like I am beating a dead horse but is there replacement internal ballasts that can be wired into a 6 bulb unit so Kino Flo type bulbs will not only work but work at the correct temp. And intensity?
 
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