Having a green practical fluorescent without CC in post?

[Gohanto]

Okay thanks for all the help. After looking at some of the pics posted with WB between blue and tungsten it doesn't look quite like what I was hoping.

Here is an extremely crude picture of the location I'm using and I approximated the colors I'm looking for. Tungsten at the top of the stairs pointed down (with haze in the shot), then the fluorescent very green, and (a little hard to see) blue light cutting across the room with the fluorescent (from a window off screen).

I get the impression to get the boldness of color I'm looking for I'll need to have deeper blue gel than just CTB alone. And probably more green than just a minus green gel previously suggested. I'll start doing tests quickly now that appears to be more challenging than I would've guessed, but any suggestions for a starting point?

(Orange on the stairs I couldn't quite find the color on the computer, basically looking for a warm, golden sunset color if that makes sense.)

 

[ProfessorU]

I would figure you'd light with tungsten over the steps (maybe gel 1/4 or 1/2 CTB to cool it off, depending on what you want), balance for 5600k. Light with plusgreen or double plusgreen over a 3200k source for the other room, or go natural and actually light it with cheap fluorescent bulbs from the hardware store. "Cool white" is best for that nasty green look. You can still gel those with a 1/2 plusgreen for a Matrix-like effect.

 

[Cool Lights]

Yeah, even high CRI "Cool White" (4000K to 4200K range) can look bad when mixed with other color temperatures. Cool White by itself though can white balance out pretty well though when its high CRI.

 

[Gohanto]

Thought I'd post a follow-up. This is the test of the lighting I'm using (shooting next weekend hopefully)
WB - Tungsten
Stairs - 650 Fresnel with 1 1/4 CTO
fluorescent - JAS Green
Window - 250 Lowel Pro-light Double CTB

No CC.

Any opinions?

 

[ProfessorU]

It looks like you got what you were going for.

 

[Gohanto]

Thanks. Part of the reason I re-posted is because when I'm looking at the actually lit scene it seems too colorful and too over-the-top. However I'm hesitant to buy weaker gels as it may come off as looking accidental if the color is too subtlety different.

The reason the colors are different is because the shot represents a character's choice between reality (his wife upstairs) and work (the device he works on in the green lit room)

Anyone know of scenes where there is a shot anything even close to this?

 

[ProfessorU]

If the shot is just too colorful, you can dial down the chroma in the camera, or it's an easy fix in post, too. Taking out color won't add noise.

 

[FBAS]

Thanks. Part of the reason I re-posted is because when I'm looking at the actually lit scene it seems too colorful and too over-the-top. However I'm hesitant to buy weaker gels as it may come off as looking accidental if the color is too subtlety different.

The reason the colors are different is because the shot represents a character's choice between reality (his wife upstairs) and work (the device he works on in the green lit room)

Well, but the way it is, his room downstairs looks like a disco with green and blue party-gels on the lamps. The staircase looks very nice, but the green doesn't look like a fluorescent green at all. The ctb moonlight I'd rather have only one full ctb, and you need to change the green to a more sickly pale green or it looks like a party-room

btw. the Lee description for JAS green is: "A rich yellowish green: useful as a concert stage wash where darker skin tones, costume, and set are a consideration." That kind of says the same as I said, doesn't it?