help lighting an interview
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adamrahn
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do they need to be on camera at the same time? what lights are you working with?
some thoughts if you have 1 camera.... light for the interviewee, shoot that and when he/she is done and gone light for the interviewer and have them ask the questions on camera and shoot some extra facial expressions for cutaways and stuff, and if you want you could shoot a wide shot of them interacting before the interview to use as well
hope that helps, get us some more information and I'm sure better answers will come along
some thoughts if you have 1 camera.... light for the interviewee, shoot that and when he/she is done and gone light for the interviewer and have them ask the questions on camera and shoot some extra facial expressions for cutaways and stuff, and if you want you could shoot a wide shot of them interacting before the interview to use as well
hope that helps, get us some more information and I'm sure better answers will come along
Use what are called back-cross keys. Have the two facing each other or turned slightly toward camera. Place the lights out of frame to the left and right of frame. The lights should be a little bit on the opposite side of the subjects from the camera. Point the left light at the subject on the right and make sure that a little of its beam illuminates the hair and perhaps shoulder of the left subject. Do the same thing in reverse with the light on the right. Use a small amount of soft fill bounced into the dark sides of the faces, but there is often so much spill or ambient light that this is unnecessary.
http://tinyurl.com/yf62z2b
As always, practice ahead of time with this scheme but it is easy and looks great.
http://tinyurl.com/yf62z2b
As always, practice ahead of time with this scheme but it is easy and looks great.
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The answer to this of course depends upon where the shadows are that you're concerned about. On the wall behind subject? On the face of subject? etc.
In general, if using soft light, which many do today for interviews, the overall shadows will be weaker than say if using a fresnel undiffused. Harder light like that from the fresnel will give strong shadows.
If on the wall, you would probably need another light to train on the wall behind the person to eliminate the shadow.
If on the face, lets say the nose for example, that's a fill light on the other side of face.
Using soft diffused light will already eliminate some pesky hard shadows. Then you can come back with fills whereever necessary to eliminate the rest.
The china ball that nextwaveg suggested is an example of using diffused light which will be flat and even and go a long way to eliminating shadows already.
In general, if using soft light, which many do today for interviews, the overall shadows will be weaker than say if using a fresnel undiffused. Harder light like that from the fresnel will give strong shadows.
If on the wall, you would probably need another light to train on the wall behind the person to eliminate the shadow.
If on the face, lets say the nose for example, that's a fill light on the other side of face.
Using soft diffused light will already eliminate some pesky hard shadows. Then you can come back with fills whereever necessary to eliminate the rest.
The china ball that nextwaveg suggested is an example of using diffused light which will be flat and even and go a long way to eliminating shadows already.