How do I light an indoor night shot?

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btangonan

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I'm filming a short about a guy who gets up in the middle of the night for a midnight snack.

What's the best way to achieve a bluish domestic lights-out look with a DVX?

I imagine it will require a combination of soft, even lighting and some visual effects in post, such as dropping the brightness and tinting the scene blue.
 
I'd say that the best way to achieve this look is the search button.

Or the lighting forum.

(Just kidding) but come on bro, there's plenty of great valuable info. on this.
 
If it were me, I'd put a daylight-colored CFL bulb in a paper lantern to give the room a very flat lighting (to raise up the ambient light), then bet the biggest light you can (at least a 1k, preferably a 2k) and blast it through the window to give texture. I'd put a half CTB on it and color-balance the camera for tungsten.

I couldn't say more without seeing the location and the blocking.
 
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This was done by blasting a 1k fresnel at the wall next to her. It was gel with one half CTB and one full CTB and the camera white balanced to tungsten. The lamp is a regular one but the orange lights from it counter balanced the blue light from the fresnel nicely.
 
put a tungstun filter over a white sheet of paper when you white balance to start off. This will give u a night time feel. Keep your eyes out for possible motivated light like a night light or refridgerator. You should have a soft defused sligthly blue light as your key. And add a few tungstun lights to sharpen some edges. With nightime lighting less is more.
 
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