How would you light this setup?

NOMADIC

NOMADIC

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So it's pretty basic, its a conference room in a room building, but I want to go for the really flat, paleish look. What would y'all suggest to setup in therer for lighting, I was thinking like 3 large china balls above the desk, but whatelse?

I don't want many shadows.

something sorta like this... http://youtube.com/watch?v=6hKWM5Z1zds
 
bwest said:
are you saying this video example is lacking shadow?
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yeah, I realize its not the best example, but look at the second shot. thats what I am talking about, yes there is some shadow, but its pretty subtle
 
looks like they had some hard light (HMI or just plain ol' daylight) throught the window, as you can see the shadows on the ground from the windows. the rest looks like soft light (florescents). if you wanted to achieve this look, I think you are going to need a lot of lights, or at least a lot of bulbs. you could replace all of the bulbs in the ceiling with 5500K Kinos, and open some blinds. i haven't lit anything like this, but I would imagine that or something similar would work.
 
Yea, the second shot looks closer to an office enviroment, I would first try killing any hard light that exists then bounce fill from multiple directions at everything from camera level. Then experiment from there.
 
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Ya - Large light from outside the windows, maybe a 6k a ways a way, and a bunch of 4x4 kinos. China balls will help you to achieve the overall ambient level, but you'll need more large soft sources from one side and fill for the other. As stated before, it will really depend on what is going on at your location and to work with that, or to kill it all, then build your own levels.
Good Luck.
 
bounce a butt load of light off the ceiling right infron tof the talent, and use a low 650 W/ a big silk to fill. then make a hard source from out side.
 
Great ideas so far here from everyone!!!
I agree 100% remove any hard light and balance all light to Daylight to match exteriors assuming you have a room with windows. Also consider using a Mole 2K Zip light with some CTB on the front. I recently used two of these on a shoot and was AMAZED at how soft they were. They have two 1K bulbs that are selectable so you can use 1 or 2K depending on what you want in a situation like this they would be a perfect key light.
 
i think I am going to put ctb over the flow light fixtures light fixtures so it will balance w/ the daylight, then do what tilmurcivan said, and use a low 650 w/ a silk...
 
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