FilmMakerr
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Anyone got any good settings for an indoor shot? Ive never shot anything with the dvx indoors, first time. I'll be using 1, or 2 300WT lights. And a good amount of light hits the indoors as well.
Indoor Daytime settings?
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Well, it's pretty much like anything else. Proper exposure and white balance, which depend on the room and the amount of light present.
Two 300 watt lights can be helpful, but will only go so far. And depending on the amount of sunlight coming in, you might find that you need to slap a little CTB on the lights as well. White balance to a card that is exposed to both the natural/ambient light and the added light.
Two 300 watt lights can be helpful, but will only go so far. And depending on the amount of sunlight coming in, you might find that you need to slap a little CTB on the lights as well. White balance to a card that is exposed to both the natural/ambient light and the added light.
Yep, you're going to get some color temp confusion unless you adjust one of the light sources (the lights or the outside light coming in). Once you white balance, you'll see some things are either really blue or really orange.
Joshua Provost
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Big daylight balanced compact fluorescent lights, that's what I use in this case.
First thing to remember if its a long shoot is the daylight color will change. Like from morning to night. That can be troublesome in continuity and light shifts, so you may want to considering blacking your set.
If its a couple of hours over a certain time of day say morning, afternoon, early evening, you should be reasonably OK. First white balance your camera with exterior light only.
Decide on subject position and determine if you can use that exterior light source as either key or kicker. Ive generally found that it works better as key, esp. if its coming from a single direction. You can usually use some bounce on opposite for fill as needed.
Then use your fixture as a kicker, adding ctb to match your white balance. Not sure what kind of fixture your 300 is but some black wrap can be very useful on an open face.
From there flag off your unwanted spill, and you can use some practical lamps to add some room fill or effect in other areas of the room. Often I gel my practicals as well to get color I want or even ND them where possible.
Thats a very lay terms, but should give you a good start.